The court said it will decide whether to order a CBI probe after seeing what the IAF has done to protect its land."We will ensure that IAF ...

The Union minister has been writing to many CMs on the issue and the first set of letters has been despatched — including to Yogi Adityanat...

Environment ministry for the first time delegated power of granting environmental clearances for leases up to 5 hectares to district level ...

Chandrababu Naidu today directed the administration to review the preparatory measures for the Kharif and upcoming Rabi season.

Maharashtra government is expected to issue an ordinance soon to check illegal dredging of sand from river beds and creeks.

The Tribunal had directed Delhi govt to stop illegal mining being carried out without requisite environmental clearance at Wazirabad & Jaga...

NGT directed the Delhi govt to stop illegal mining being carried out without environmental clearance in the Yamuna river bed.

The mining mafias are extracting sand from the river beds of Chambal and transporting it to the neighbouring districts.

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday sought responses of the Centre, UP and Haryana on a plea alleging that sand was being illegally min...

The petition alleged that authorities "have abetted and wilfully connived in allowing illegal sand mining in complete violation of environm...

Alleged incidents of illegal sand mining have been reported in the media in recent times and incidents related to illegal mining such as tr...

Boom in construction industry has triggered demand for sand, to meet which contractors, with state officials' help, have begun a dig-load-s...

The sand mafia has been responsible for the Yamuna shifting course about 500 metres east, posing a threat to sectors 150, 151, 153, 135, 16...

The over 4,700-member IAS Officers' Association has suggested changes in rules including prior sanction of the Centre.

What is underway in construction boom-spots such as Gr Noida & elsewhere is analogous with nothing less than Karnataka's iron ore scam.

Centre assured justice will be done to suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who had clamped down on the mining mafia in UP.

The policy, if implemented effectively, will curb the growing activities of the sand mafia in the state and make sand available to all at a...