A huge police contingent rushed to the spot. At present police teams are conducting raids in the adjacent villages to recover arms and ammu...

"Political backing has emboldened the mining mafia to commit crimes like the murder of a forest department employee in Kosi river area near...

The government will deploy flying camera drones to track renegades who for years have been extracting everything from sand to coal to iron ...

All mines in the country will be digitised for real-time monitoring through a dashboard and mobile application, Mines Secretary Balvinder K...

National Green Tribunal (NGT) slammed state government for rampant illegal mining in the state in two cases. While one is related to Narmad...

Chouhan reviewed the incident during a high-level meeting at Mantralaya and directed the officials concerned to take stern action in such c...

Police received a tip-off that illegal sand mining was taking place at Ganga canal. But when they rushed to the spot, the miners managed to...

The system will be followed all over the state, especially in areas which report cases of illegal sand mining on a regular basis, he said.

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...

Centre today constituted a three-member panel to probe allegations of illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar district in UP.

Seeking to downplay the LIU report that suspended IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal was not present during demolition of a wall of a mosque.

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

The Supreme Court passed an order in February 2012 stating that all mining projects spread over an area of 5 hectares or more needed an env...

Suspected uranium extracts have been found during digging operations in Lambehra village in the district, an official spokesman said today.

As many as 47 sand mining spots in the two creeks and four rivers of Thane district have been identified to analyse the environment impact ...

No amount of court orders, it seems can save the Aravali from the marauding miners.

A police official was injured when he tried to stop a lorry reportedly used in illegal sand mining operations at Feroke near here this morn...