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West Bengal Cabinet clears panel to examine UCC BillWest Bengal's cabinet has greenlit a committee, led by retired Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, to scrutinise the draft Uniform Civil Code Bi...- Why Saudi Arabia imports sand despite being covered by desertDespite vast desert landscapes, Saudi Arabia imports construction-grade sand due to its smooth, wind-shaped grains being unsuitable for con...
- Saudi Arabia is covered in sand, yet it imports millions of tons every year, and the reason lies in a tiny detail hidden in every grainSaudi Arabia imports sand from Australia for its massive construction projects. Desert sand is unsuitable for building concrete. River sand...
- West Bengal orders crackdown on illegal mining to plug revenue leakagesIn a decisive move, West Bengal's Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has instructed all relevant departments to clamp down on the financial dr...
- Stone quarry collapse in Bengal’s Birbhum kills six labourers, injures manyA stone quarry collapsed in West Bengal's Birbhum district. The incident occurred in Bahadurpur village. At least six labourers died and se...
- Chhattisgarh: Measures to curb illegal mining not followed, says CAG report; asks government to increase monitoringA Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Friday said prescribed measures to curb illegal minin...
- Morena again: 'Sand mafia' mows down cop who tried to stop a dumperIllegal quarrying of stone and sand has been taking place in large scale in Morena for the past many years despite police action against th...
- Government sand quarry in Karmangudi village closed following agitation by publicTwo rounds of talks with the villagers failed following which the District Collector C Suresh Kumar ordered its closure- Divisional Officer.
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu wants TDP to attain national party statusAssuring that redsanders, liquor and sand mafias in AP will not be spared, he said the auctioning of redsanders will be taken up soon.
- Andhra Pradesh initiates economic empowerment of women through sand miningA pilot sand mining scheme undertaken in East Godavari district under the new Sand Mining Policy-2014 has met with "tremendous success".
- Madras High Court stays sand quarrying in villageMadras HC restrained authorities from allowing sand quarrying in Tiruvallur on a PIL which raised apprehensions that agricultural operation...
- Selective sand mining probe in Tamil Nadu generates heatWith the report just being submitted, critics are questioning why two other districts that see rampant illegal mining have been left out of...
- Illegal Sand Mining: Two FIRs registered against sand mafiasTwo FIRs have been registered against unknown persons for illegally quarrying sand here, police said on saturday.
- Special team begins probe into illegal mining in Tamil NaduA special team, set up on the orders of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to look into alleged illegal mining of beach sand in the dis...
- AP Govt introduces new Sand Mining PolicyThe policy, if implemented effectively, will curb the growing activities of the sand mafia in the state and make sand available to all at a...
- After Nigamanand, NGOs only green obstacle to illegal quarrying in GangaFollowing the ban on their activities in 2010, Himalaya stone crushers first obtained a stay order against which Nigamanand went on a fast-...
- TN govt to put an end to illegal sand miningWith the people in the rural areas turning out on the roads to protest illegal sand mining, the Jayalalithaa government has launched a majo...
- Telgi makes emotional appeal, wants to stay back in stateAbdul Kareem Telgi has filed a petition before the high court seeking a direction that he be not allowed to be taken to Pune.
- MCCI hails decisionThe Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Friday welcomed the Tamil Nadu government's decision to annul the existing licences o...
- PWD made sole authority for sand quarrying in TNIn a significant move to check exploitation of sand quarrying licences issued to private parties, the Tamil Nadu government has made the Pu...
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