CUTTACK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Odisha government to make registration of FIRs mandatory in all cases of illegal sand mining and transportation across the state. It has also made clear that police cannot refuse to register…
Urban Acres Tamil Nadu Sand Mining Case Triggers Raids at 30 Locations Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption has conducted searches at 30 locations in connection with an alleged river-sand mining scam involving claims of extraction far above permitted limits and…
Updated - November 06, 2026 12:14 pm IST - CHENNAI More than two years after the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) sent a letter flagging an alleged ₹4,730-crore scam in illegal sand mining to the Tamil Nadu government, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) registered…
Roshan Kashmir Kulgam Police Intensify Crackdown on illegal mining; three vehicles seized, two Firs registered Kulgam, November 06: Kulgam Police, through Police Station Yaripora and Police Post Frisal, intensified its crackdown on illegal mining and seized three vehicles, including two tippers…
CHENNAI: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Friday conducted simultaneous searches at 30 locations across Tamil Nadu in connection with alleged irregularities in river sand mining. The searches are said to be linked to allegations of large-scale illegal sand…
Bhubaneswar: Taking serious note of unchecked minor mineral theft, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday issued stringent directives to the Odisha government to enforce mandatory vehicle surveillance, top-level administrative review and auctioning of seized illegally mined sand across the…
A Professor of Environment and Sustainability Science at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere, says most people Galamsey: UDS Professor warns of possible extremist infiltration in northern Ghana A Professor of Environment and Sustainability Science at the…
Down Kashmir News Service Thursday, November 5, 2026 Baramulla Police Seize Five Vehicles in Crackdown on Traffic Violations, Illegal Mining; 13 Shopkeepers Bound Down Srinagar, Nov 5 (KNS): Baramulla Police on Thursday seized five vehicles in separate operations against traffic violations and illegal transportation…
05 November 2026 6:29 am WAT From Taiwo Ogunniyi, Ilorin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to intensify its crackdown on illegal mining in Nigeria, warning that financiers, mineral buyers, compromised public officials and other beneficiaries of the illicit trade…
The Kashmir Horizon Baramulla: Police on Wednesday seized four tippers involved in the illegal transportation of sand and Nallah Bajri at different locations across Baramulla district In a statement issued here on Wednesday Police said that three tippers bearing registration…
Timber theft and unlicensed extraction operations.
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