Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Tuesday issued notices to top state officials and a private contractor over allegations of illegal sand mining in Gondia district, where excavation ...

Margao: Following the discovery of an illegal sand mining operation at Xelvona on Wednesday, Curchorem police on Thursday registered a case against unidentified persons under the Bharatiya Nyaya ...

The Save Lancelin Dunes action group says sand dunes protected the coastal town from a recent emergency level fire. The group is lobbying to stop limesand mining at the dunes, citing ...

KENDRAPARA: Three persons were arrested on charges of illegal sand mining at Chata village within Nikirai police limits in Kendrapara on Sunday. The accused are Tutu Kumar Sethi (32) of Madanpur ...

The police on Tuesday arrested a lorry driver for mining sand from the dry riverbed of Palar at Sakkaramallur village near Arcot town in Ranipet. On a tip-off, a police team intercepted C.

A 33-year-old man was arrested by Sathuvachari police on Sunday for threatening revenue officials for preventing illegal sand mining in Palar river. The arrested person was identified as N.

Sand mining in Vietnam has been under stricter public scrutiny after multiple riverbank collapses destroyed homes and angered residents. “It’s difficult to expand sand mining activities to ...

Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor told the state legislative assembly that a prospecting licence is not a lease for mining and does not entitle the holder to extract any mineral. (Facebook pic ...

Mumbai, India - November 20, 2019 : Illegal sand mining in progress at Mahad. HT Photo (Hindustan Times) M-Sand is an artificial sand produced by crushing hard rocks, often granite, into smaller ...

Lo Fui Ming (right) and his son, Teck Yong, pleaded not guilty when they were charged in October 2023. (Bernama pic) A 69-year-old former CEO and his two children were granted a discharge not ...

The board's vote capped a contentious monthslong debate. Environmentalists say mining is harmful because the sand works as a protective layer covering the aquifer. The act of breaking the sand ...

With increasing focus on construction in recent times, however, almost all the states in the country are facing an acute problem of illegal mining of river sand. Major lengths of the rivers being ...