Should I shoot my officers for doing wrong, asks Natarajan
September 12th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 12 (IANS) Grilled over the role of officials from her ministry in the Rs.35,000 crore illegal mining scam in Goa, an exasperated Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan ... Read more...
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Environment clearance of 93 Goa mines suspended (Second Lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 12 (IANS) The union environment ministry Wednesday suspended the clearance of 93 mines in Goa on account of companies flouting forest laws."The ministry has suspended clearance of all ... Read more...
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Environment clearance of 93 Goa mines suspended
September 12th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 12 (IANS) The union environment ministry Wednesday suspended the clearance of 93 mines in Goa on account of companies flouting forest laws, officials said."The ministry has suspended clearance ... Read more...
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Goa mining scam worth Rs 34,935 crore: Justice Shah Commission
September 7th, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 7 (IANS) The Justice M.B. Shah Commission report, which was tabled in parliament Friday, says that Goa's iron ore mining scam is worth nearly Rs.35,000 crore.The voluminous report ... Read more...
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Parrikar dares Centre to find, shut illegal Goa ore mines
September 5th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 5 (IANS) The escalating war of words between Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) central government just got hotter.Speaking at a Teachers ... Read more...
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Karnataka to re-open eight iron ore mines soon
July 5th, 2012 - 5:44 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) The Karnataka government will permit re-opening of eight iron mines in Bellary and Chitradurga districts to augment the raw material supply for steel plants in the ... Read more...
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Iron ore mining set to resume in Karnataka (Lead)
July 5th, 2012 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) Iron ore mining will resume in two districts of Karnataka from August to augment the raw material supply to steel plants in the state, a top ... Read more...
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Goa not in iron deposit intensive areas list
January 12th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) Goa does not feature in the list of iron deposit intensive areas which have been marked out for future exploration, according to a visionary document prepared ... Read more...
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Truth will prevail: Kamat
October 5th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 5 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said that "truth will prevail" in the state's Rs.3,500 crore illegal mining scam, in which his role as mining minister has ... Read more...
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Goa mining scam: PAC mentions one politician, not Kamat
October 5th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 5 (IANS) The Goa legislative assembly's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar, probing the state's illegal mining, has linked only one politician to ... Read more...
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Government to introduce mining bill next parliament session
September 30th, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Seeking to attract investment and technology for the mining sector, the cabinet Friday approved a draft bill for development and regulation of mines and ... Read more...
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BJP seeks CBI probe into Goa mining scam
September 27th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged illegal iron ore mining in Goa and ... Read more...
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Government pulls up 20 percent mines
September 18th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 18 (IANS) The central government has issued notices to nearly a fifth of operative mines in Goa.The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), a wing of the ministry of ... Read more...
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Goa to inspect safety of 100 mining operations
July 25th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 25 (IANS) Within a month of two major mining accidents in the state, the Goa government has set up a high-level committee to inspect safety measures adopted ... Read more...
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Goa’s battle against mining reaches London
June 29th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 29 (IANS) Concerned about the plunder of resources caused by rampant mining in Goa, non- resident Goans (NRGs) in London have come together in a bid to end ... Read more...
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Karnataka sets up special panel to check illegal mining
August 18th, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 18 (IANS) The Karnataka government Wednesday constituted a 14-member special committee to check illegal mining and export of iron ore and other minerals from the state.
"The committee, headed by ... Read more...
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Government approves panel to check illegal mining
August 16th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The government Monday cleared a proposal to set up a commission to check illegal mining, following reports of large-scale illegal mining in Karnataka.
According to sources, the ... Read more...
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Indian mines minister to visit Canada
July 2nd, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, July 2 (IANS) Close on the heels of India and Canada signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in mining last week, India's mines minister Bijoy Krishna Handique will visit ... Read more...
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Will Yeddyurappa ‘bare all’ on Reddys’ mining activities?
December 13th, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 13 (IANS) The Karnataka legislature begins its winter session Monday with the members and people keenly awaiting the promised 'bare all' from Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on the allegations of ... Read more...
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CBI begins probe into Karnataka minister’s mining activities (Lead)
December 10th, 2009 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team Thursday questioned Karnataka Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy and raided the offices of his mining company in Bellary as ... Read more...
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One more Orissa mine asked to suspend operation
December 10th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 10 (IANS) The central government has asked one more mine operator in mineral-rich Orissa to suspend work for violating mining norms.
The Indian Bureau of Mines Wednesday asked the ... Read more...
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Court stops mining on 9-year-old’s petition
September 18th, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 18 (IANS) Acting on a petition filed by a nine-year-old boy, the Panaji bench of Bombay High Court has passed an interim order restraining the Vedanta-owned Sesa Goa's mining operations ... Read more...
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CBI arrests two mine officials for corruption
August 8th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team Saturday arrested two officers of the Indian Bureau of Mines on bribery charges in Orissa's Angul district, officials said.
A CBI ... Read more...
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