Madikeri: Rampant illegal mining of precious stones has been reported from the Subramanya Range Forest of Dakshina Kannada, Koojimalai and Suttathmalai of Kodagu district where smugglers are unearthing gemstones hoodwinking the Forest Department. These precious stones are extracted from the forests with the help of locals and are sold at a premium to luxury hotels,…
Gundlupet: Terakanambi Police have arrested four persons on charges of illegal mining in Patta lands in Kundakere village in the taluk and have also seized explosives used for illegal mining. Acting on a tip off, where the mining was going at the fields of Mallappa and Ankappa without a valid permit, the Police raided the…
Bengaluru, Jan.18- The State Cabinet yesterday approved a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe all the cases related to illegal mining of iron ore that the CBI said it could not find evidence in. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah accepted the recommendation of the Cabinet subcommittee, headed by Rural Development and Panchayat…
Gundlupet: There has been a rampant increase in the illegal white marble mining at Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district. The official apathy is such that despite being witness to the transportation of white marble in tippers every day, they have turned a blind eye on the issue. People involved in illegal mining have also been exporting…
Bengaluru: With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) opting out of the probe into some of the illegal iron ore export cases from Karnataka, the Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) on implementation of the Lokayukta Report on illegal mining is now all set to recommend handing over the same cases to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of…
Mandya: MP C.S. Puttaraju has strongly refuted the allegations regarding his involvement in illegal quarrying in and around Chinnakurali in Pandavapura. He has clarified that he would fully cooperate if there were a probe. Reacting to the allegations made by Mandya-based social activist K.R. Ravindra and his complaint to the Lokayukta, Puttaraju told Star of…
Mandya: Accusing Mandya MP C.S. Puttaraju of mining illegally in forest area, Social Activist K.R. Ravindra has lodged a complaint against the MP and 11 others with the Lokayukta. While the complaint has been lodged against MP Puttaraju and his brother C. Ashok, a Zilla Panchayat member, for illegal mining in forest area, the names…
Reacting to the alleged involvement of Mandya MP C.S. Puttaraju, following a complaint by the Mandya-based social activist K.R. Ravindra with the Lokayukta accusing him of illegal mining, member of the erstwhile royal family Mrs Pramoda Devi Wadiyar said that the land where the illegal mining is taking place belongs to the Wadiyar family. Speaking…
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