100 per cent ban on sand mining is wrong: CJI

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 20:56

Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam Friday said 100 per cent ban on sand removal is "wrong".

Officials begin inspections on illegally mined mineral sand

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 14:25

A team of officials on Thursday began separate inspections at 52 places in the district to ascertain the quantum of illegally mined mineral sand.

Sand mining ban amounts to judicial over-reach: Parrikar

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 21:34

The recent National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ban on sand mining across the country is a case of judicial "over-reach", Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Tuesday.

Sand mining ban amounts to judicial over-reach: Parrikar

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 18:04

The recent National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ban on sand mining across the country is a case of judicial "over-reach", Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday.

UN to study ramifications of sand mining

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 10:56

Sand mining, a major environmental concern, will soon get international attention after it was included in the list of the new and emerging issues by the United Nations, an activist said here Wednesday.

Kerala’s Jazeera takes her struggle against sand mafia to Delhi

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 13:13

With her two-month-long dharna outside the state secretariat agianst sand mafia failing to yield results, 31-year-old mother of three minor children Jazeera has now shifted her struggle to the national capital.

Northeast states want manual sand mining to be allowed

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 12:52

Four northeastern state governments are unhappy with the National Green Tribunal`s (NGT) ruling that bans sand mining in river beds across the country without the clearance of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).

Illegal sand mining on IAF land: NGT seeks Centre`s response

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 20:29

The National Green Tribunal today sought responses of the Centre, UP and Haryana on a plea alleging that sand was being illegally mined from land belonging to IAF in Faridabad.

Durga Shakti Nagpal meets Akhilesh Yadav, apologises: Sources

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 17:43

It seems politics has once again prevailed over bureaucracy.

Can you enact law in conflict with central law: NGT asks MP

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 17:22

The tribunal was hearing the state government`s plea for modification of the bench`s August 5 order by which it had banned sand mining in rivers across the country.

Comprehensive sand mining, stone-crushing policy on anvil

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 14:57

Karnataka government has made it mandatory for the Public Works Department to use only manufactured sand for construction, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said on Monday.

`Centre has written to states to stop illegal sand mining`

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 15:15

The Centre has written to all state governments in the country to take steps to stop illegal sand mining activity in their respective states, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said.