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Supreme Court Panels Indicts Ex-Minister Over Construction In Corbett Reserve
The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court has held former Uttarakhand forest minister Harak Singh Rawat and the then divisional forest officer (DFO) Kishan Chand responsible for various illegal activities.
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Supreme Court Asks Assam To Act Against Illegal Construction In Kaziranga National Park
A Central Empowered Committee (CEC), constituted by the Supreme Court, has written to the Assam government to take action against illegal constructions along the animal corridors in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
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Central Vista: Plan To Divert Deemed Forest Land Gets ''In-Principle'' Nod
Environment Ministry's Regional Empowered Committee has "in-principle" approved a proposal for diversion of 8.11 hectares of "deemed forest" land for the construction of three office buildings under the Central Vista redevelopment project.
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Top Court Allows IIMC To Chop 29 Trees For Construction Of New Building
The Supreme Court has allowed the Indian Institute of Mass Communication to cut 29 trees for construction of a new building for the academic and hostel blocks as also a guest house subject to the Central Empowering Committee's (CEC) conditions.
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Green Court Clears Decks For Hubli-Ankola Railway Line In Karnataka
Decks have been cleared for the controversial Hubli-Ankola railway line, cutting across the eco-sensitive Western Ghats in Karnataka, with the National Green Tribunal giving its nod to Railways to approach the state government.
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Secretaries Committee to Screen Pay Commission Recommendations
The government has set up a 13-member empowered Committee of Secretaries (CoS) headed by the Cabinet Secretary for processing recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, which has bearing on remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.
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Thousands of Trees Being Chopped for Highway Without Clearance, Say Activists
On National Highway 7, right in the middle of a lush, green forest near Maharashtra's Pench Tiger Reserve, is a stretch of land used by a quarter of the country's tiger population to move between the forests of central and southern India. This thickly-wooded corridor -- the only one connecting all the forests -- might soon be bereft of green cover,...
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Petroleum and alcohol to be kept out of GST: empowered committee
The central government, in its revised draft of the constitution amendment bill, had proposed that fuel and liquor should be brought under the ambit of GST.
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Illegal mining: BJP demands dismissal of Karnataka minister
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded dismissal of Karnataka Infrastructure Minister Santosh Lad for his alleged role in the illegal mining in the state.
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Sesa Goa defers 10-25 per cent of salaries from January due to mining ban
Vedanta Resources subsidiary Sesa Goa has deferred 10-25 per cent of salaries to its senior employees as it grapples with huge erosion in sales and profits on account of ban on mining in Goa and Karnataka, a top company official said today.
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Government will contain fiscal deficit, pursue reforms: Finance Minister
The government will take all steps to contain fiscal deficit and pursue reforms to deal with economic challenges, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.
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Mining operations in Karnataka likely to resume today
Mining operations in Karnataka are likely to resume from today, a senior state government official said. Partially lifting its ban on mining operations in Karnataka ordered more than a year back, the Supreme Court on Monday gave its green signal for extraction of iron ores on 18 leases subject to certain conditions being fulfilled.
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Kalyani Steel shares up 12% as court lifts mining ban
The Supreme Court had enforced a ban on mining in Karnataka since August 2011 after investigations conducted by the courts Central Empowered Committee (CEC) highlighted environmental damage brought about by rampant illegal mining.
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JSW Steel shares fall after court orders CBI probe in Karnataka mining case
JSW Steel shares have tumbled nearly 32 per cent in the last 12 months over these allegations.
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We don't operate or own any iron ore mine in Karnataka, clarifies Adani
The company, in response to reports of CEC’s recommendation for a probe into alleged illegal export of iron ore, says it has not undertaken any mining activity in the country.
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Supreme Court Panels Indicts Ex-Minister Over Construction In Corbett Reserve
The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court has held former Uttarakhand forest minister Harak Singh Rawat and the then divisional forest officer (DFO) Kishan Chand responsible for various illegal activities.
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Supreme Court Asks Assam To Act Against Illegal Construction In Kaziranga National Park
A Central Empowered Committee (CEC), constituted by the Supreme Court, has written to the Assam government to take action against illegal constructions along the animal corridors in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
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Central Vista: Plan To Divert Deemed Forest Land Gets ''In-Principle'' Nod
Environment Ministry's Regional Empowered Committee has "in-principle" approved a proposal for diversion of 8.11 hectares of "deemed forest" land for the construction of three office buildings under the Central Vista redevelopment project.
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Top Court Allows IIMC To Chop 29 Trees For Construction Of New Building
The Supreme Court has allowed the Indian Institute of Mass Communication to cut 29 trees for construction of a new building for the academic and hostel blocks as also a guest house subject to the Central Empowering Committee's (CEC) conditions.
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Green Court Clears Decks For Hubli-Ankola Railway Line In Karnataka
Decks have been cleared for the controversial Hubli-Ankola railway line, cutting across the eco-sensitive Western Ghats in Karnataka, with the National Green Tribunal giving its nod to Railways to approach the state government.
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Secretaries Committee to Screen Pay Commission Recommendations
The government has set up a 13-member empowered Committee of Secretaries (CoS) headed by the Cabinet Secretary for processing recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, which has bearing on remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.
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Thousands of Trees Being Chopped for Highway Without Clearance, Say Activists
On National Highway 7, right in the middle of a lush, green forest near Maharashtra's Pench Tiger Reserve, is a stretch of land used by a quarter of the country's tiger population to move between the forests of central and southern India. This thickly-wooded corridor -- the only one connecting all the forests -- might soon be bereft of green cover,...
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Petroleum and alcohol to be kept out of GST: empowered committee
The central government, in its revised draft of the constitution amendment bill, had proposed that fuel and liquor should be brought under the ambit of GST.
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Illegal mining: BJP demands dismissal of Karnataka minister
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded dismissal of Karnataka Infrastructure Minister Santosh Lad for his alleged role in the illegal mining in the state.
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Sesa Goa defers 10-25 per cent of salaries from January due to mining ban
Vedanta Resources subsidiary Sesa Goa has deferred 10-25 per cent of salaries to its senior employees as it grapples with huge erosion in sales and profits on account of ban on mining in Goa and Karnataka, a top company official said today.
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Government will contain fiscal deficit, pursue reforms: Finance Minister
The government will take all steps to contain fiscal deficit and pursue reforms to deal with economic challenges, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.
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Mining operations in Karnataka likely to resume today
Mining operations in Karnataka are likely to resume from today, a senior state government official said. Partially lifting its ban on mining operations in Karnataka ordered more than a year back, the Supreme Court on Monday gave its green signal for extraction of iron ores on 18 leases subject to certain conditions being fulfilled.
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Kalyani Steel shares up 12% as court lifts mining ban
The Supreme Court had enforced a ban on mining in Karnataka since August 2011 after investigations conducted by the courts Central Empowered Committee (CEC) highlighted environmental damage brought about by rampant illegal mining.
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JSW Steel shares fall after court orders CBI probe in Karnataka mining case
JSW Steel shares have tumbled nearly 32 per cent in the last 12 months over these allegations.
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We don't operate or own any iron ore mine in Karnataka, clarifies Adani
The company, in response to reports of CEC’s recommendation for a probe into alleged illegal export of iron ore, says it has not undertaken any mining activity in the country.
