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70-Year-Old Delhi Man Arrested For Duping Woman Of Rs 20 Crore: Police
A 70-year-old man was arrested from Shahdara for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 20 crore in the grab of investing in his granite mine in Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.
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"Death Is The Only Option": Andhra Women Protest With Noose Around Neck
The women allege that the land they cultivate is being taken away forcibly and allotted to a granite mining company.
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'No Helmets, Goggles, Shoes': Indian Miners' Safety Being Compromised, Says Report
CHENNAI: Six out of 10 labourers toiling in quarries for granite for tiles, fireplaces and kitchen counters around the world are working in dangerous conditions to repay huge loans, charities mapping the hidden supply chain said on Wednesday. Governments are among the buyers of granite from India, one of the world’s largest exporters of the rock,...
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Charges of Human Sacrifice for Granite Baron in Tamil Nadu
A baby's bones are among the remains of four human bodies that have been unearthed as the macabre offshoot of an investigation into illegal mining in and around Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
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MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi files plea seeking return of passport
Former Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, who has been granted anticipatory bail in the alleged granite quarrying scam, today filed a plea in the Madras High Court Bench in Madurai seeking a direction to a lower court to return his passport to enable him go abroad in connection with his business Interests.
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Granite mining scam: Supreme Court dismisses Jayalalithaa government's plea against Durai Dayanidhi
In a political setback to the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today dismissed its appeal against anticipatory bail granted to DMK leader and Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in connection with the multi-crore granite scam in Madurai.
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Union Minister MK Alagiri's son questioned by police in granite mining scam
Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi was grilled by police in Tamil Nadu's Madurai in connection with illegal mining of granite by a company in which he was a director.
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After four months on the run, union minister Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi surrenders
For someone who comes from a particularly high-profile family in Tamil Nadu, Durai Dayanidhi pulled off the near-impossible: he remained untraced for four months despite a putative police search.
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Anticipatory bail granted to union minister Alagiri's son
The son of union minister MK Alagiri has been granted anticipatory bail by the Madras High Court.
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Granite scam: Police raid Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi office
Police in Chennai today raided the office of Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in connection with the granite scam, and have reportedly recovered some documents. Mr Dayanidhi has been absconding for more than a month after a firm closely linked to him was accused of illegal mining near the temple town of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
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Illegal granite quarrying: Vigilance officials raid Madurai Collectorate
As part of its crackdown on illegal granite quarrying, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption officials today raided the Geology and Mines Department office at the collectorate in Madurai.
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Immigration authorities asked to be on lookout for Alagiri's son
Police have alerted immigration authorities to help them in preventing Durai Dayanidhi, union minister M K Alagiri's son, and 11 others from leaving the country in the wake of the state government's crackdown on illegal granite quarrying.
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Granite trader accused of illegal mining surrenders in Madurai
The owner of a granite company allegedly involved in illegal mining surrendered before the Additional Deputy Superintendent of Police in Madurai.
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Cauvery River quarries which are more than five years old ordered to be shut down
Identifying new quarries and allowing sale of manufactured sand are some of the measures on Saturday proposed by the south Indian state Tamil Nadu government to streamline sand mining in the state.
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A scam worth 16,000 crores that rests on granite
Officials from the Madurai district administration in Tamil Nadu are conducting raids at 175 granite quarries across the district. The former Collector of Madurai Mr Sagayam, who was recently transferred, had alleged major violations by many granite quarries and had estimated a loss of more than sixteen thousand crore rupees to the state exchequer.
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70-Year-Old Delhi Man Arrested For Duping Woman Of Rs 20 Crore: Police
A 70-year-old man was arrested from Shahdara for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 20 crore in the grab of investing in his granite mine in Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.
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"Death Is The Only Option": Andhra Women Protest With Noose Around Neck
The women allege that the land they cultivate is being taken away forcibly and allotted to a granite mining company.
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'No Helmets, Goggles, Shoes': Indian Miners' Safety Being Compromised, Says Report
CHENNAI: Six out of 10 labourers toiling in quarries for granite for tiles, fireplaces and kitchen counters around the world are working in dangerous conditions to repay huge loans, charities mapping the hidden supply chain said on Wednesday. Governments are among the buyers of granite from India, one of the world’s largest exporters of the rock,...
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Charges of Human Sacrifice for Granite Baron in Tamil Nadu
A baby's bones are among the remains of four human bodies that have been unearthed as the macabre offshoot of an investigation into illegal mining in and around Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
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MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi files plea seeking return of passport
Former Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, who has been granted anticipatory bail in the alleged granite quarrying scam, today filed a plea in the Madras High Court Bench in Madurai seeking a direction to a lower court to return his passport to enable him go abroad in connection with his business Interests.
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Granite mining scam: Supreme Court dismisses Jayalalithaa government's plea against Durai Dayanidhi
In a political setback to the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today dismissed its appeal against anticipatory bail granted to DMK leader and Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in connection with the multi-crore granite scam in Madurai.
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Union Minister MK Alagiri's son questioned by police in granite mining scam
Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi was grilled by police in Tamil Nadu's Madurai in connection with illegal mining of granite by a company in which he was a director.
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After four months on the run, union minister Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi surrenders
For someone who comes from a particularly high-profile family in Tamil Nadu, Durai Dayanidhi pulled off the near-impossible: he remained untraced for four months despite a putative police search.
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Anticipatory bail granted to union minister Alagiri's son
The son of union minister MK Alagiri has been granted anticipatory bail by the Madras High Court.
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Granite scam: Police raid Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi office
Police in Chennai today raided the office of Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in connection with the granite scam, and have reportedly recovered some documents. Mr Dayanidhi has been absconding for more than a month after a firm closely linked to him was accused of illegal mining near the temple town of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
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Illegal granite quarrying: Vigilance officials raid Madurai Collectorate
As part of its crackdown on illegal granite quarrying, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption officials today raided the Geology and Mines Department office at the collectorate in Madurai.
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Immigration authorities asked to be on lookout for Alagiri's son
Police have alerted immigration authorities to help them in preventing Durai Dayanidhi, union minister M K Alagiri's son, and 11 others from leaving the country in the wake of the state government's crackdown on illegal granite quarrying.
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Granite trader accused of illegal mining surrenders in Madurai
The owner of a granite company allegedly involved in illegal mining surrendered before the Additional Deputy Superintendent of Police in Madurai.
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Cauvery River quarries which are more than five years old ordered to be shut down
Identifying new quarries and allowing sale of manufactured sand are some of the measures on Saturday proposed by the south Indian state Tamil Nadu government to streamline sand mining in the state.
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A scam worth 16,000 crores that rests on granite
Officials from the Madurai district administration in Tamil Nadu are conducting raids at 175 granite quarries across the district. The former Collector of Madurai Mr Sagayam, who was recently transferred, had alleged major violations by many granite quarries and had estimated a loss of more than sixteen thousand crore rupees to the state exchequer.
