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5 Dead, 7 Buried Under Stone Quarry Debris In Rajasthan: Police
Five labourers were killed and two others are feared dead after debris of a quartz stone quarry fell on them in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Wednesday, police said.
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Karnataka Quarry Blast: "Merciless Action" Will Be Taken, Says Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today said "merciless" action will taken against those involved in illegal acts that led to the blast at a quarry in Chikkaballapura killing six people.
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Man Arrested Over Meghalaya Mine Accident Admits To Owning It, Say Police
The man, who was arrested in connection with the mine mishap in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district a fortnight ago, has admitted that he was the owner of the 370-foot-deep illegal quarry, police said Sunday.
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Tamil Nadu Granite Scam: Enforcement Directorate Attaches Over 500 Properties Worth Rs 200 Crore
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached over 500 properties, with a market value of about Rs 200 crore, in connection with its money laundering probe in the alleged illegal granite quarrying scam of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
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Mining Units In Gir Forest Raided And Sealed After NDTV Report
A day after NDTV exposed thriving illegal mining activity in and around the protected Gir wildlife sanctuary, the district administration of Gir Somnath raided illegal mining units and sealed three major quarries in the area.
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Activists to Use Smartphones to Crack Down on Illegal Quarries
Trained volunteers will visit each quarry and upload its exact location, images, ownership details and so on to a common database using GPS and a particular app.
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Tamil Nadu government suspends beach mineral mining, probe ordered
Tamil Nadu government today ordered a probe to ascertain if irregularities have occurred in 71 large mineral quarries engaged in extraction of beach minerals in the state and suspended operations till its completion.
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Did not expect to be posted outright now: Tamil Nadu bureaucrat on his transfer over crackdown on illegal sand mining
Ashish Kumar, who was the District Collector of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu till two days ago, was handed his transfer order on Tuesday evening. Earlier that day, he had conducted raids on mineral quarries owned by local mining barons in two villages in the district.
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Centre seeks report from UP government on IAS officer Durga's suspension
The Centre has sought a report from the Samajwadi Party-led Uttar Pradesh government on the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nath, who had cracked down on sand mafia involved in rampant quarrying along the banks of Yamuna river.
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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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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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Lookout notice for MK Alagiri's son in illegal quarrying case
The Madurai police have asked immigration authorities to issue a look out circular for union minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi and eleven others in the illegal granite quarrying case in Madurai.
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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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Blog: Tamil Nadu Police turning trigger happy
Another alleged gangster in Tamil Nadu has been killed in a police encounter. According to the police, the Inspector was attacked at an illegal sand quarry in Tirunelvelli district and he opened fire in self defence. This has now become a routine predictable theory. This reminds me of a gruesome police encounter in Madurai which I covered as a fled...
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One killed in Tamil Nadu police encounter
One person was shot dead in a police encounter in Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu. According to initial reports, a police inspector, who raided an illegal sand quarry near Nanguneri, opened fire in self-defence and killed an alleged gangster. The gangster has been identified as Vanavamalai.
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5 Dead, 7 Buried Under Stone Quarry Debris In Rajasthan: Police
Five labourers were killed and two others are feared dead after debris of a quartz stone quarry fell on them in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Wednesday, police said.
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Karnataka Quarry Blast: "Merciless Action" Will Be Taken, Says Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today said "merciless" action will taken against those involved in illegal acts that led to the blast at a quarry in Chikkaballapura killing six people.
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Man Arrested Over Meghalaya Mine Accident Admits To Owning It, Say Police
The man, who was arrested in connection with the mine mishap in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district a fortnight ago, has admitted that he was the owner of the 370-foot-deep illegal quarry, police said Sunday.
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Tamil Nadu Granite Scam: Enforcement Directorate Attaches Over 500 Properties Worth Rs 200 Crore
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached over 500 properties, with a market value of about Rs 200 crore, in connection with its money laundering probe in the alleged illegal granite quarrying scam of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
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Mining Units In Gir Forest Raided And Sealed After NDTV Report
A day after NDTV exposed thriving illegal mining activity in and around the protected Gir wildlife sanctuary, the district administration of Gir Somnath raided illegal mining units and sealed three major quarries in the area.
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Activists to Use Smartphones to Crack Down on Illegal Quarries
Trained volunteers will visit each quarry and upload its exact location, images, ownership details and so on to a common database using GPS and a particular app.
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Tamil Nadu government suspends beach mineral mining, probe ordered
Tamil Nadu government today ordered a probe to ascertain if irregularities have occurred in 71 large mineral quarries engaged in extraction of beach minerals in the state and suspended operations till its completion.
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Did not expect to be posted outright now: Tamil Nadu bureaucrat on his transfer over crackdown on illegal sand mining
Ashish Kumar, who was the District Collector of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu till two days ago, was handed his transfer order on Tuesday evening. Earlier that day, he had conducted raids on mineral quarries owned by local mining barons in two villages in the district.
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Centre seeks report from UP government on IAS officer Durga's suspension
The Centre has sought a report from the Samajwadi Party-led Uttar Pradesh government on the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nath, who had cracked down on sand mafia involved in rampant quarrying along the banks of Yamuna river.
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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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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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Lookout notice for MK Alagiri's son in illegal quarrying case
The Madurai police have asked immigration authorities to issue a look out circular for union minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi and eleven others in the illegal granite quarrying case in Madurai.
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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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Blog: Tamil Nadu Police turning trigger happy
Another alleged gangster in Tamil Nadu has been killed in a police encounter. According to the police, the Inspector was attacked at an illegal sand quarry in Tirunelvelli district and he opened fire in self defence. This has now become a routine predictable theory. This reminds me of a gruesome police encounter in Madurai which I covered as a fled...
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One killed in Tamil Nadu police encounter
One person was shot dead in a police encounter in Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu. According to initial reports, a police inspector, who raided an illegal sand quarry near Nanguneri, opened fire in self-defence and killed an alleged gangster. The gangster has been identified as Vanavamalai.
