Mining Activist

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Tuesday hauled away and detained during a protest at a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, police said.

A 24-year-old man was killed and his father, a Right to Information activist, was grievously injured after a man accused of illegal sand mining allegedly rammed their scooter with his SUV in Gujarat's Kutch district.

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and members of the Nordic country's indigenous Sami community on Saturday protested against a possible iron ore mine in northern Sweden.

India's Adani Group is preparing to ship the first coal cargo from Australia's most controversial mine, after battling a seven-year campaign by climate activists and defying a global push away from fossil fuels.

Mining activist and trade union leader Puti Gaonkar joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa today and is set to contest the 2022 state assembly elections against Chief Minister Pramod Sawant from the Sanquelim constituency.

The Adani conglomerate coming under increasing pressure over its controversial coal mine in Australia said it won't let protests dissuade it from completing the project. The group, controlled by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, is responding to an uptick in scrutiny over the Carmichael development, including from high-profile teen activist Greta Th...

A special CBI court today sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Bogha Solanki and six others to life imprisonment for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after he tried to expose illegal mining activities in the Gir forest region in Gujarat.

Former BJP lawmaker Dinu Solanki and six others were Saturday convicted by a special CBI court in Ahmedabad for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 as he tried to expose illegal mining activities in Gir forest region.

The split comes after Downer was the target of a nationwide activist campaign pressuring them to quit the $16.5-billion project in central Queensland, the ABC News reported.

Sand mining is not supposed to happen in eastern Punjab's Khizrabad. It is an area not sanctioned for any kind of mining by the government. More so at the time (monsoon) NDTV visited the area, mining is not permitted at all in any area in Punjab.

The Gir wildlife sanctuary, home to the rare Asiatic lion, is facing threats from illegal mining. Five years after RTI activist Amit Jethwa, who was spearheading the fight against illegal mining was shot dead, activity in and around the sanctuary is continuing unchecked, NDTV has found.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons outside the Collector office in Tapi district of Gujarat for allegedly seeking information and opposing "illegal mining" there, police said today.

Ramesh Agarwal has been shot in the leg. "I knew I'd be a target," he said.

Dinu Bogha Solanki, the BJP MP from Gujarat, has been named in the CBI chargesheet filed today in connection with murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa. Mr Jethwa had waged a crusade against illegal mining in Gir forest region, the last home of Asiatic lions.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was on Tuesday hauled away and detained during a protest at a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, police said.

A 24-year-old man was killed and his father, a Right to Information activist, was grievously injured after a man accused of illegal sand mining allegedly rammed their scooter with his SUV in Gujarat's Kutch district.

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and members of the Nordic country's indigenous Sami community on Saturday protested against a possible iron ore mine in northern Sweden.

India's Adani Group is preparing to ship the first coal cargo from Australia's most controversial mine, after battling a seven-year campaign by climate activists and defying a global push away from fossil fuels.

Mining activist and trade union leader Puti Gaonkar joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa today and is set to contest the 2022 state assembly elections against Chief Minister Pramod Sawant from the Sanquelim constituency.

The Adani conglomerate coming under increasing pressure over its controversial coal mine in Australia said it won't let protests dissuade it from completing the project. The group, controlled by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, is responding to an uptick in scrutiny over the Carmichael development, including from high-profile teen activist Greta Th...

A special CBI court today sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Bogha Solanki and six others to life imprisonment for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after he tried to expose illegal mining activities in the Gir forest region in Gujarat.

Former BJP lawmaker Dinu Solanki and six others were Saturday convicted by a special CBI court in Ahmedabad for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 as he tried to expose illegal mining activities in Gir forest region.

The split comes after Downer was the target of a nationwide activist campaign pressuring them to quit the $16.5-billion project in central Queensland, the ABC News reported.

Sand mining is not supposed to happen in eastern Punjab's Khizrabad. It is an area not sanctioned for any kind of mining by the government. More so at the time (monsoon) NDTV visited the area, mining is not permitted at all in any area in Punjab.

The Gir wildlife sanctuary, home to the rare Asiatic lion, is facing threats from illegal mining. Five years after RTI activist Amit Jethwa, who was spearheading the fight against illegal mining was shot dead, activity in and around the sanctuary is continuing unchecked, NDTV has found.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons outside the Collector office in Tapi district of Gujarat for allegedly seeking information and opposing "illegal mining" there, police said today.

Ramesh Agarwal has been shot in the leg. "I knew I'd be a target," he said.

Dinu Bogha Solanki, the BJP MP from Gujarat, has been named in the CBI chargesheet filed today in connection with murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa. Mr Jethwa had waged a crusade against illegal mining in Gir forest region, the last home of Asiatic lions.