Mining Mafia

Authorities have demolished the houses of two persons accused in a case of crushing a policeman to death by a tractor-trolley transporting illegally mined sand in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, an official said on Monday.

A policeman was run over by a tractor which was being used for illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh, the police said.

Two policemen were injured when a police team trying to stop alleged illegal stone mining here came under attack from a mob which escaped with a seized excavator, officials said on Thursday.

The driver of a truck carrying allegedly illegally mined sand tried to run over a woman official after she and her colleagues seized eight such vehicles during checking in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Sunday morning, an official said.

The son of Haryana police officer Surender Singh, who was allegedly run over by a dumper truck during a raid against illegal stone mining in Nuh district last year, will be appointed as a deputy superintendent of police on compassionate grounds.

A police constable was run over by a truck carrying illegally mined sand in Karnataka's Kalburgi district Thursday evening.

Four people, including three children, were killed after their tempo was hit by a tractor allegedly used for illegal sand mining in Rajasthan's Alwar on Thursday.

Members of the mining mafia in Antri district of Gwalior freed a tractor which had been seized by the forest officials but while they were taking it away, it overturned and they fled. Now the police are searching for them.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a wanted member of a sand mining mafia after a brief encounter in Moradabad district, days after it had made an unsuccessful attempt to nab him from Udham Singh Nagar district of neighbouring Uttarakhand.

BJP MP Ranjeeta Koli has claimed that the mining mafia tried to mow her down by a truck and left her vehicle damaged in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district.

The Haryana government has decided to conduct a judicial probe into the killing of a Deputy Superintendent of Police by the mining mafia in the state's Mewat region.

In a horrifying incident that captures the terror of the mining mafia in Haryana, a senior police officer was run over by a stone-laden truck in Nuh today when he went to stop illegal stone mining.

Several villagers were arrested on Tuesday in Gaya district of Bihar after they clashed with the police officials assisting government officials in the auction of sand mines.

Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, the arrested nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, has "accepted" that he received Rs 10 crore cash in lieu of facilitating sand mining operations and transfer or posting of officials in the border state

Punjab ex-chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said Charanjit Singh Channi's denial of involvement in illegal sand mining was a "total lie" and alleged he had received inputs that the CM had a share in the mafia, along with other Congress l

Authorities have demolished the houses of two persons accused in a case of crushing a policeman to death by a tractor-trolley transporting illegally mined sand in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, an official said on Monday.

A policeman was run over by a tractor which was being used for illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh, the police said.

Two policemen were injured when a police team trying to stop alleged illegal stone mining here came under attack from a mob which escaped with a seized excavator, officials said on Thursday.

The driver of a truck carrying allegedly illegally mined sand tried to run over a woman official after she and her colleagues seized eight such vehicles during checking in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Sunday morning, an official said.

The son of Haryana police officer Surender Singh, who was allegedly run over by a dumper truck during a raid against illegal stone mining in Nuh district last year, will be appointed as a deputy superintendent of police on compassionate grounds.

A police constable was run over by a truck carrying illegally mined sand in Karnataka's Kalburgi district Thursday evening.

Four people, including three children, were killed after their tempo was hit by a tractor allegedly used for illegal sand mining in Rajasthan's Alwar on Thursday.

Members of the mining mafia in Antri district of Gwalior freed a tractor which had been seized by the forest officials but while they were taking it away, it overturned and they fled. Now the police are searching for them.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a wanted member of a sand mining mafia after a brief encounter in Moradabad district, days after it had made an unsuccessful attempt to nab him from Udham Singh Nagar district of neighbouring Uttarakhand.

BJP MP Ranjeeta Koli has claimed that the mining mafia tried to mow her down by a truck and left her vehicle damaged in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district.

The Haryana government has decided to conduct a judicial probe into the killing of a Deputy Superintendent of Police by the mining mafia in the state's Mewat region.

In a horrifying incident that captures the terror of the mining mafia in Haryana, a senior police officer was run over by a stone-laden truck in Nuh today when he went to stop illegal stone mining.

Several villagers were arrested on Tuesday in Gaya district of Bihar after they clashed with the police officials assisting government officials in the auction of sand mines.

Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, the arrested nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, has "accepted" that he received Rs 10 crore cash in lieu of facilitating sand mining operations and transfer or posting of officials in the border state

Punjab ex-chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said Charanjit Singh Channi's denial of involvement in illegal sand mining was a "total lie" and alleged he had received inputs that the CM had a share in the mafia, along with other Congress l