Sand Pit

A 10-year-old boy drowned after slipping into a pit on Leesh river bed in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, suspected to have been dug for illegal sand mining, police sources said.

Four children drowned allegedly after falling into a pit created by illegal sand mining from Morhar river in Bihar's Gaya district today.

Lakhs of hatchlings of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles were found buried alive at Gahirmatha nesting ground as the babies failed to emerge out of pits following compaction of sand particles caused by thundershowers.

Malaika made a pit stop in New York after enjoying the sun, sea and sand with part of the Khan-daan in Spain earlier

A lush green field and then suddenly, an 80-feet-deep pit. The landscape of Hajipur in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, some 180 kilometers from Chandigarh, is nothing like the average village of the state.

If you don't like an officer, shunt them out - a rising trend that has pitted governments against bureaucrats. The controversial suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal has caused a political storm, but she joins the club of over 200 officers across India suspended over the years on political whims.

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has ordered permanent closure of 16 sand quarries functioning in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery and Kollidam rivers. In the case of ten other quarries, the court has directed the government to obtain clearance from the Environmental Impact Assessment Authority in three months. It has also instructed the state govern...

A 10-year-old boy drowned after slipping into a pit on Leesh river bed in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, suspected to have been dug for illegal sand mining, police sources said.

Four children drowned allegedly after falling into a pit created by illegal sand mining from Morhar river in Bihar's Gaya district today.

Lakhs of hatchlings of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles were found buried alive at Gahirmatha nesting ground as the babies failed to emerge out of pits following compaction of sand particles caused by thundershowers.

Malaika made a pit stop in New York after enjoying the sun, sea and sand with part of the Khan-daan in Spain earlier

A lush green field and then suddenly, an 80-feet-deep pit. The landscape of Hajipur in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, some 180 kilometers from Chandigarh, is nothing like the average village of the state.

If you don't like an officer, shunt them out - a rising trend that has pitted governments against bureaucrats. The controversial suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal has caused a political storm, but she joins the club of over 200 officers across India suspended over the years on political whims.

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has ordered permanent closure of 16 sand quarries functioning in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery and Kollidam rivers. In the case of ten other quarries, the court has directed the government to obtain clearance from the Environmental Impact Assessment Authority in three months. It has also instructed the state govern...