 | No sand mining sans clearance from environment ministry: Andhra HC to govtAdvocate General S Sriram said the petitioner had earlier approached the NGT against the illegal sand mining and the tribunal has issued certain orders. |
 | Act on illegal sand mining within 15 days or face action: Orissa HCThe court was hearing on Wednesday a PIL filed by a city-based social activist Prasanta Kumar, drawing attention to illegal sand mining by use of heavy equipment and seeking a halt to the activity. |
 | Sand mining case: Enforcement Directorate ill-treated us, say TN Water Resources Department officialsEver since September 12, the directorate has been searching sand quarries, contractors’ offices, and houses, without any pause. |
 | 'Illegal' sand mining probe: Madras HC stays ED's summons to TN bureaucratsThe division bench observed that the Central agency is on a 'fishing expedition' without finding the existence of tainted money. |
 | ED can hold probe into graft, but not under PMLA: Madras High CourtSenior counsel Dushyant Dave, representing the state, contended that offences under the Mines and Minerals Act are not scheduled offences as per the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. |
 | Illegal sand mining worth Rs. 4,730 crore done, but govt earned Rs. 36.45 crore: ED tells Madras HCThe disclosure was made in an objection affidavit filed by ED on the batch of petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu government and collectors challenging the issuance of summons to the collectors. |
 | Stay illegal ED summons in sand mining case: TN to Madras HC“The process, purportedly taken under PMLA, is to pressurise and demoralise the state administration from discharging its functions and duties without any just cause and reason,” the petitions said. |
 | Efforts on to establish Kollur village’s Kohinoor claim, turn it into tourist spotAdvocate Bhaskar Rao Mudbool is striving to convince the government of the necessity of setting up a memorial at the place where the world-famous diamond is said to have been mined. |
 | Police officer mowed down by tractor carrying illegally mined sand in BiharA 28-year-old sub-inspector of police (SI) was mowed down and a home guard was seriously injured by a tractor carrying illegally mined sand in Bihar's Jamui district on Tuesday |
 | ‘Remedial measures in six months for Thadagam ravaged by sand mining’He added that formation of an expert committee for the purpose of re-assessment of environmental compensation would be completed in a month. |
 | ED raid brings sand mining ops to screeching halt, affects government projects in Tamil NaduWhile the government introduced an online system for sand sale, contractors responsible for distribution have vacated the yards following the raid. |
 | Illegal sand mining flourishes in GanjamHundreds of tractor-trolleys can be seen lifting sand from the river bed with the help of earth-movers during dusk almost everyday. |
 | Assam govt put on hold the promotion of controversial forest officerDas was accused of illegal sand mining and suspended and arrested in 2018 by the Bureau of Investigation of Economic Offences (BIEO) net at Guwahati. |
| Environmental clearance a must for sand mining in AP: National Green TribunalOn March 23, the NGT issued directions to stop the mining activity, following which the SEIAA – Andhra Pradesh issued a stop notice to all the sand reaches. |
 | Madras High Court directs Dindigul collector to file report in illegal sand miningThe officials responsible for taking note of the backgrounds and political positions of persons engaged in illegal mining had not taken any action. |
 | No mining in 18 sand reaches in ChittoorThe firm engaged with sand mining operations in the said reaches will have to obtain environmental clearances to take up the sand mining operations. |
 | Can’t control illegal sand mining: Karnataka Minister Krishna ByregowdaMLAs Allama Prabhu Patil from Gulbarga South and MY Patil from Afzalpur constituencies raised the issue of illegal sand mining. |
 | CPI(M) urges Katpadi DSP to arrest SI under SC/ST ActA humiliated Sarathkumar, who hails from a Scheduled Caste community, took the extreme step, a few days after the incident. |
 | Prime accused arrested after constable crushed under tractor by sand mafia in KalaburagiThe SP said that the incident took place on June 15 when head constable identified as 51-year-old Mayura Chauhan was trying to stop a tractor transporting illegally mined sand in Jewargi taluk. |
 | Two days after exposing ‘illegal’ sand mining, activist assaulted in TN's VillupuramAccording to sources, M Raja is a resident of Yenathimangalam village where a government sand mine was set up along the Thenpennai in 2019. |
