Mining

Order of the High Court of Delhi in canceling mining lease grant in Chhattisgarh to Pushp Steel and Mines Ltd

Order of the High Court of Delhi in W.P. (C) 9120/2008 canceling a mining lease grant in Chhattisgarh to Pushp Steel and Mines Limited (PSML).

Publication Date: 
19/07/2010
High Court of Madras
Tags:
Mining, Chhattisgarh, Mines Act 1957, Kanker (D), Forests, Iron And Steel Industry, Mineral-Based Indsutry
Economy

Economic offensive

Personnel of the security forces interact with members of Salwa Judum, a vigilante group raised to fight naxalites. A file photograph.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2010
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Dantewada (D), Infrastructure Development, Bastar, Naranpur, Bijapur (D), Kanker (D), Development, Naxalites, Tribals, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Wildlife

Poaching racket in Panna exposed

THE Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) on Saturday nabbed three poachers with iron traps in Panna Tiger Reserve. All three belonged to the Pardhi community. "These people had come from Maharashtra and would have tried to trap a tiger or a deer," said a WCCB official. There are currently two tigresses in Panna, both have been relocated there from neighbouring reserves.

Publication Date: 
16/10/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife, Leopard, Tiger, Panna NP, Tiger Reserves, Poaching, Wildlife Crime Bureau, Kanker (D)