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Vitrinite accused of clearing koala habitat and illegal coal mining in Queensland
3 months, 1 week ago

Vitrinite accused of clearing koala habitat and illegal coal mining in Queensland

ABC  

A coal mining company with former links to a US fraudster has been accused of illegally mining coal and destroying koala habitat without the required federal environmental approval. About 47 hectares of koala habitat has been cleared near Vitrinite's Vulcan Mine in the Bowen basin, about 150 kilometres south-west of Mackay, to make way for an open cut coal pit. …

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India’s illegal coal mining problem | Explained
5 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s illegal coal mining problem | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On July 13, three workers died of asphyxiation inside an illegal coal mine in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district. Illegal coal mining also allegedly receives tacit support from political leaders in areas where it is prevalent, making it difficult to curb. In 2023, the Assam-based political party Assam Jatiya Parishad submitted a petition each to the President, Vice-President, …

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Coal levy scam case: Chhattisgarh EOW, ACB file charge sheet, names 15 people
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Coal levy scam case: Chhattisgarh EOW, ACB file charge sheet, names 15 people

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh Economic Offence Wing and Anti-Corruption Bureau made 15 people, including Saumya Chaursia, who was deputy secretary in former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel’s office, accused in the alleged coal levy scam and claimed that the accused collected about Rs.318 crore the pretext of coal levy, said officials familiar with the development. Around Rs.65 crore were taken illegally from …

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Gujarat: Four booked after three labourers die of asphyxiation at illegal coal mine
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat: Four booked after three labourers die of asphyxiation at illegal coal mine

Hindustan Times  

Four persons were booked after three labourers died of asphyxiation at an illegal coal mine in Surendranagar district of Gujarat on Saturday, police said. They had filled up an illegal coal mine that was dug on government wasteland in Bhet village. The incident unfolded when one of the labourers, working at a considerable depth of approximately 60-70 feet in one …

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Three die of asphyxiation at illegal coal mine in Gujarat
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Three die of asphyxiation at illegal coal mine in Gujarat

The Hindu  

Three labourers died of asphyxiation inside an illegal coal mine in Surendranagar district of Gujarat on Saturday. But it seems, some of them have been reopened,” Mr. Sampat told The Hindu, adding that “the local administration takes this issue very seriously.” “Our main concern is the unscientific method that’s used for mining,” Mr. Sampat added. Revenue and police officials in …

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Gujarat: Three die of asphyxiation at illegal coal mine in Surendranagar district
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Gujarat: Three die of asphyxiation at illegal coal mine in Surendranagar district

India TV News  

Gujarat news: At least three labourers died of asphyxiation at an illegal coal mine in Gujarat's Surendranagar district, police said today. The victims, Lakshman Dabhi, Khodabhai Makwana and Viram Keraliya, were digging at a mine near Bhet village in Thangadh taluka of the district when they died of asphyxiation on Saturday, the official from Muli Muli police station said. Earlier …

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Three dead, 10 missing during illegal coal mining in Bengal's Raniganj
1 year, 2 months ago

Three dead, 10 missing during illegal coal mining in Bengal's Raniganj

The Hindu  

At least three people were killed and 10 others were feared trapped after a coal mine collapsed during illegal extraction in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, officials said on Friday. Police suspect that the incident took place when coal was being illegally extracted from Narayankuri colliery of the Eastern Coalfields Limited in Egra gram panchayat in Raniganj police station area, …

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Chhattisgarh court issues notices to 2 Congress MLAs, 7 others in coal levy scam
1 year, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh court issues notices to 2 Congress MLAs, 7 others in coal levy scam

Hindustan Times  

A Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur has issued notices to nine accused, including two ruling Congress MLAs, in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged coal levy scam in the state. “The special court on Saturday registered the second supplementary prosecution complaint and issued notices to nine of the 11 accused as two accused …

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Illegal Coal Mining: Meghalaya High Court Mulls CBI Probe, Asks State To Show Cause Why Police Administration Should Be Trusted
1 year, 6 months ago

Illegal Coal Mining: Meghalaya High Court Mulls CBI Probe, Asks State To Show Cause Why Police Administration Should Be Trusted

Live Law  

Contemplating demands for CBI probe into the issue of illegal coal mining in Meghalaya, the High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to show cause why it should still have any confidence in the police or the administrative machinery. Today, the petitioner presented compelling video showcasing illicit coal-mining activities and the transport of illegally-mined coal across various districts. Unconvinced, …

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Meghalaya HC pulls up chief secretary, DGP over illegal coal mining in the state
1 year, 7 months ago

Meghalaya HC pulls up chief secretary, DGP over illegal coal mining in the state

Hindustan Times  

The Meghalaya high court on Monday sought to know why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against both the chief secretary and the director general of police of the state for their apparent inaction and failure to check illegal coal mining operations and transportation in the State. The full bench consisting of chief justice Sanjib Bannerjee and justice HS Thangkhiew …

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Meghalaya High Court Asks State To Identify 'Kingpins' Of Illegal Coal Mining, Take Appropriate Legal Action
1 year, 9 months ago

Meghalaya High Court Asks State To Identify 'Kingpins' Of Illegal Coal Mining, Take Appropriate Legal Action

Live Law  

The Meghalaya High Court on Monday expressed hope that the State will take effective steps to identify kingpins of illegal coal mining and take appropriate action in the matter. A full bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justices H. S. Thangkhiew & W. Diengdoh was hearing a Public Interest Litigation on the menace of Illegal Coal Mining in the …

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BJP leaders behind illegal coal mining in Assam: Assam Jatiya Parishad
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP leaders behind illegal coal mining in Assam: Assam Jatiya Parishad

The Hindu  

Some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are behind illegal coal mining in Assam, a State-based political party has alleged in a set of memorandums on February 16. AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi and general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan said illegal rat-hole coal mining has continued in Assam besides Meghalaya and other north-eastern States with the alleged patronage of the BJP leaders and in …

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CRPF to have aggressive role to control, monitor illegal coal mining in Meghalaya: HC
1 year, 10 months ago

CRPF to have aggressive role to control, monitor illegal coal mining in Meghalaya: HC

The Hindu  

The Meghalaya High Court said the CRPF can have a more aggressive role to control and monitor the illegal mining and transportation of coal in the hill State. The High Court also directed the Meghalaya Government to indicate the number of central armed police force personnel it requires to effectively monitor and check illegal mining and transportation of coal in …

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Coal Scam- Enforcement Directorate Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Quashing Of Notices Issued To It's Officials By West Bengal Police
3 years, 3 months ago

Coal Scam- Enforcement Directorate Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Quashing Of Notices Issued To It's Officials By West Bengal Police

Live Law  

The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the notices, issued by West Bengal Police, to its officials performing their statutory functions in Delhi.The ED is investigating the illegal coal mining case and the role of the complainant TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee under the PMLA Act in the New Delhi Headquarters. The Enforcement Directorate has moved …

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'Or They'll Go Scot Free': Meghalaya Cong Demands Independent Inquiry into Allege Illegal Coal Trade
3 years, 6 months ago

'Or They'll Go Scot Free': Meghalaya Cong Demands Independent Inquiry into Allege Illegal Coal Trade

News 18  

The opposition Congress has reiterated its demand for an independent inquiry into the alleged illegal coal mining and its transportation in Meghalaya. “Unless there is an independent inquiry by an outside agency which is not under the control of the state government this truth cannot be uncovered and the perpetrators brought to book, they will all go scot free…it will …

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ED Links Mamata Banerjee's Nephew Abhishek to Coal Mining Scam; Alleges His Family Received Funds
3 years, 9 months ago

ED Links Mamata Banerjee's Nephew Abhishek to Coal Mining Scam; Alleges His Family Received Funds

News 18  

The ED has alleged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's family benefited from illicit funds obtained from certain illegal coal mining in the state under a "deep system" of political patronage driven by a "well-oiled" machinery. Quoting the recorded statement of an unidentified "close associate" of Majhi, the ED said the alleged kingpin of …

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Bengal election: What is the CBI case against Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira?
3 years, 10 months ago

Bengal election: What is the CBI case against Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira?

India Today  

Dynasty politics breeds corruption. Read | CBI reaches Abhishek Banerjee's home to question wife Rujira in illegal coal mining case Illegal mining was being done in the mines that the ECL considered unsafe for mining and stopped its operations there. India Today Insight | Why the BJP is wooing Bengal’s movie stars One of the prime accused — identified as …

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Meghalaya govt encouraging illegal coal mining, says NGO
4 years, 2 months ago

Meghalaya govt encouraging illegal coal mining, says NGO

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A Meghalaya-based rights group has accused the alliance government in the State of encouraging illegal coal mining in contempt of a Supreme Court order. The State government later claimed tonnes of already extracted coal lying around various mining sites needed to be transported to prevent the local environment from being polluted. Coal miners had in December 2018 told the …

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Mapping The Human Rights And Environmental Perils Of Illegal Coal Mining In Meghalaya: An Analysis
4 years, 3 months ago

Mapping The Human Rights And Environmental Perils Of Illegal Coal Mining In Meghalaya: An Analysis

Live Law  

The problem of mining in the North-Eastern region of the country has been incessantly perturbing the ecology over a while now. This reckless approach by the coal mining companies landed them in a quagmire when 15 of such miners got trapped Lumthari village of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya which raised ethical as well as health concerns of the …

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Rescuers struggle to reach 3 trapped inside illegal coal mine in Bengal’s Kulti
5 years, 2 months ago

Rescuers struggle to reach 3 trapped inside illegal coal mine in Bengal’s Kulti

Hindustan Times  

Rescuers were on Monday trying to reach the three men trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Kulti area of West Bengal’s West Burdwan district since Sunday afternoon, officials said. Three men trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Kulti area of West Bengal. “We heard that four persons went down the mine at Aknabagan area, and one of them …

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Meghalaya govt-coal mafia nexus aids illegal mining, decimates state's ecology, says activists' report submitted to Supreme Court
5 years, 11 months ago

Meghalaya govt-coal mafia nexus aids illegal mining, decimates state's ecology, says activists' report submitted to Supreme Court

Firstpost  

Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya has dispossessed 76 percent of the local tribal population of their land, resulting in large-scale migration of the tribal poor to the urban centres of Shillong and Tura, the report says, adding that this was the major reason for inequality of wealth in the state. The report lists out a number of recommendations to curb …

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Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya's killer 'rat holes' continues amid state govt indifference to rampant violations
6 years ago

Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya's killer 'rat holes' continues amid state govt indifference to rampant violations

Firstpost  

Shillong: Coal miners in Meghalaya go down what’s literally a rat hole. Meanwhile, at least five petitions by mine owners have challenged the NGT’s ban on coal mining in Meghalaya and are pending in the Supreme Court. GK Srivastav, joint general secretary of the all India coal workers’ federation, said the mines in Meghalaya are completely illegal and run by …

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