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Illegal sand mining Part 3: Bihar govt's attempted crackdown sends prices soaring; officials face axe as rivers in ruin
Ramashankar Mishra •The crackdown on illegal business of sand and its resulting scarcity has largely affected construction work, rendering hundreds of daily wage workers jobless.
Illegal sand mining Part 4: Karnataka continues to bear brunt of resurgent mafia, ever-changing rules
Raghuram •Though former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah unveiled a new sand mining policy in 2014 giving more power to district-level officials, legal miners remain on tenterhooks, while illegal ones gained the upper hand courtesy ‘protection’ from political bosses.
Akhilesh Yadav, another SP leader likely to be summoned by CBI in connection with 'illegal sand mining' case
•Former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav may be investigated in an alleged illegal sand mining case, CBI sources indicated after the investigating agency conducted raids at 14 places.
Illegal sand mining case: CBI raids multiple locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including residence of BSP leader
•The CBI has been conducting raids at various locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the illegal sand mining case. The probe agency had taken up the matter on the directions of Allahabad High Court in July 2017.
Illegal sand mining: How a few deaths are mere collateral damage to Bundelkhand's thriving sand mafia
Khabar Lahariya •A few hours before dawn broke on Bundelkhand’s horizon on 20 November, a truck filled with sand was speeding down the highway when it hit, and consequently killed, a labourer in Banda, a Bundelkhand district in Uttar Pradesh. There have been similar accidents all over Uttar Pradesh in the last few years. In Bundelkhand, these cases have often been tied up with the hugely active sand trade, and hence mafia – “paise waalon ki balu mafia”, in local parlance.
Alliance For Media Freedom condemns Kanyakumari Police's 'illegal detention' of two journalists probing sand mining
Fp Staff •The Alliance For Media Freedom has condemned the "illegal detention and harassment" of two Tamil Nadu journalists for helping two French reporters investigate illegal beach and sand mining.
Chennai-based journalist Sandhya Ravishankar alleges stalking, intimidation after reports on sand mining mafia
Fp Staff •A group of journalists and civil society activists has written to the Chennai Commissioner of Police expressing concern over threats to Sandhya Ravishankar.
Madhya Pradesh journalist probing illegal sand mining cases mowed down by truck; Shivraj Singh Chouhan vows action
Fp Staff •A journalist investigating illegal sand mining cases in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh was run over by a truck on Monday
Patna police lodges FIR against RJD legislator Bhai Virender for illegal sand mining
•A case was lodged on Tuesday against a legislator belonging to the RJD in connection with illegal sand mining, police said.
Andhra Pradesh Congress releases list of 600 failed election promises of TDP, BJP
•The Andhra Pradesh Congress released a 'chargesheet' on failures of both the TDP and the BJP in implementing their election promises in the last three years of rule.