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TopicIllegal sand mining

Topic: illegal sand mining

Jalandhar court extends ED custody of Punjab CM’s nephew in sand mining case till 11 February

Bhupinder Singh 'Honey' was arrested on 3 February & remanded to Enforcement Directorate custody till Tuesday. He was then produced before district & sessions court for extension of custody.

Punjab CM Channi’s nephew has accepted receiving 10 cr for illegal sand mining, ED claims

ED had conducted raids against Honey and others on 18 Jan and seized about Rs 7.9 crore cash and another Rs 2 crore cash from a linked person identified as Sandeep Kumar.

‘Sand mafia, goonda tax’: Illegal mining is no secret, but still an election issue in Punjab

With illegal sand mining becoming a poll issue, ThePrint visited SBS Nagar and Rupnagar districts to find out how and why such sites operate, and what local authorities are doing.

WhatsApp group, tracker, ‘mole’ — how ‘transport mafia’ planned attack on Ambala IAS officer

The convoy of Ambala ADC Preeti Sabbarwal was attacked on 18 September after the officer cracked down on alleged mining and transport mafia.

Supreme Court directs Rajasthan govt to take immediate steps to stop illegal sand mining

The Central Empowered Committee will submit a report within six weeks after considering problems faced by traders, and other stake holders.

Global demand for this common mineral is creating an environmental catastrophe

Between 32 and 50 billion tonnes of sand and gravel are extracted from the Earth each year, making it the most mined material in the world.

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India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.