Mining tycoon Janardhana Reddy to rejoin BJP ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Mr Reddy was a minister in the BJP government led by BS Yediyurappa Bangalore: Mining tycoon G Janardhana Reddy, the sole MP of Karnataka Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP), said on Sunday that he will rejoin the Bharatiya Janata Party on March 25. The KRPP founder said he has decided to make Narendra Modi the Prime … Read more

Electoral bonds: Infrastructure companies, mining, telecom giants are biggest donors to BJP

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India said this week that the Bharatiya Janata Party was the largest beneficiary of electoral bonds between April 2019 and January 2024, with corporates donating 5,594 crore rupees during the period. The BJP’s revenue is more than three times the amount received by the Trinamool Congress party (Rs 1,592 … Read more

U.S., Canada and indigenous groups propose proposals to address cross-border mining issues

Billings, Montana— The United States, Canada and several Indigenous groups announced a proposal Monday to address coal mining pollution in British Columbia that officials say has been polluting waterways and harming fisheries on both sides of the border for years. The proposal would be enforced through the century-old U.S.-Canada Boundary Waters Treaty, establishing an independent … Read more

Lalu Yadav’s aide arrested in sand mining case after hours-long search

Subhash Yadav had contested in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. New Delhi: Prominent leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and close associate of Lalu Prasad Yadav Subhash Yadav has been booked by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged illegal sand mining activities (ED) Arrest. The arrests came after the education ministry conducted 14-hour raids at eight … Read more

U.S. court rules to allow mining on Apache sacred land

Phoenix— A divided federal court panel on Friday voted 6-5 to uphold a lower court’s rejection of a preliminary injunction halting the transfer of Apache land to a group that has fought to protect what it considers sacred land for a copper project in central Arizona. The organization took a major hit. Project land. The … Read more

Landslide kills 68 in gold mining village in southern Philippines

More than a dozen bodies were pulled from the mud on Monday the Philippines: The death toll from a landslide in a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines rose to 68 on Monday, officials said, as searchers gave up hope of finding more survivors. Hundreds of rescuers spent nearly a week searching for those buried … Read more