Sand Mafia

Sand mafia allegedly mows down forest official in Madhya Pradesh's Morena with tractor; case lodged against unknown assailants

A Forest Department officer deputed to check sand mafia operations was intentionally run over and killed by a tractor-trolley laden with illegally mined sand in Morena on Friday morning, police said.

Two News18 journalists attacked in Punjab's Jalalabad for reporting on illegal mining mafia, says report

Two News18 journalists were attacked in Punjab's Jalalabad while attempting to report on the illegal mining mafia, News18 reported.

Madhya Pradesh journalist probing illegal sand mining cases mowed down by truck; Shivraj Singh Chouhan vows action

A journalist investigating illegal sand mining cases in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh was run over by a truck on Monday

Sachin Pilot accuses BJP govt in Rajasthan of patronising sand mafia, not checking illegal mining seriously

The Congress's Rajasthan unit chief Sachin Pilot on Thurday alleged that the BJP government in the state was patronising the sand mafia and was not serious in checking illegal mining.

Pappu Yadav says centre must intervene, take action against sand mafias in Bihar

RJD MP Pappu Yadav on Thursday sought the Centre's intervention in ensuring action against the alleged sand mafia in Bihar.

Bihar: Tejashwi Yadav calls prohibition a 'farce', JD(U) says RJD has close ties with sand mafia

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday charged that the prohibition clamped by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar was a "farce".

Sushil Kumar Modi alleges nexus between Lalu Prasad Yadav's family and sand mafia

Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday alleged a nexus existed between Lalu Prasad's family and sand mafia, who purchased three flats from the RJD chief's wife Rabri Devi.

IAS officer Sonia Meena gets death threat from Madhya Pradesh mining mafia

An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Sonia Meena, has been received a death threat from the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh, following which her security has been beefed up, official sources said here on Sunday.

Chennai-based journalist complains of online harassment after reporting on sand mining in Tamil Nadu

Sandhya Ravishankar, independent journalist from Chennai, have been tracking the issue illegal beach sand mining in Tamil Nadu for four years now.

Decoding why mafiadom rules from Mamata's Bengal to Akhilesh's UP

Our states are effectively lawless and run by muscle-power and murder. Time for liberals to get out of Delhi and do some real work