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The legal proceedings involving Mr Charles Bissue, the former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining IMCIM, have been reassigned to a new judge and postponed to July 2, 2024 .
Recent reports indicate that the presence of Brazilian miners in the Venezuelan Amazon is growing following a government offensive in Brazil.
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The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate is not a competent authority to order the confiscation of a commercial vehicle. Justice Rajesh Kumar presiding...
Cracking down on illegal mining activities, two separate joint raids conducted on Thursday have led to the seizure of mining equipment and vehicles in Patiala. The first raid, executed in Darwa village, saw the confiscation of four tipper trucks and one earth-moving machine. Simultaneously, another raid was conducted, which led to the registration of a case at Sadar Patiala police station under the same sections. During this operation, four tipper trucks, three excavators, and six tractors were seized.
This year till now, Himachal Pradesh Police have seized 256 vehicles involved in illegal mining while in 2023, 94 vehicles were seized in the corresponding time period