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Two Indians buried alive in sand collapse accident in UAE

Two Indian workers were buried alive in the trench of a sewage system project in a sand collapse acc...

SC issues notice to Centre, states on illegal sand mining

Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Centre and all states seeking their response for framing ru...

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik bags another laurel

Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the `Moscow choice prize` in Russia with a 12 feet creation of the Hindu e...

Grains of sand from supernova found in meteorites

Scientists have been studying stars by looking at specks of dust carried to Earth in meteorites.

Liquid water of frozen Alaskan sand dunes hints of a wetter Mars

The presence of liquid water at and beneath frozen Alaskan sand dunes during the winter months sugge...

Maharashtra government to invoke MCOCA against sand mafia

The stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), commonly used against the gangster...

BJP Govt received kickbacks on sand export issue: BSY

Former Chief Minister and Karnataka Janata Paksha President B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday alleged tha...

HC bans sand excavation in Maharashtra

The Bombay High Court has restrained the Maharashtra Government from allowing excavation of sand in ...

Dry ice smoke carves up dramatic sand dunes on Mars

The seasonal thawing of carbon dioxide ice near Mars` north pole carves grooves in the red planet`s ...

Sand mafias` bail pleas rejected in UP

Bail pleas of two sand mafias were turned down in a court here on Tuesday.

Hurricane Sandy damage cost New York $42 bn: US

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that Superstorm Sandy caused up to 42 billion dollars in devasta...

Big sand sculpture of Obama on Puri beach

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Wednesday created on Odisha`s Puri beach a huge sculpture of Barack Ob...

AP Govt introduces new Sand Mining Policy

Andhra Pradesh Government on Saturday introduced a new Sand Mining Policy under which the old system...

Environmentalists urge alternatives to sand

With sand mining playing havoc with India`s coastal biodiversity, environmentalists have called for ...

Former DMK minister arrested

Tamil Nadu Police Saturday arrested former DMK minister K Ponmudi in a red sand quarrying case.

Andhra bans inter-state sand transport

Following an uproar on over-exploitation of river sand in Andhra Pradesh, the state government Sunda...

Cong condemns attack on IAS officer by sand mafia

Madhya Pradesh Congress unit president Kantilal Bhuria Friday condemned the incident in which an IAS...

Sand mafia attempts to run over IAS officer in MP

An unsuccessful attempt to run over the official vehicle of a trainee IAS officer posted at Sabalgar...

Indian sand artist wins prize in Denmark

A sand sculpture on marine conservation created by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the ...

TN govt proposes measures to streamline sand mining

Identifying new quarries and allowing sale of manufactured sand are some of the measures on Saturday...

TN govt proposes measures to streamline sand mining

Jayalalithaa said all departments concerned and district collectors should ensure sand mining was do...

Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik wins gold in Spain

Sudarsan Pattnaik`s sculpture of Ganesha has won two gold medals at the Solo International Sand Art ...

Maharashtra to invoke MCOCA against sand mafia

Maharashtra government said those involved in illegal dredging of sand from rivers and creeks would ...

Maharashtra to invoke MCOCA against sand mafia

Maharashtra government on Monday said that whoever is involved in illegal dredging of sand from rive...

Case registered against 6 persons for illegal sand mining

A case has been registered against six persons for allegedly stealing sand from river Yamuna in Fari...

MP: Sand mafia attack police, get away with seized vehicle

Suspected members of sand mining mafia today allegedly attacked police and fled away with a sand-lad...

Odisha sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik wins international award

Pattnaik has been congratulated by Pratibha Patil and a host of other dignitaries for winning the Co...

TN will not tolerate illegal sand mining: Jayalalithaa

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday asserted that her government would not tolerate i...

Technology to measure sand movement on Mars developed

A new technology developed by scientists has allowed them to measure the sand dunes and ripples movi...

Official`s jeep set afire in Maharashtra

The jeep of a local official cracking down on the sand mafia was set on fire early Thursday in rural...

Two killed as mining gangs clash in MP village

Two persons were killed while two others sustained injuries when rival groups engaged in illegal min...

NCP leader flashes pistol, suspended

Two NCP politicians, including the city unit head of Maharashtra`s Roha town, have been booked for a...

Sand mining: MP govt removes cop for complicity

MP govt removed Ajaygarh police station incharge for allegedly abetting illegal sand mining.

BJP leader among two held for illegal mining in MP

Police arrested a person for firing at cops probing illegal sand mining, even as a Morena BJP leade...

Sand mafia attacks cops, officials in MP

Within two days of the killing of an IPS officer by the mining mafia, there was another attack on po...

Odisha artist makes ailing Big B`s sand image

Sudarsan Pattnaik used 10 tonnes of sand to create an image of megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

Regional variations observed amongst Titan’s dunes

Titan`s dune terrains tend to vary in shape, size and distribution over the surface, a new study has...

Puri sand artist selected for contest at Japan

International sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik would represent India in the 39th International Snow Sc...

K'taka govt mulls over new sand mining policy

Karnataka government is contemplating a new sand mining policy to regulate the exploitation of the n...

Sand artist pays tribute to evergreen hero Dev Anand

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Monday created a huge sculpture in Odisha as a tribute to Bollywood le...

Shifting sand dunes spotted on Mars

Images captured by NASA spacecraft showed that wind-blown sand dunes moving across the Martian surfa...

Mars has winds powerful enough to shift sand dunes

Scientists believe Mars has winds powerful enough to move sand dunes on the planet’s surface around.

`Maha to impose MCOCA on sand mafia if needed`

Maharashtra Government on Wednesday told the Legislative Assembly that stringent provisions of the...

`Super sand` to purify drinking water

Scientists have developed a way to chemically transform ordinary sand into so-called "super san...

Ramesh slams U’khand govt over illegal sand mining

The Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday slammed the Uttarakhand government for its ...

Act against sand mining mafia: Ramesh to Pokhriyal

The environment minister had blamed Uttarakhand Government for the death of Swami Nigamanand.

Karnataka for new sand mining policy

The Karnataka government on Thursday said it proposed to implement a separate sand mining policy f...

MF Husain`s sand sculpture destroyed in Allahabad

RK Chitera was not allowed to complete Husain`s sand sculpture along the bank of the Ganga river.

Sand activist says he did not demand complete ban on mining

The whistle-blower of illegal sand extraction activity in Goa said he never meant to stop entire san...

Goa extractors call for govt intervention on sand mining ban

Sand extractors from across Goa, who have been rendered jobless following a court order banning the...

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