In a major victory for mineral-rich states, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed them to seek dues from April 1, 2005 on royalty and tax on mineral rights and mineral-bearing land from the Centre......
The legislative power to tax mineral rights vests with the states and the royalty paid on minerals is not a tax, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a landmark judgement which will give a huge......
China on Wednesday asked Pakistan to do its "utmost" to protect thousands of Chinese workers involved in the CPEC projects as the two countries held strategic dialogue here amid serious economic......
Observing that a balance between sustainable development and protection of the environment has to be made, the Supreme Court asked the Centre and state governments on Thursday to stop illegal......
'Not even a single rupee from the electoral bonds should be allowed to be used in the election.' 'If it is used in the election, it will taint India's electoral process itself.' IMAGE: Bharatiya......
The government on Tuesday proposed to launch a mission to give fillip to the domestic output of critical minerals like copper and lithium, their recycling as well as acquisition of such assets......
'With the deployment of a higher degree of mechanisation, awarding contractual mining to MDOs and operational efficiency, we feel confident of achieving the desired target.' Photograph: Kind......
The Centre has increased the area granted to individual players by more than four fold in order to boost mining of critical minerals. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters Issuing an order on Tuesday,......
The maiden, critical mineral auction in India has failed to enthuse the mining industry, with the first tranche achieving less than a 50 per cent success rate and the auction of several mines was......
The Vedanta Group is aiming to invest $20 billion across all its businesses in India over the next four years, its chairman Anil Agarwal said on Wednesday. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The......
This tangled tale of good versus evil could have been far more intriguing, observes Mayur Sanap. Cinema is often regarded as a tool for social commentary and change. If done right, it works as an......