As William Blake famously wrote, "To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower" is to "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour." But as innocuous, ...

Raute is among about 75,000 men, many from India's poorest areas, who work illegally as sand miners along Vasai Creek, diving 40 feet (12 metres) into pitchblack waters clutching just a metal rod for ...

Sand mining is the second most widespread human activity in marine environments after fishing. In fact, sand is second only ...

In this Special Report for India Today, reporter Nitin Jain exposes the rampant illegal sand mining devastating the Kosi ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

The Kerala High Court recently directed the State government to implement a robust, ecology focused mechanism to monitor and ...

In a robust response to illegal sand mining, Bihar's mines department ramped up its efforts in December, launching over 4,500 ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Raghunath Bartade watched helplessly as his brother was dragged off the sand-mining boat, his leg tangled in the anchor rope and his arms flailing as he sank into ...

Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, new research indicates. The Mekong’s annual wet ...

Comments during a heated exchange at a Planning Commission hearing for a sand mine have led to a Dec. 16 vote to remove a ...

Jagatsinghpur: The Jagatsinghpur district mining officer has been suspended on charge of collusion with leaseholders and sand ...

A 53-year-old man was arrested by Pernambut police near Gudiyatham town in Vellore on Tuesday for illegal sand mining from dry portions of Palar river.