Illegal Mining

In December 2021, Kosovo had announced a 60-day emergency period due to power shortage. Illegal crypto-mining emerged as the prime reason. On January 5, Kosovo banned crypto mining after which the police authorities have been conducting raids.

The authorities of Iran are addressing the concerns around power outages plaguing several parts of the country. The process of Bitcoin mining is being banned in Iran till March 6, so that the electricity that goes into facilitating the process is distributed among citizens of the country.

Bhiwani MP Dharamvir Singh on Saturday alleged illegal mining after a landslide in which four people died and several others were feared trapped in the district.

Rescuers in northern Myanmar retrieved two more bodies on Thursday after a landslide at an illegally run jade mine and warned that dozens of people feared missing are likely dead.

Illegal sand mining is taking place in Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's constituency, and theft of sand worth Rs 20,000 crore is underway in the state, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Tuesday.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Monday accused Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi of "lying and misleading" people of the state about the "illegal" sand mining in his constituency.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit back at his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi after he trashed AAP leader Raghav Chadha's claims of illegal mining in his assembly constituency.

Charanjit Singh Channi today refuted AAP leader Raghav Chadha's claims of illegal mining in his Assembly constituency and gave a strict warning to AAP leaders from Delhi that no "outsiders" will be allowed to raise an "unfounded alarm" in the state.

Raghav Chadha challenged Mr Channi's much-publicised claim that his government has kept various mafias in check.He called the Congress government's claims "hollow".

Four people who got trapped in an abandoned coal mine in Jharkhand's Bokaro district during illegal excavation on Friday dug their way out on Monday morning, police said.

Hundreds of dredging rafts operated by illegal miners have gathered in a gold rush on the Madeira River, a major tributary of the Amazon, floating hundreds of miles as state and federal authorities dispute who is responsible for stopping them.

As the cryptocurrency market recovered from the crash it suffered in April–May — primarily because of tightening Chinese regulation on trading and mining of cryptocurrencies — another round of crackdown by China has left the market in the red. Chinese regulators intensified their hammering down of these digital assets, imposing a blanket ban ...

A criminal case has been registered against a Congress MLA in the district for allegedly threatening forest officials and taking away a seized tractor laden with illegally mined sand, police said on Tuesday.

Five labourers were killed and two others are feared dead after debris of a quartz stone quarry fell on them in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Wednesday, police said.

Bitcoin mining rigs were crushed by the Malaysian police with a steamroller, a video of which has now gone viral on YouTube. The police last week crushed more than a thousand electronic rigs used by Bitcoin miners illegally, with a steamroller. Watch the video here.

In December 2021, Kosovo had announced a 60-day emergency period due to power shortage. Illegal crypto-mining emerged as the prime reason. On January 5, Kosovo banned crypto mining after which the police authorities have been conducting raids.

The authorities of Iran are addressing the concerns around power outages plaguing several parts of the country. The process of Bitcoin mining is being banned in Iran till March 6, so that the electricity that goes into facilitating the process is distributed among citizens of the country.

Bhiwani MP Dharamvir Singh on Saturday alleged illegal mining after a landslide in which four people died and several others were feared trapped in the district.

Rescuers in northern Myanmar retrieved two more bodies on Thursday after a landslide at an illegally run jade mine and warned that dozens of people feared missing are likely dead.

Illegal sand mining is taking place in Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's constituency, and theft of sand worth Rs 20,000 crore is underway in the state, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Tuesday.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Monday accused Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi of "lying and misleading" people of the state about the "illegal" sand mining in his constituency.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit back at his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi after he trashed AAP leader Raghav Chadha's claims of illegal mining in his assembly constituency.

Charanjit Singh Channi today refuted AAP leader Raghav Chadha's claims of illegal mining in his Assembly constituency and gave a strict warning to AAP leaders from Delhi that no "outsiders" will be allowed to raise an "unfounded alarm" in the state.

Raghav Chadha challenged Mr Channi's much-publicised claim that his government has kept various mafias in check.He called the Congress government's claims "hollow".

Four people who got trapped in an abandoned coal mine in Jharkhand's Bokaro district during illegal excavation on Friday dug their way out on Monday morning, police said.

Hundreds of dredging rafts operated by illegal miners have gathered in a gold rush on the Madeira River, a major tributary of the Amazon, floating hundreds of miles as state and federal authorities dispute who is responsible for stopping them.

As the cryptocurrency market recovered from the crash it suffered in April–May — primarily because of tightening Chinese regulation on trading and mining of cryptocurrencies — another round of crackdown by China has left the market in the red. Chinese regulators intensified their hammering down of these digital assets, imposing a blanket ban ...

A criminal case has been registered against a Congress MLA in the district for allegedly threatening forest officials and taking away a seized tractor laden with illegally mined sand, police said on Tuesday.

Five labourers were killed and two others are feared dead after debris of a quartz stone quarry fell on them in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Wednesday, police said.

Bitcoin mining rigs were crushed by the Malaysian police with a steamroller, a video of which has now gone viral on YouTube. The police last week crushed more than a thousand electronic rigs used by Bitcoin miners illegally, with a steamroller. Watch the video here.