BJP, Congress in nexus over illegal mining: Goa activists
Panaji: Citing the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) inability to take on the Congress-led ruling coalition on the issue of illegal mining in Goa, anti-mining activists say both parties are part of a...
View ArticleIndian Navy looking for latest choppers
Panaji: The Indian Navy is actively looking out for military helicopters which can succeed its present fleet of Seaking and Kamov helicopters, a senior naval officer said Saturday. Speaking to...
View ArticleGoa ore exporters do not want CBI to probe illegal mining
Panaji: Ore exporters in Goa do not want a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Goa's mega mining scam, even as their spokesperson admitted that some exporters could be exporting ore...
View ArticleGoa mining scam: PAC blames officials, politicians nexus
Panaji: Goa's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) looking into the Rs.3,500 crore illegal mining industry is believed to have zeroed in on the nexus between politicians, bureaucrats, police and forest...
View ArticlePAC report on Goa mining scam not in current session
Panaji: An explosive Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report unravelling a Rs.3,500 crore mining scam in Goa will not be tabled in the legislative assembly Friday, the second and last day of the monsoon...
View ArticleMining scam rocks Goa politics
Panaji: Politics over the illegal mining scam in Goa took a dramatic turn when in a late development Friday, Goa assembly Speaker Pratapsing Rane replaced Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar as...
View ArticleGoa mining lobby flexes muscle, blocks river traffic
Panaji: Nearly 50 mining barges virtually blockaded the Mandovi river, off Panaji, Wednesday to protest any impending action against the mining industry."Our livelihood is based on the mining industry....
View ArticleLGBT tourism: Ramdev's outfit, church question Goa's move
Panaji: Hindu rightwing groups, Baba Ramdev's outfit and the Catholic church are angry with the Goa government and tourism industry's plan to put the state on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
View ArticleMore opposition to Goa LGBT tourism, complaint filed
Panaji: After objections from Hindu rightwing groups, Baba Ramdev's outfit and the Catholic church, now a criminal complaint has been filed against the organisers of an event on lesbian, gay, bisexual...
View ArticleFocus on social media to get more tourists'
Panaji: The 'Incredible India' campaign, a branding exercise by the tourism ministry to create a distinctive identity for the country, must be "reinvented", a tourism industry stakeholder said...
View ArticleArabic pamphlet in Britain-Goa flight triggers alarm
Panaji: A pamphlet published in Arabic found Tuesday in a chartered plane which flew from Manchester airport in Britain to Goa has triggered a security alarm here. The alert comes less than two weeks...
View ArticleTime to unveil our own Victoria's Secret: Indian designers
Panaji: Call it swimwear, beachwear or resort wear -- the market for this segment has so far been neglected in the country but designers feel the demands of travel enthusiasts and a platform like the...
View ArticleHike in iron ore export duty irks Goa mining industry
Panaji: A recent decision of the union finance ministry to hike export duty on iron ore from 20 percent to 30 percent has irked trade organisations in Goa.The Goa Mineral Ore Exporters' Association...
View ArticleWhy didn't Advani bring back black money, asks Sonia
Panaji: Questioning Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani's credentials as an anti-corruption crusader, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Saturday asked why he had taken no steps to bring back black...
View ArticleCongress claim whittles, BJP coy over seats
Panaji: After consistently claiming that the Congress-NCP alliance would win 25 seats in the Goa assembly, Congress leader Francisco Sardinha has scaled down the assessment to "21 to 23" seats of the...
View ArticleSchoolgirl, two others killed in bus accident
Panaji: A school bus ferrying children home collided with a truck, killing a 12-year-old girl, and two others Monday afternoon in Goa, police said.The accident took place as the bus, commissioned under...
View ArticleBJP leads, Congress trails in Goa
Panaji: The ruling Congress was trailing in Goa with victories in just two seats as opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won seven seats after three hours of counting Tuesday.The...
View ArticleOver 100 tombstones vandalised in Goa
Panaji: Over 100 tombstones in Muslim and Christian graveyards have been vandalised in a mining town in Goa, police said Monday. The incidents took place in Curchorem, a mining town 50 km from here....
View ArticleGoa government urged to rectify land use plan
Panaji: Civil society groups in Goa have petitioned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government to rectify the controversial Regional Plan 2021 notified by the previous government as it...
View ArticleForeign clubs should invest in India: Sesa Goa
Panaji: India's leading football club Sesa Goa, which is owned by mining major Vedanta Resources, wants popular foreign clubs not to treat India just as a commercial market but contribute in developing...
View ArticleParrikar assures crackdown on illegal mining in Goa
Panaji: Goa Chief minister Manohar Parrikar Monday promised a crackdown on illegal iron ore traders and assured the state legislative assembly that "not a rupee worth of illegal ore would be exported...
View ArticleChild labour at Goa's top medical facility?
Panaji: Goa's top state-run medical facility could have emerged as the end destination of a child trafficking racket, an official said Friday.Chairperson of the Goa state commission for protection of...
View ArticleCrime nexus forces Goa children's home to ban mobile phones
Panaji: The embarrassed authorities of Apna Ghar, a state-run home for delinquents in Goa, have banned mobile phones on its premises after police investigations revealed that its inmates and caretakers...
View ArticleTsunami scare: Tourists ordered off Goa beaches
Panaji: Fearing a tsunami, the Goa government ordered tourists off the beaches here after a massive earthquake rocked Indonesia.Speaking to reporters at the secretariat Wednesday, Chief Minister...
View ArticleAICC member takes on PMO over Kaiga plant rehab issue
Panaji: Taking on the Prime Minister's Office head on, an All India Congress Committee (AICC) official has demanded that the villagers within the sterilised zone of northern Karnataka's Kaiga Nuclear...
View ArticleGoa shipyard to build six patrol vessels for Coast Guard
Panaji: Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) has been commissioned to build six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard, a company statement said Wednesday."The vessels are based on in-house design...
View Article2,000-year-old stone anchor offers clues to Indo-Arab trade
Panaji: Scientists of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) have found an Indo-Arabic stone anchor off the Kutch coast in Gujarat that offers significant clues to the Indo-Arabic and...
View ArticleGoa aim to convert students from job seekers to job givers
Panaji: A move is under way in Goa a state where the service industry accounts for half of its income and provides 40 percent employment to evangelise college students and convert them from "job...
View ArticleGoa looks for eco-friendly, sound proposals at investors' meet
Panaji: Gearing up for the first state-endorsed investors' meet to be hosted here Saturday Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that a sound environment friendly investment proposal could be responded...
View ArticleEx-Bihar police chief's illegal assets to be seized
Patna: The Patna High Court Tuesday ordered the confiscation of former Bihar police chief Narayan Mishra's illegal assets a lawyer said."The court dismissed a petition challenging a vigilance court's...
View ArticleAuction iron ore from Goa, CM told
Panaji: Iron ore generated from Goa's 90 plus mines should be auctioned and extraction be brought down from over 50 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes an online petition addressed to Chief minister...
View ArticleBritain pats Shah panel for unearthing illegal Goa mining
Panaji: Britain's political parties have hailed Justice M.B. Shah whose probe has unearthed a Rs.35000 crore worth illegal mining in Goa.In an early day motion (EDM) tabled in the British parliament...
View ArticleBan sought on sale of agricultural land in Goa
Panaji: Former union minister of state Ramakant Khalap has asked Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to ban the sale of agricultural land to non-agriculturists so that the state's "vast agricultural...
View ArticleIllegal mining reports will put tourists off Goa: Congress MP
Panaji: Constant reportage on illegal mining in Goa in the national and internationl media would drive tourism to Malaysia and Thailand from the popular beach destination a Congress MP said here...
View ArticleNow pitch a tent and watch films at IFFI
Panaji: Here is a good news for the students who want to backpack their way to Goa to watch the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on a shoestring budget.Instead of hunting down expensive...
View ArticleBengali goldsmith claims brutal torture by Goan cops
Panaji: A goldsmith from West Bengal claimed that he was stripped naked and beaten by Goa Police Crime Branch officials who are under pressure to probe the sensational murder of a Goan goldsmith last...
View Article82 percent IT graduates leave Goa for jobs: Trade official
Panaji: About 82 percent of the 1000-odd information technology (IT) graduates from Goa's technical education institutions have to migrate for jobs a top official of a leading trade body said...
View ArticleCongress sweeps Nanded civic polls, relief for Ashok Chavan
Nanded (Maharashtra): In a significant morale-booster the Congress Monday swept elections to the Nanded Municipal Corporation bagging 41 out of the total 81 seats officials said here.Nanded is the home...
View ArticleGoa port should diversify, not just export iron ore, says MP
Panaji: Iron ore should not be the only major export for Goa's Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) and mining in Goa should be nationalised in the interest of protecting India's natural resources Tapan Sen...
View ArticleProbe will bring more truths, says Kejriwal; BJP denies charges
New Delhi: India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal Thursday said his revelations about alleged corrupt dealings involving BJP chief Nitin Gadkari were "the tip of the iceberg" and a detailed...
View ArticleMining like bread and butter to Goa economy: Taxman
Panaji: The ban on mining in Goa will seriously affect service tax collection in the state a top central taxman said here Saturday.Speaking at a seminar on taxation Commissioner of Customs and Central...
View ArticleNever wanted tea with Sonia as NAC member: Kejriwal
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Arvind Kejriwal Saturday described as "totally false" Congress leader Digvijay Singh's allegation that he had wanted to join the National Advisory...
View ArticleLangoor attacks 65-year-old woman
Panaji: The Goa forest department are hunting down a grey langoor who attacked and bit the arm of a 65-year-old woman late Friday at Marcaim 35 km from here.The langoor which has been running rogue for...
View ArticleTwo women tourists robbed in separate incidents in Goa
Panaji,Two women tourists were robbed in two separate incidents in Goa Friday, police said. Unidentified robbers broke into the rented accommodation of Valeria Antonevich, a Russian national...
View ArticlePolish team scouts for partners on surrogacy film
Panaji India as an emerging market for surrogate mothers is now the theme of an upcoming Polish film. Two Polish filmmakers who are in Goa for the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI)...
View ArticleGoa rape, acid attack victims to get Rs.10 lakh compensation
Panaji: Victims of rape, targeted acid attacks and human trafficking in Goa will be eligible for up to Rs.10 lakh as compensation, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Thursday."The maximum...
View ArticlePolice to patrol Goa hills following molestation
Panaji: Goa Police have extended their patrolling from beaches to hill slopes used by tourists to trek from one beach to another after two foreigners were molested by domestic tourists on one such...
View ArticleBye bye rogue cabbies in Goa
Panaji: If you are a regular Goa visitor, here's your chance to save money from over-charging cabbies in India's most popular beach tourism state.Tourists travelling along Goa's most popular beach...
View ArticleMedical student tries to rob a bank
Panaji: "I wanted to rob a bank to raise money to publish a book," a medical student, who was caught robbing a bank at knife-point a few days ago, told a trial court here. The student Mayur Gupta, who...
View ArticleFish gets dearer as trawler owners strike work in Goa
Panaji: Buying fish for the rice plate has got dearer for Goans with prices escalating sharply due a strike by trawler owners. Fishing trawler owners from Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka struck work...
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