Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 13:20
The Congress in Goa declined to comment on a Bombay High Court order directing the state government to file complaints against 151 people indicted in a report.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 22:33
Facing adverse impact of a ban on mining in the State, the Goa Government has told the Supreme Court it was willing to introduce competitive auctioning of mining leases subject to legal permission for the same.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 15:29
The Bombay High Court bench in Panaji on Tuesday directed the Goa government to file an FIR against over 150 people.
Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 15:49
Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice (retd) Santosh Hegde drew flak from the Goa Mining People`s Front for insinuating that illegal mining was akin to Underworld activities.
Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 19:03
Justice Santosh Hegde opposed granting financial assistance to people affected by closure of mining in Goa and doubted Goa govt`s willingness to implement Justice M B Shah Commission recommendations.
Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 21:45
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar on Monday expressed the hope that mining-related activities in the state might resume from May.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 22:01
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday announced a financial bonanza for those affected by the mining ban in the state.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 21:44
Denying his involvement in illegal mining, Goa Congress Chief Subhash Shirodkar said he was engaged in extracting iron ore some time back but has bills to prove that it was a legal activity.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 21:43
Goa government on Saturday announced two schemes providing financial assistance to the people affected by closure of mining activity in five talukas of the state.
Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 21:06
The Goa unit of Congress demanded that state government should take over the loans of truckers, machinery operators and barge owners, who are affected by current shut-down of mining sector.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 11:24
The suspension of mining activity in Goa has forced those dependent on iron ore extraction industry to turn back to farming, which they had left after the belt became the country`s mining heartland.
Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 20:24
Goa government plans to collect a total revenue of Rs 240 crore in the form of stamp duty by renewing mining leases in the state, an official said.
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