Hurdles cleared to refloat River Princess
20 September 2002 22:38 ISTComes the third tourism season and the grounded ship MV River Princess is still lying off Goa beach to welcome the tourists.The only good news is that the state authorities are now almost relieved from ... READ
Mickky clears decks to remove River Princess
30 July 2002 22:39 ISTDecks are cleared for the tourism department here to begin the process of removing the grounded ship River Princess, which has been lying off the Goan beach in a prime tourist area for the last ... READ
Trees make them express...
19 March 2002 22:41 ISTThey were supposed to sit together at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital next week, to receive the most prestigious Padma awards. But the Goan authorities compelled them to sit together on the footpaths ... READ
Hide & seek over grounded ship continues
25 February 2002 22:42 ISTWhile a ‘bomb’ is still ticking on Goa’s famous Candolim-Calangute-Baga beachline, the state government continues playing hide and seek over removal of M V River Princess, the ship grounded here for nearly two years now.After ... READ
Dr Kamat rejects Miramar project
07 February 2002 22:42 ISTIn a major blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa, the one-man commission headed by environmentalist Dr Nandkumar Kamat has totally rejected the pilot project of Miramar beach management privatisation in Panaji.This was ... READ
Authorities neglecting poisonous shellfish
16 January 2002 22:43 ISTPoisonous shellfish is causing concern in Goa, a tiny coastal state on Indian West Coast.Following fish kills witnessed three months ago off Canacona, the southernmost taluka (province) of the tourist state, marine scientists have pulled ... READ
Dr Kamat to hear public on beach issue
29 November 2001 22:44 ISTIn order to have a totally transparent decision on privatisation of beach management in the state, the government has appointed one-man committee for a public hearing on the pilot project of Miramar beach in Panaji.Following ... READ
Ragpickers to end plastic menace
11 September 2001 22:45 ISTRagpickers in Goa may have good days ahead, if chief minister Manohar Parrikar firmly goes ahead with his 'mission' to put an end to plastic menace.He plans to collect the plastic bottles thrown all over ... READ
Bharat Shah converting Altinho !
04 September 2001 22:45 ISTControversial Bollywood film producer Bharat Shah is now wanted in Goa. The high court has issued him a notice regarding proposed construction of a commercial complex on a hillock of Altinho in Panaji, Goa's capital ... READ
Goa decides to denotify sanctuaries
09 August 2001 22:46 ISTCriticising former governor for taking a 'hasty anti-people decision' during the President's Rule imposed by the central Bharatiya Janata Party government two years ago, the local BJP government has decided to de-notify two wild life ... READ
