HC cancels trawler licences
03 August 2000 23:09 ISTIn retaliation of around 1500 trawlers continuing fishing for the last 12 days in spite of a ban imposed by the court till 15 August, the high court has now suspended licences of all the ... READ
CM will control pollution at Meta Strips
02 August 2000 09:31 ISTGoa government has decided to go ahead with the implementation of all the pollution control measures suggested by the Dhar committee with regard to the controversial Meta Strips project."There is no compromise on taking all ... READ
Dr Jindal offers to close Meta Strips
29 July 2000 09:31 ISTMeta Strips Ltd, the controversial copper processing plant appears to be on its way out as Dr Sitaram Jindal, its promoter, has clearly told the state government his intention to pack up if the experts ... READ
Guv returns bill, fishing continues
27 July 2000 23:10 ISTFishing in troubled waters need not be troublesome all the time as being perceived, provided you know where to lay the net and how to gather guts to defy the law of the land…including the ... READ
Trawlers defy court ban for fishing
25 July 2000 23:11 ISTIn what could be literally termed as 'fishing in troubled waters', over 1000 mechanised boats entered the sea today by defying the court order. The high court has banned fishing till 15 August, in order ... READ
Foreign tours is a waste : CAG
21 July 2000 22:49 ISTGoa is an international tourist destination for the people from all over the World. But for the local rulers, tourism is a hen that fetches golden eggs - to roam all over the world, at ... READ
Mining & builders cause floods
09 July 2000 23:14 ISTSanam Vinayak Naik, the eight-year schoolgoer, was sitting in his uncle's shop in Ponda (famous for temples in Goa) with his mother, waiting for the rains to stop. Skipping his mother's eyes, he ran out ... READ
Willy moves bill to allow night music
05 July 2000 22:49 ISTGoa is planning to amend the Madhya Pradesh Act, the one adopted by the tourist state in 1997 to control music and noise, in order to allow dances throughout the night.Though the Madhya Pradesh Control ... READ
Goa heading for capital-intensive industry
01 July 2000 09:34 ISTIn the absence of proper industrial policy, Goa is heading for capital intensive industry which is found to have been having absolute mismatch with the manpower availability in the industrially backward tourist state."We will soon ... READ
HC raps Govt for protecting Colfax
27 June 2000 17:44 ISTThe high court has rapped the Goa government for trying to seek a compromise in an unlawful manner in the case of waiving of excise duty of over Rs 29 crore by Colfax Laboratories, the ... READ
