I don't care if I lose my position : Faleiro
05 October 1999 10:15 IST"I don't care even if I lose my position as the chief minister, but I will not bow down before the pressure from the business groups", says chief minister Luizinho Faleiro while disclosing his intention ... READ
Industry-Trade Unions protest against ST policy
01 October 1999 10:16 ISTGoan industries and trade unions, hand-in-hand, are up in arms against the state government, opposing the withdrawal of blanket sales tax exemption with retrospective effect.While trade union bodies have decried the move as it would ... READ
Faleiro takes major steps to mop up revenue
29 September 1999 11:45 ISTIn an attempt to fill the empty coffers of Goa, the Luizinho Faleiro government today took major steps, including cutting down the 28-year old blanket sales tax holiday to the industries to half of its ... READ
Meta Strips controversy deepens
21 August 1999 10:17 ISTThe controversy over allegedly pollutant project of Meta Strips coming up in Goa is getting more intricate while the state government has now referred the matter to the central pollution control board for review.The project ... READ
Meta Strips raises controversy
30 July 1999 10:17 ISTYet another pollution-related controversy has begun in Goa, this time involving Meta Strips, a Spanish collaborated industry set to manufacture brass strips and foils in the cent per cent export oriented unit at Sancoale, in ... READ
Alemao agrees to supply water to Coke, but…
23 July 1999 10:18 ISTThe sword of uncertainty still hangs on Coca Cola plant in Goa while industries minister Churchill Alemao, in spite of opposition members thumping benches in the House, appears determined to supply water to the soft ... READ
Cong played blunder over Coke : Alemao
22 July 1999 10:19 ISTThe controversy over the state government stopping water supply to Coca Cola plant here is taking interesting shape with industries minister Churchill Alemao blaming his predecessors led by his own Congress party for allowing the ... READ
Alemao stops Coke water supply
19 July 1999 10:19 ISTThousands of Coca Cola bottles are going dry once again as the local Congress government has suddenly cut off its water supply within four months of the soft drink multinational beginning its trial production at ... READ
Goa plans a white paper on eco-health
08 July 1999 11:46 ISTCaught up in a deep debt trap, Goa is now planning to come out with a white paper on financial condition of the tourist state and take all sorts of remedial measures to improve its ... READ
Petronet may set up LNG terminal in Goa
30 April 1999 10:21 ISTPetronet LNG Ltd, India's public sector company of liquified natural gas, is exploring the possibility of setting up the LNG terminal in Goa to facilitate the hinterland area along the west coast.The LNG terminal in ... READ
