Goa offers 5% refund to airlines on refuelling
05 September 2013 14:17 IST
In a bid to arrest slump in arrivals and insulate itself from rising airfares during the upcoming tourist season, the Goa government has decided to offer incentives to all airlines refuelling themselves in the beach ... READ
Air port Infra may affect tourism season
05 September 2013 12:36 IST
Even as Goa's tourism industry is waiting to start this year's tourist season with the arrival of the first international chartered flight mid-October, the travel companies feel that the lack of infrastructure at the airport ... READ
SC to hear Goa mining case from 17-19 Sept
03 September 2013 11:28 IST
The Supreme Court today decided to hear from September 17 a batch of petitions seeking lifting of ban on iron-ore mining in Goa which was halted last October on the basis of the report of ... READ
Re fall could help exports if mining wasn't banned: PM
30 August 2013 20:42 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought to show the positive side of depreciating rupee saying it is good for the economy as it increases export competitiveness and discourages imports READ
Re crisis woke up Centre on mining: BJP
30 August 2013 20:16 IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday of supporting the cause of Goa mining only after the Centre realised that the ban on exports led to the fall of ... READ
Tourists skip Europe for Goa as Re crashes
30 August 2013 20:08 IST
The rupee's crash has swept away banker Nupur Sood's dream of a holiday in Venice: instead the 35-year-old will settle for cold beers on the beaches of Goa on India's west coast. READ
Govt to meet bankers next week over mining loans
29 August 2013 20:02 IST
A special meeting of the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) has been convened by the Goa government and the State Bank of India (SBI), on September 5 to review the critical situation of mining-related advances ... READ
Mining rally attacks Greens, silent on illegal miners
29 August 2013 19:56 IST
The rally of mining dependents, which carried out scathing attack at the environmentalists, however did not utter a single word against those involved in illegal mining. READ
SC urged not to apply Karnataka formula to Goa in mining case
29 August 2013 19:07 IST
A rally of mining dependent people from Goa today urged the Supreme Court not to compare Karnataka with Goa, while deciding the case of illegal mining. READ
Govt regulates land of ore dumps
29 August 2013 16:21 IST
The Goa Cabinet on Wednesday passed a policy framework to regulate and regularise the land occupied by mine dumps under the Land Revenue Code. READ
