Mining grants can't reflect in union budget
02 March 2013 21:24 IST
South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha feels that issues like giving special grants to Goa due to mining crisis cannot reflect in the union budget. READ
CS to head Com to regulate Goa mining
01 March 2013 20:16 IST
Goa government today constituted a state-level coordination-cum-empowered committee to regulate the mining activity in the state, including giving clearances and curbing the illegal mining activity, official sources said. READ
Won't start mining till experts study sustainability: CM
27 February 2013 21:07 IST
The Goa government today said it will not start mining activity in the state till a comprehensive study is conducted by experts on sustainable extraction of ore. READ
Growing impatience may "flare up", cautions CM
27 February 2013 21:02 IST
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today expressed apprehension that growing impatience among people in the aftermath of ban on mining activity could precipitate into a "flare-up". READ
Claude demands auction of leases & probe into mining Mafia
26 February 2013 23:14 IST
Goa Foundation has urged the Supreme Court not to allow renewal of mining leases but to auction the leases as suggested by Justice Shah Commission. READ
Take over mine lease if workers retrenched: Activists
25 February 2013 20:03 IST
Social activists have demanded that government should take over the mining leases if any mine owner retrenches the workers. READ
No reply to Govt's affidavit: Claude
25 February 2013 19:46 IST Goa Foundation has neither filed a reply to the Government affidavit nor has any immediate plans to file the reply before the Supreme Court, clarifies Goa Foundation chief Dr Claude Alvares. READ
Govt decision to renew mining leases under fire
23 February 2013 14:44 IST
While the whole mining activity is being banned in Goa by the Supreme Court, the issue of renewal of mining leases by Goa government has become a fresh controversy. READ
Mining hearing in SC to begin from 27 Feb
21 February 2013 23:13 IST
Supreme Court is expected to finally begin hearing the Goa mining case from 27 February while Goa government and Goa Foundation have clashed over SC’s decision. READ
Diesel sale down by 90% in mining belt
19 February 2013 20:10 IST
Oil companies in Goa have reported plummeting sales in diesel to the extent of 15 percent in general and 90 per cent in the iron-ore rich belt of the state, due to ban on the ... READ
