The hue-and-cry from civil society and NGOs to set up the authority notwithstanding, a month after Goa got its Lokayukta, former Supreme Court judge, Justice Sudershan Reddy, has received just two complaints. While one is at the preliminary stage of investigation, the other is on hold as a petition is being heard in the high [...]
The High Court of Bombay at Goa on Monday granted an ad interim relief directing the temporary stoppage of cattle slaughtering at Goa Meat Complex. style=”margin: 0px; font-family: ‘Times New Roman’; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;”>The order came in response to a petition filed by Govansh Raksha Abhiyan (Goa) alleging illegal slaughtering of animals and an [...]
A 27-year-old man was arrested by the Malwani police on Thursday for stealing jewellery worth Rs18 lakh, selling some of it and then spending it on women and casinos in Goa. The accused, Rakesh Palande, was employed as a male nurse by businessman Navinkumar Luthra to take care of his 90-year-old ailing father. While Luthra [...]
The National Green Tribunal has set aside a Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority order which had held that Vedanta Group firm and iron-ore miner Sesa GoaBSE 0.31 % had illegally expanded its jetties set up for loading ore in the northern district of the state. A bench headed by Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar [...]
Pollution levels in the iron ore belts of Goa dropped considerably after mining activity was banned in September last, bringing them within the permissible limits, according to the data placed before the Legislative Assembly. Citing the data measured till February, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha told the House yesterday that the pollution levels showed a downward [...]
