A delegation of Goa’s mining workforce, who were in Delhi to lobby for restarting Goa’s banned mining industry, Tuesday said they met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Minister for Mines Dinsha Patel in Parliament House. A press statement issued by the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) which, along with mining companies, is working to [...]
For the first time in the history of Goa’s tourism, Goa’s Dabolim airport recorded the highest charter arrivals of 1020 flights till April 30, 2013. Dabolim airport director M Suresh said that normally Goa gets not more than 900 charter flights in the full tourism season ending in May. This year, Dabolim received 943 charter [...]
Quoting Anna Hazare, a leading mine owner here today said that there should be a referendum on whether the current Supreme Court-imposed ban on mining activity in Goa should continue. “Anna Hazare had said let the people of Goa, connected with the mineral activity, decide. In the same spirit, I also feel that let the [...]
A few traditional artists, who engage in making idols of Lord Ganesh, have expressed disappointment over non-payment of their subsidies and have set a deadline of a week to the Goa handicrafts rural and small-scale industries corporation. “We were happy that we would get last year’s subsidy. We could have utilized it to purchase clay, [...]
The union environment and forests ministry has asked the Goa government to send proposals to set up a tiger reserve at the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary, parliament was told Monday. The ministry has also asked the Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh governments to send similar proposals to start tiger reserves at Bor and Nagzira (Maharashtra), Suhelwa [...]
