The one man committee of Dr. Nandkumar Kamat appointed to go into the privatisation proposal of Miramar beach management has asked the Tourism Department and Panjim Municipal Council to issue notices

Following the completion of the deadline to suspend the ' Rasta Roko ', residents of Sanvordem on Wednesday blocked trucks carrying ore from Curchorem railway yard to Copxem river jetty via Sanvordem

It is a healthy sign that the long suffering residents of Sanvordem have decided to take on the mining lobby. The callous attitude of local mine owners to the environmental depredations they inflict

Tension flared up in the city today when nearly 600 residents form Sanvordem blocked the movement of trucks transporting unprocessed iron ore from the Curchorem Railway Yard. The residents complained

The Health Minister, Dr. Suresh Amonkar today told the Goa legislative assembly that the government would consider making HIV test compulsory for couples before registration of marriages and added

In the process of studying the Miramar privatisation issue, the one-man committee has stumbled across a 'can of worms' involving shocking civic neglect and official apathy towards the ecology of the

Of the 24 million children born in India every year, not all survive to celebrate their first birthday - out of every 1,000 children born, almost 70 die within the year. And more than the boys, it is

The Goa State government has taken keen interest to preserve turtles by setting up 20 hatcheries in Agonda, during the last two months. According to Minister for Information Sanjay Bandekar, whose

A beach is an ecological unit that belongs to all. As such, the proposal to privatise Miramar beach, a common asset, has come as a surprise to many. A coastal management plan is generally proposed

Who has rights over the forests? A convention organised at the Pench Tiger project called the Abhay Aranya Parishad, attempted to answer this question and brought into focus the problems of those