Porvorim: The government will allot at least 27 mining leases between September 30 to October 10 this year, subject to payment of necessary dues by the lessees, though actual mining may begin by Ja

PORVORIM: Not a village, not a ward in Goa, is left untouched by HIV, though HIV infections in Goa have reduced in recent years, health minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the Goa legislative assembly

PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee to oversee that casino operators comply with municipal solid waste (MSW) rules, even as it noted that casino vessels cannot be

The Shah commission's final report on illegal mining in Goa has recommended a Central bureau of investigation (CBI) inquiry into illegal mining in the state.

In the two decades that followed Goa's liberation, the state's population growth gained speed with a rise by 34% in the '70s and 26% in the '80s. But it has only been a downward trend, since.

The Goa medical college (GMC) and hospital, Bambolim, has vast parking space but many times hospital staff find it difficult to park vehicles in their own campus.

PORVORIM: While the process for the identification of private forests in Goa is still on, the government is also finalizing an "intensive management plan" for private forests in Goa, environment mi

PORVORIM: The construction of illegal hotels in the no-development zone of coastal Goa rocked the legislative assembly on Thursday, with opposition MLAs accusing the government of shielding the ill

The Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) received a total of 611 complaints of alleged illegal constructions in the no-development zone of Goa's coast for the period between January 1, 201

MARGAO: Locals from Nuvem have warned of carrying out an agitation and a hunger strike if the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) fails to provide them a copy of its inspection report on the