PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued a notice to the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) for failing to tackle and maintain the garbage dumping site at Assagao plateau, leading t

With an aim of resolving the ongoing iron ore mining crisis, a contentious issue that has been prerogative of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s in Goa, its four-time MP Shripad Naik is eyeing two major portfolios associated with the industry --Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and Mines.
Moreover, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has expressed his unwillingness to be part of Narendra Modi’s dream Cabinet. Parrikar has communicated his views to Modi and other leaders.

Not satisfied with the report about the cutting of mangroves, reclamation of marshes and existing conditions near the Benaulim-Sinquetim bridge across River Sal, national green tribunal (NGT) has a

PANAJI: The ministry of environment and forests has constituted the state-level environment impact assessment authority for three years with Pramod Pathak as chairman.

l Call for special gram sabha on June 1

The special investigation team (SIT) has completed investigations into one of the three illegal mining cases and is expected to file a chargesheet in the Frost International Ltd case by the end of this week.

SIT has already arrested suspended mines director Arvind Lolienkar, suspended mines department draughtsman Robert Gonsalves and Frost International's operations manager Subroto Barik. "We will file the chargesheet on Saturday," said an SIT senior officer.

PANJIM: To ensure that there is no illegal transportation of iron ore from Cavrem mining lease; Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday ordered re-inspection of ore stacked at the mine owned b

PANAJI: Doctors across the state are reporting a surge of heat-related complications in patients with diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.

MARGAO: Hotels and restaurants dotting the banks of River Sal at Mobor-Cavelossim and along the Assolna-Velim belt will soon come under the scanner of the Goa State Pollution Control Board against

Controversial means to dispose of garbage by setting it ablaze at the garbage treatment plant in Dumane-Canacona has angered locals and tourists in the area.