PANJIM: Mining dependents under the banner of Goa Mining People’s Front, on Thursday claimed that the loan defaulters are facing recovery proceedings from the banks and other financial institutes a

VASCO: The pristine St Jacinto Island at Chicalim is now facing an unexpected threat which has nothing to do with politicians or the real estate lobby.

PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the State had sought a compensation package as well as directions to banks to waive off interest and a moratorium on repayments in a letter to

VALPOI: At least 100 people from three remote villages in Sattari taluka have taken ill after reportedly drinking contaminated water.

Heeding a petition filed by an NRI of Goan origin, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to consider constituting small/inquiry committees he

MARGAO: The Margao Municipal Council has no dedicated site for disposing non-conforming waste, including thermocol waste generated in the city.

MARGAO: The work of draining out water from contaminated drinking water wells in the Sirvodem ward of Margao Municipal Council commenced on Friday, even as the Margao Urban Health centre despatched

PANJIM: Goa Medical College and Hospital has refuted that they were burning human anatomical waste as reported by officials of the Goa State Pollution Control Board and has instead asked that the B

CORTALIM: The Water Resources Department (WRD) has been implicit in admitting that while granting permissions for ground water extraction and transportation in Mormugao taluka, the required clearan

District Collector N D Agrawal along with a Margao Municipal team descended at the Sirvodem ward of the city following complaints of contamination of drinking water wells in the locality.

After the inspection, the district collector said he suspects the contamination of one well, but hastened to add that the authorities would test the water quality of wells in the locality.