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Goa meat traders on strike from today, demands a check on vigilantismSubscriber Only
January 06, 2018 04:15 IST
Given that consumption of meat is higher in the winter months when large number of tourists descend on Goa, meat supplies are expected to be badly hit.
Sat, Jan 06, 2018
Political row erupts as Goa CM Parrikar writes to Karnataka BJP chief: Can give Mahadayi water for drinking needsSubscriber Only
December 22, 2017 04:44 IST
Parrikar’s letter, widely seen as a gambit to help BJP in Karnataka Assembly elections next year, has sparked a political row.
Fri, Dec 22, 2017
Bombay High Court dismisses Tarun Tejpal plea to quash rape charge, discard trialSubscriber Only
December 21, 2017 03:48 IST
Tarun Tejpal’s lawyer had also shown the footage to the judge for the first time, stating that the trial court had ignored to record this detail before and while framing charges against him.
Thu, Dec 21, 2017
Coal burying Goa: State House resolves to crack down on coal dust pollutionSubscriber Only
December 16, 2017 02:11 IST
Coal burying Goa: Manohar Parrikar assured his government will “conduct an independent health study” and that no proposals for expansion of existing berths or new berths will be allowed.
Sat, Dec 16, 2017Was given apology draft, asked to sign, claims Tarun TejpalSubscriber Only
December 13, 2017 03:55 IST
Tejpal was charged by a district court in Mapusa under IPC sections 354-A (sexual harassment), 376 (rape), 376(2)(k) (rape of a woman by a person being in position of control or dominance over the woman).
Wed, Dec 13, 2017
Manohar Parrikar backs MoU with Centre as Opposition, citizens protest river ‘nationalisation’Subscriber Only
December 12, 2017 06:16 IST
Parrikar had called for an interaction of both ruling and opposition legislators and representatives of NGOs to discuss the future of Goa’s rivers once the memorandum is passed
Tue, Dec 12, 2017
Cyclone Ockhi’s gone but not the fear as boats wait in huddleSubscriber Only
December 08, 2017 05:27 IST
For over 4,000 fishermen taking refuge at Devgad’s natural harbour in coastal Maharashtra, December 2017 will forever be the month when a chillingly familiar eastern cyclone crossed over to the western shore, hundreds of miles from their villages in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Fri, Dec 08, 2017
Coal burying Goa: Pollution watchdog asks JSW why it had distorted facts, issues stern warningSubscriber Only
December 03, 2017 03:29 IST
In a seven-part investigation into the transport of coal by rail, road and water across Goa, The Indian Express had found that JSW Group has been exceeding its import capacity since 2012, getting 10.11 million tonnes in 2016-2017 alone.
Sun, Dec 03, 2017
International Film Festival of India 2017: Still in the Queue
November 23, 2017 00:28 IST
Sanal Sasidharan, the director of S Durga, writes to IFFI requesting a screening date for his film
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
IFFI row: Artists face adverse situation, can’t stop work, says Majid Majidi
November 21, 2017 05:26 IST
Majidi said, “Artists face these kind of situations because of the talent and desire they have. That extends to filmmakers too. They should not stop innovation in their work because of adverse conditions.”
Tue, Nov 21, 2017
Goa govt against coal berth plans at port, says CM Manohar ParrikarSubscriber Only
November 16, 2017 04:34 IST
Parrikar told reporters that readings from two air pollution monitors around Vasco city, near the port, show that they are between “good” and “moderately polluted”.
Thu, Nov 16, 2017Coal burying Goa: Green committee cites pollution fears to stall JSW’s Goa port planSubscriber Only
November 11, 2017 05:34 IST
In its meeting, the EAC noted that air quality monitoring reports of the Goa State Pollution Control Board indicate that “particulate matter is exceeding the prescribed limits for the present handling capacities” at the port.
Sat, Nov 11, 2017
Coal burying Goa: Government asks for air monitors at portsSubscriber Only
November 08, 2017 04:54 IST
Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had said that the Railways has started exploring a design change in its rolling stock to see if coal and other minerals can be carried in covered wagons instead of open ones to prevent coal dust from contaminating the environment.
Wed, Nov 08, 2017
Coal burying Goa: After road and rail, river at risk as coal floats bySubscriber Only
October 31, 2017 05:18 IST
Marine life, village farms in danger; terminals planned on Zuari, Mandovi
Tue, Oct 31, 2017
Coal burying Goa: Cleaning Goa, the legal fight so farSubscriber Only
October 31, 2017 00:19 IST
Deepening of Mormugao Port channel had begun without Environmental Clearance, public hearing had been bypassed. The National Green Tribunal decried the ‘arbitrariness’, and ruled that the Environmental Protection Act and EIA Notification had been violated.
Tue, Oct 31, 2017
Coal Burying Goa: Lives touched by coalSubscriber Only
October 29, 2017 02:23 IST
Mormugao Port’s race to meet its coal targets, say Goans, has bypassed environmental concerns and their very way of life. From Vasco in the far west to Anmod on the Karnataka border, Smita Nair and photographer Amit Chakravarty traverse the coal trail to tell the stories
Tue, Jun 26, 2018
Coal burying Goa: Danger ahead, new coal corridor is coming upSubscriber Only
October 28, 2017 05:26 IST
Coal Burying Goa: New 4-lane road for coal in the works, avoids towns but ignores warnings to slice through hillocks, forest, wetlands and paddy fields
Sat, Oct 28, 2017
Coal Burying Goa: All along the road route, the black dust settlesSubscriber Only
October 27, 2017 05:20 IST
If freight trains travel through the day, the night belongs to coal-laden trucks on highways that split the state — with few regulatory checks along the way.
Fri, Oct 27, 2017Coal Burying Goa: What the toxic train leaves in its wakeSubscriber Only
October 26, 2017 05:20 IST
3,800 tonnes of coal per train, an average of 9 trains every day — The Indian Express tracks their trail across Goa and what they leave behind.
Thu, Oct 26, 2017
Coal on move, 25 tonnes a minute, is choking Goa, more is on the waySubscriber Only
October 25, 2017 06:00 IST
Jindal, Adani, Vedanta are Big Three who transport coal from Mormugao Port. Over four months, Indian Express tracks three key routes to find a trail of health hazards, environmental damage.
Thu, Oct 26, 2017
Cargo ferry services small and big, plying across IndiaSubscriber Only
October 25, 2017 01:46 IST
Once fully operational, the ferry is expected to bring down the travel time between Ghogha and Dahej, 340 km by road, from seven hours to two-and-a-half.
Wed, Oct 25, 2017No govt role in FIR against Dalit poet: Goa CM Manohar ParrikarSubscriber Only
October 21, 2017 04:15 IST
On Friday, Parrikar accused a section of the media of trying to give the issue a “different colour”.
Sat, Oct 21, 2017
In picture-postcard Goa, Wagh’s Dalit poetry challenges upper-castesSubscriber Only
October 19, 2017 08:36 IST
Wagh’s poetry, written with all the angst of a class oppressed in his “chosen” dialect of Konkani, calls for the restitution of an older order, a culture where nature and not stone idols was worshipped, before the forced appropriation of land, natural resources and culture took place
Thu, Oct 19, 2017
Awarded, then trashed: Goa poet hounded for questioning BrahminsSubscriber Only
October 18, 2017 04:25 IST
The Goa Police will now approach “several experts” and the office of the Directorate of Official Language to “probe” the etymology of the “abuses and explicit language” used in the poems.
Wed, Oct 18, 2017
In incessant strife and discord, Goa a mostly liberal land, kind and gentleSubscriber Only
October 12, 2017 04:48 IST
Thus wrote Justice Gautam Patel scrapping the Centre’s move to shift NGT’s bench from Pune to Delhi.
Thu, Oct 12, 2017Journalism of Courage
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