GMPF seeks PM intervention, says lease auction not solution for immediate restart of mining in GoaIn an interview with , GMPF President Puti Gaonkar said the body recently wrote a letter to the prime minister mentioning that in spite of ...
16 Feb, 2021, 05.22 PM IST
GMPF seeks PM's intervention for resumption of mining in GoaMining in Goa came to a standstill in March 2018 after the Supreme Court quashed 88 mining leases.
03 Feb, 2021, 02.26 PM IST
GMPF appeals to Centre to consider all possible routes for immediate resumption of mining in Goa"We have suggested the above addition in the reforms in the mineral sector, to bring about equality for the state of Goa and place it at pa...
02 Dec, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
Centre keen on finding solution to Goa mining issue: Mines minister"Goa has given some representation. These entire things we are looking at the various level. I cannot comment anything much. "But, as far a...
22 Nov, 2020, 11.04 AM IST
Goa CM Pramod Sawant urges migrants to stay back as 80,000 seek to go homeNearly 80,000 migrant labourers, mostly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, have registered themselves with the Goa government to return to their...
05 May, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
GMPF appeals for resumption of mining after completion of two-year ban in Goa"With both the mining and tourism sectors witnessing a bleak future, full scale mining operations should immediately commence," GMPF said i...
16 Mar, 2020, 02.45 PM IST
Goa Mining People's Front asks govt to restart mining in GoaIn a statement issued on Thursday, GMPF said its members are apprehensive about resumption of mining activity and whether the December-end ...
26 Dec, 2019, 08.26 PM IST
GMPF appeals to the Centre for recommencement of Mining in GoaThe state government is also intending to sell the mining dumps after forming a mining development corporation. “The process may take a lon...
26 Dec, 2019, 05.52 PM IST
Goa Mining People's Front asks Centre to restart mining in GoaGoa Mining People’s Front (GMPF) on Thursday appealed to the Centre to recommence mining activities in Goa by the end of this year. GMPF ha...
28 Nov, 2019, 03.32 PM IST
GST Council meet: Mining dependents call off proposed protestEarlier, the mining dependents were planning to walk to the GST Council meet venue on Friday to put forth their grievances before the Union...
19 Sep, 2019, 04.50 PM IST
Goa mining issues to be resolved by July: CM Pramod Sawant assures industry dependentsIron ore mining and transportation operations came to a standstill in Goa after the Supreme Court quashed 88 leases in February last year.
20 Jun, 2019, 11.28 AM IST
Time running out for BJP trapped under mining messNine months after the Supreme Court ordered all iron ore mines shut in Goa, the future of more than one-tenth of the state’s population who...
11 Dec, 2018, 07.55 PM IST
Iron ore mining closure taking heavy toll on Goa economySC in its February 7 order, had quashed 88 mining leases, which had to wind up their operations from March 16, bringing the entire industry...
29 Nov, 2018, 06.45 PM IST
Bengaluru: Hoysalas go hi-tech; get Maruti Ertigas with tablet to improve patrollingThe seven-inch, all-weather tablet will serve as the interface between the patrol and the control room. Also, the new vehicles will be stat...
09 Jun, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
Bengaluru: Surveillance cameras to increase vigil, aid police probeCity police have installed more than 200 surveillance cameras in the central business district, the 6-km radius from the Vidhana Soudha tha...
12 Nov, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
Mine owners in Goa may terminate services of workers: UnionThe SC has allowed mining in Goa, while the government is in the process of formulating the policy to regulate iron ore extraction activity
21 Jun, 2014, 03.09 PM IST
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