Goa Mining Scam

The Congress on Friday alleged that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is "threatening people" from his hospital room.

Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said today he has not been indicted by courts in any of the cases related to the mining scam in which he has been named a key accused.

Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today failed to appear before a Special Investigation Team which had issued a summons against him last week in connection with an alleged illegal mining scam.

The Bombay High Court bench in Panaji on Tuesday directed the Goa government to file a First Information Report against over 150 people - including politicians, mine owners and bureaucrats - who have been indicted in the Justice M.B. Shah Commission report.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, taking on the Supreme Court, has said it was not adhering to the judicial doctrine of "justice delayed is justice denied" when it came to Goa.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has claimed that a former Congress chief minister and a cabinet minister were involved in illegal mining in the state and that they would soon be penalised.

An all-out political row in Goa has erupted after the official report of the Shah Commission of Inquiry found large scale violations in Goa's mining sector.

Illegal mining in Goa cost the government Rs 35,000 crore according to a report recently presented in Parliament. The BJP won the elections in Goa just six months ago, and the new Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has promised that police cases will be filed against two former Congress chief ministers. But he may be guilty of double standards.

Sesa Goa shares tanked in early trade Tuesday after the Goa government ordered shutdown of all 90 iron ore mines in the state following the Shah Commission report. The report, which was tabled in Parliament last week, exposed a scam to the tune of Rs. 35,000 crore in Goa's iron ore mines.

After the Goa government ordered shutdown of all 90 iron ore mines in the state, a crackdown is likely against two former Chief Ministers who have been indicted in the Shah Commission report on illegal mining activities in the state.

Iron ore generated from Goa's 90 plus mines should be auctioned and extraction be brought down from over 50 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes, an online petition addressed to Chief minister Manohar Parrikar demanded Monday. The petition, seeking the protection of the state's resources and nationalisation, went online on www.change.org Monday mor...

A day after the Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Goa was tabled in Parliament, the Goa government is all set to initiate criminal proceedings against two former Congress Chief Ministers for their alleged involvement in illegal mining. Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told reporters in Panjim that in the next 15 days, FIRs will be file...

The voluminous report holds the state government and central government agencies as parties to the scam along with powerful mining operators in Goa, who according to Justice Shah, plundered natural resource and facilitated an "unrestricted, unchecked and unregulated export of iron ore to China", which made the exporters of ore "richer and richer".

The Goa government has decided to take up with the Centre the issue of hiked export duty, which is likely to dent the prospects of iron ore mining industry in the state.

Goa Speaker Pratapsinh Rane has reconstituted the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that was looking into the illegal mining scam in the state and has dropped Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar as its head. Vijay Pai Khot, a BJP MLA from South Goa, has replaced Mr Parrikar.

The Congress on Friday alleged that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is "threatening people" from his hospital room.

Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said today he has not been indicted by courts in any of the cases related to the mining scam in which he has been named a key accused.

Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today failed to appear before a Special Investigation Team which had issued a summons against him last week in connection with an alleged illegal mining scam.

The Bombay High Court bench in Panaji on Tuesday directed the Goa government to file a First Information Report against over 150 people - including politicians, mine owners and bureaucrats - who have been indicted in the Justice M.B. Shah Commission report.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, taking on the Supreme Court, has said it was not adhering to the judicial doctrine of "justice delayed is justice denied" when it came to Goa.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has claimed that a former Congress chief minister and a cabinet minister were involved in illegal mining in the state and that they would soon be penalised.

An all-out political row in Goa has erupted after the official report of the Shah Commission of Inquiry found large scale violations in Goa's mining sector.

Illegal mining in Goa cost the government Rs 35,000 crore according to a report recently presented in Parliament. The BJP won the elections in Goa just six months ago, and the new Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has promised that police cases will be filed against two former Congress chief ministers. But he may be guilty of double standards.

Sesa Goa shares tanked in early trade Tuesday after the Goa government ordered shutdown of all 90 iron ore mines in the state following the Shah Commission report. The report, which was tabled in Parliament last week, exposed a scam to the tune of Rs. 35,000 crore in Goa's iron ore mines.

After the Goa government ordered shutdown of all 90 iron ore mines in the state, a crackdown is likely against two former Chief Ministers who have been indicted in the Shah Commission report on illegal mining activities in the state.

Iron ore generated from Goa's 90 plus mines should be auctioned and extraction be brought down from over 50 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes, an online petition addressed to Chief minister Manohar Parrikar demanded Monday. The petition, seeking the protection of the state's resources and nationalisation, went online on www.change.org Monday mor...

A day after the Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Goa was tabled in Parliament, the Goa government is all set to initiate criminal proceedings against two former Congress Chief Ministers for their alleged involvement in illegal mining. Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told reporters in Panjim that in the next 15 days, FIRs will be file...

The voluminous report holds the state government and central government agencies as parties to the scam along with powerful mining operators in Goa, who according to Justice Shah, plundered natural resource and facilitated an "unrestricted, unchecked and unregulated export of iron ore to China", which made the exporters of ore "richer and richer".

The Goa government has decided to take up with the Centre the issue of hiked export duty, which is likely to dent the prospects of iron ore mining industry in the state.

Goa Speaker Pratapsinh Rane has reconstituted the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that was looking into the illegal mining scam in the state and has dropped Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar as its head. Vijay Pai Khot, a BJP MLA from South Goa, has replaced Mr Parrikar.