Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
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Missing the forest for the trees
By named environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar as an abettor in the killing of the tiger that was poached in Keri last year, the Forest Department has revealed that its intentions in the case are not entirely honourable. It was Kerkar who had first reported the incident and published a photograph in a Goa newspaper in April 2009.
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CRZ violation: CVPs finally comply with HC directives
After receiving a dressing down from the High Court for inaction against CRZ violations in No Development Zone (NDZ), the Coastal Village Panchayats (CVPs) have finally started demolishing illegal structures that came to be built post February 19, 1991 CRZ notification.
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NGO pressurising Centre to declare Mhadei sanctuary as tiger habitat
As the death of a tiger in Keri was confirmed through forensic findings, the non government organisations in the State have now started mounting pressure on the Centre to declare Goa
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Candolim, Calangute panchayats in dock over CRZ violations
Two coastal panchayats and the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) came under heavy fire from the High Court on Tuesday for non-compliance of Court orders pertaining to CRZ violations.
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Forest Dept ready to postpone hearing on Chorao bird sanctuary
Bowing to the demands of gram sabha, State Forest Department has conceded to postpone the hearing to declare Chorao
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Noise and music
One Greg Furtado, owner of a restaurant in Candolim, has filed a revision petition seeking discharge in a case under Sections 7 and 8 of the Madhya Pradesh Control of Music and Noises Act (MP Act). Furtado
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Hearing on ore transportation via Bicholim postponed
The hearing on the transportation of ore through Bicholim city was postponed till March 11, after the residents opposed the suggestions of the legal consultant representing the truck owners. The hearing on the transportation of iron ore through Bicholim city was scheduled at the Deputy Collector
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Keri animal remains are of a tiger: Forest Dept
In the submission that would reopen the investigation in the sensational tiger killing case, Goa Forest Department today officially confirmed that the animal remains found in Keri jungle were that of tiger.
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Does Goa need GM brinjals?
The humble vaingan has sparked a virtual war between those who oppose the introduction of the first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, and those who see it as a new horizon of hope for increasing brinjal output by over 50 per cent. The Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) Brinjal, a genetically modified version of the vegetable, is waiting in the wings to be commercially marketed.