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ST decision not stalled : CM

"All lobbies are now after my blood, still I am trying to improve Goa's financial health without taxing the common citizen", claims chief minister Luizinho Faleiro.Clearing the confusion over what transpired at the meeting between ... READ

ST decision stalled, claims Industry but not Govt

The heat between the Congress government and the local industry here appears to be cooling down over the government's unilateral decision to impose half of the sales tax on all the units which were initially ... READ

I don't care if I lose my position : Faleiro

"I don't care even if I lose my position as the chief minister, but I will not bow down before the pressure from the business groups", says chief minister Luizinho Faleiro while disclosing his intention ... READ

Industry-Trade Unions protest against ST policy

Goan industries and trade unions, hand-in-hand, are up in arms against the state government, opposing the withdrawal of blanket sales tax exemption with retrospective effect.While trade union bodies have decried the move as it would ... READ

Meta Strips controversy deepens

The controversy over allegedly pollutant project of Meta Strips coming up in Goa is getting more intricate while the state government has now referred the matter to the central pollution control board for review.The project ... READ

Meta Strips raises controversy

Yet another pollution-related controversy has begun in Goa, this time involving Meta Strips, a Spanish collaborated industry set to manufacture brass strips and foils in the cent per cent export oriented unit at Sancoale, in ... READ

Alemao agrees to supply water to Coke, but…

The sword of uncertainty still hangs on Coca Cola plant in Goa while industries minister Churchill Alemao, in spite of opposition members thumping benches in the House, appears determined to supply water to the soft ... READ

Cong played blunder over Coke : Alemao

The controversy over the state government stopping water supply to Coca Cola plant here is taking interesting shape with industries minister Churchill Alemao blaming his predecessors led by his own Congress party for allowing the ... READ

Alemao stops Coke water supply

Thousands of Coca Cola bottles are going dry once again as the local Congress government has suddenly cut off its water supply within four months of the soft drink multinational beginning its trial production at ... READ

Petronet may set up LNG terminal in Goa

Petronet LNG Ltd, India's public sector company of liquified natural gas, is exploring the possibility of setting up the LNG terminal in Goa to facilitate the hinterland area along the west coast.The LNG terminal in ... READ