‘Lokayuktas can help control rampant mining’
June 15th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW)has advocated powerful Lokayukta institutions in Indian states as one of the ways to control the rampaging mining industry from encroaching ... Read more...
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‘40 percent of Goa mining operations without clearances’
June 14th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 14 (IANS) Nearly 40 per cent of the 100-odd mining operations in Goa are possibly functioning without requisite clearances, says a report by an international human rights organisation, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Goa politicians involved in mining operations: Rights group
June 14th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 14 (IANS) The active involvement of politicians in Goa's multi-crore mining business has come to the fore in a report released by an international rights watchdog.The 70-page report ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh leaves for G20 Pittsburgh Summit Wednesday
September 22nd, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves Wednesday for the two-day G20 Summit in Pittsburgh where he is expected to make a strong pitch for a much larger ... Read more...
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‘Regulation insulated India from economic crisis’
May 13th, 2009 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The current global financial crisis, the worst in six decades, is expected to bottom out from the end of this year even as India has managed to ... Read more...
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India, Chile sign four agreements to boost bilateral ties
March 17th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): India and Chile today signed four agreements in the areas of space, renewable energy, education and mineral resources to strengthen their bilateral ties further.
The agreements ... Read more...
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