Goa puts a freeze on new ore carrying barges
July 5th, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 5 (IANS) Heavy river traffic has forced inland marine authorities in Goa to put a temporary freeze on the number of barges plying the rivers, ferrying iron ore ... Read more...
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Top Indians for ITF event
June 3rd, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, June 3 (IANS) Big-time tennis returns to Mysore after a decade when the Zuari Garden City $10,000 ITF Futures men's championship gets underway at the famous Mysore Tennis ... Read more...
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Iron ore barge owners want cap on vessels
November 11th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 11 (IANS) Amid predictions that iron ore trade volumes will drastically dip this fiscal, an association of ore-ferrying river barges in Goa has asked the state government ... Read more...
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K.K. Birla group company temporarily closed
August 31st, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 31 (IANS) Zuari Industries limited (ZIL), a K.K. Birla group company in Goa, has been temporarily shut due to a shortage of naphtha, a raw material needed to ... Read more...
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Goa naphtha fire rages on (Lead)
August 20th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 20 (IANS) Nearly a day after a naphtha pipeline caught fire in the port town of Vasco, injuring eight people, officials Saturday said the flames would be extinguished ... Read more...
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Goa water unsafe for bathing and fishing
June 30th, 2011 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 30 (IANS) Here's a note of caution for all those tourists who head to Goa annually for a bit of sun and a splash in the sea - ... Read more...
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Saroj Poddar unifies companies, mulls $2 bn investment
March 23rd, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Saroj Poddar-led group companies, including Zuari Industries, Texmaco and Paradeep Phosphates, will be unified under a new corporate brand Adventz with plans to invest almost ... Read more...
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Sailor dies as barge carrying ore sinks off Goa beach
February 21st, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 21 (IANS) A sailor died while six others were rescued Monday when a river barge loaded with iron ore sank while it was being unloaded.A police spokesperson said the barge ... Read more...
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Karnataka reaps bonanza at global investors meet (Roundup)
June 5th, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 4 (IANS) Karnataka concluded the Global Investors Meet (GIM 2010) late Friday on a high note, with investments worth Rs.4 trillion (about $.85 billion) flowing in for about 400 ... Read more...
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‘Goa waterways cannot handle more iron ore traffic’
April 3rd, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 3 (IANS) Goa's waterways do not have the capacity to handle any increase in iron ore traffic, a top port official said Saturday.
Chairman of the Goa-based Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) ... Read more...
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Insurance for Goa’s pretty and prized coconut palms
April 2nd, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, April 2 (IANS) The humble coconut is to Goans what perhaps the camel is to desert dwellers. So nearly 100,000 coconut palms in the coastal state of Goa are ... Read more...
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Goa leaders differ over terror intellignce inputs (Lead)
November 28th, 2008 - 1:43 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 28 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Home Minister Ravi Naik Thursday differed publicly over specific intelligence inputs about the possibility of a terror strike in this state in ... Read more...
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