Indian iron ore mining mess - Khandeparkar panel to further pr...

The Goa government is unaware of the quantum of illegal ore mined from Goa in the last three years and the loss caused to the exchequer, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Goa legislative assembly Wednesday. Parrikar was responding to a query ...

Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice (retd) Santosh Hegde on Sunday opposed granting financial assistance to people affected by closure of mining in Goa and expressed doubts over the state government's willingness to implement recommendations of Justice M B Shah Commission. Hegde even invoked Underworld to support his argument that those indulged in illegal mining business can not claim compensation.  "We can not ask illegalities to be perpetrated because some people are going to remain ...