Goa Mining Scam

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  "Told Manohar Parrikar Threatening People From Hospital": Congress Leader

  The Congress on Friday alleged that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is "threatening people" from his hospital room.

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  No Court Has Indicted Me In Goa Mining Scam, Says Ex-Goa Chief Minister

  Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said today he has not been indicted by courts in any of the cases related to the mining scam in which he has been named a key accused.

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  Mining Scam: Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Fails To Appear Before SIT

  Former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today failed to appear before a Special Investigation Team which had issued a summons against him last week in connection with an alleged illegal mining scam.

• File complaint in mining scam, Bombay High Court tells Goa government

  The Bombay High Court bench in Panaji on Tuesday directed the Goa government to file a First Information Report against over 150 people - including politicians, mine owners and bureaucrats - who have been indicted in the Justice M.B. Shah Commission report.

• Goa Chief Minister takes on Supreme Court over mining ban

  Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, taking on the Supreme Court, has said it was not adhering to the judicial doctrine of "justice delayed is justice denied" when it came to Goa.

• Former Goa ministers involved in mining scam, claims chief minister Manohar Parrikar

  Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has claimed that a former Congress chief minister and a cabinet minister were involved in illegal mining in the state and that they would soon be penalised.

• Goa: Politics of Iron-gate

  An all-out political row in Goa has erupted after the official report of the Shah Commission of Inquiry found large scale violations in Goa's mining sector.

• Goa mining scam: Chief Minister showing double standards?

  Illegal mining in Goa cost the government Rs 35,000 crore according to a report recently presented in Parliament. The BJP won the elections in Goa just six months ago, and the new Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has promised that police cases will be filed against two former Congress chief ministers. But he may be guilty of double standards.

• Goa mining ban: Sesa Goa shares fall 6%

  Sesa Goa shares tanked in early trade Tuesday after the Goa government ordered shutdown of all 90 iron ore mines in the state following the Shah Commission report. The report, which was tabled in Parliament last week, exposed a scam to the tune of Rs. 35,000 crore in Goa's iron ore mines.

• Goa mining scam: Will two former chief ministers face arrest?

  After the Goa government ordered shutdown of all 90 iron ore mines in the state, a crackdown is likely against two former Chief Ministers who have been indicted in the Shah Commission report on illegal mining activities in the state.

• Auction iron ore from Goa, Chief Minister told

  Iron ore generated from Goa's 90 plus mines should be auctioned and extraction be brought down from over 50 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes, an online petition addressed to Chief minister Manohar Parrikar demanded Monday. The petition, seeking the protection of the state's resources and nationalisation, went online on www.change.org Monday mor...

• FIRs against two former Chief Ministers soon: Goa Chief Minister Parrikar

  A day after the Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Goa was tabled in Parliament, the Goa government is all set to initiate criminal proceedings against two former Congress Chief Ministers for their alleged involvement in illegal mining. Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told reporters in Panjim that in the next 15 days, FIRs will be file...

• Goa mining scam worth Rs. 34,935 crore: Justice Shah Commission

  The voluminous report holds the state government and central government agencies as parties to the scam along with powerful mining operators in Goa, who according to Justice Shah, plundered natural resource and facilitated an "unrestricted, unchecked and unregulated export of iron ore to China", which made the exporters of ore "richer and richer".

• Goa govt to take with Centre regarding export duty roll back

  The Goa government has decided to take up with the Centre the issue of hiked export duty, which is likely to dent the prospects of iron ore mining industry in the state.

• Mining scam: Goa Speaker removes Parrikar from Public Accounts Committee

  Goa Speaker Pratapsinh Rane has reconstituted the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that was looking into the illegal mining scam in the state and has dropped Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar as its head. Vijay Pai Khot, a BJP MLA from South Goa, has replaced Mr Parrikar.