Panaji: The Goa Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the formation of an independent high-level investigation committee to probe into the irregularities mentioned in the Justice MB Shah report on illegal mining.
The committee is likely to be headed by a retired High Court judge and will look into the irregularities and illegalities pointed out by Justice Shah in the iron ore mining in the state.
"The Independent High Level Investigation Committee (IHLIC) will be headed by retired high court judge R M Khandeparkar, and will submit its report within two months," Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told reporters after the Cabinet approved setting up of the panel.
Justice M B Shah commission in its report tabled in Parliament had pegged the iron ore scam at Rs 35,000 crore and indicted several private players besides public servants for their acts of omission and commission....
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11:50 PM, Sep 11, 2012
The Goa government has stopped work at all 90 mines in the state till a complete review of the same is done. ...
11:10 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Two former Congress chief ministers of Goa find themselves in the dock in the mining scam with the Justice Shah Commission indicting the Digambar Kamat government for blatant misuse of power. FIRs are likely to be registered against Digambar Kamat and Pratapsingh Rane. According to the Justice Shah Commission report, former chief minister Kamat indulged in abuse of power and was in the know of every illegality. The...
06:36 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Panaji: In a breather for the Goa government ahead of polls in 2012, the Justice MB Shah Commission set up by the Centre to look into illegal mining in several states including Goa will not be submitting its report on December 1 as was being anticipated. According to Sources, the Shah Commission is likely to undertake another visit to Goa to reconcile the finances of the mining companies. The sources...
06:19 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Panaji: The Goa PAC report which accused the Digambar Kamat-led government in the state of turning a blind eye to a multi-thousand crore mining scam fizzled due to a lack of consensus among all political parties. CNN-IBN has now found that one of the biggest alleged violators, Sesa Goa Ltd, makes no bones about payments running into lakhs over the years to all political parties in the state. Were these...
07:08 PM, Oct 11, 2011
Panaji: Goa Assembly Speaker Pratapsingh Rane on Thursday hinted that he might not take the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the mining scam seriously. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Rane said that it was only a draft report as Congress members had not signed it. "We are in a democracy so the majority view should be taken into consideration," he said. He, however, said that he was going through the report....
01:33 PM, Oct 06, 2011
Panaji: After Bellary, now it is Goa where Rs 8000-crore iron-ore mining scam has landed the state government in trouble. Environmentalists and the Opposition have alleged that Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, also in-charge of the state mining ministry, colluded with the illegal mining firms. They said that Kamat turned a blind eye to virtual iron ore loot in the state running into a whopping Rs 8,000 crore. "It is exactly...
07:52 AM, Sep 25, 2011
