GSM WILL BE REPLACEMENT FOR BJP IN GOA: VELINGKAR
PANAJI Goa Suraksha Manch founder Subhash Velingkar has said that the GSM will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and will support Narendra Modi at centre if elected. Velingkar also said that GSM will be a replacement to BJP in Goa. “The current BJP in Goa is filled with people who have come from Congress background, therefore GSM will act as a…
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GSPCB ORDERS SUSPENSION OF COKING COAL HANDLING OPERATIONS AT MPT
VASCO Goa State Pollution Control Board has temporarily suspended all coking coal handling operations at Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), Vasco, due to “deteriorating air quality”. “Coal handling operations have been suspended due to windy conditions, which leads to soot being transported into residential areas in the port town,” reads the suspension order and show cause notice issued the Chairman of the…
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SOUL TRAVELLING TO HOST GAMES OF GOA FESTIVAL ON FEB 23-24
LOGORIYO, GODDYANI, TAABLAAM – IT’S TIME FOR GOA TO RE-LIVE ITS CHILDHOOD WITH ‘GAMES OF GOA’ FESTIVAL PANAJI Soul Travelling, an organisation that specializes in city walks in Goa, in association with Dattaprasad Shetkar is delighted to announce Games of Goa, a two-day extravaganza of traditional Goan games to be held on the 23rd and 24th of February, 2019 at Panaji…
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POLICE ARREST 2 IN CONNECTION WITH ABANDONED INFANT NEAR MANDOPA FOOTBALL GROUND
Margao Margao police have arrested one lady namely Judith Colaco (40) and one Caitano Pereira (45), both residents of Mandopa Navelim, for their involvement in a crime wherein one newborn baby was abandoned near Mandopa Football ground on December 2, 2018. Both the accused have confessed to the crime and further investigation is in progress. Both have been charged u/s 317 of…
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GOA POLICE INQUIRES WHETHER TWO-WHEELER DEALERS PROVIDE HELMETS TO BUYERS DURING PURCHASE
PANAJI Goa police have started an inquiry across the state to find out whether 2-wheeler dealers are providing a helmet to its customers at the time of purchase. The Central Motor Vehicles Rules makes it mandatory for 2-wheeler dealers to provide a helmet to the buyer during the time of purchase.
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GMPF TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOVT FROM MARCH 3
USGAO Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF) has decided to launch its campaign against the government from March 3. The GMPF have called for a bandh on Feb 26 in mining belt. GMPF’s public meeting held at Usgao was attended by Goa Suraksha Manch leader Subhash Velingkar and Canacona former BJP MLA Ramesh Tawadkar. They have stated that Government and MPs are just fooling…
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FORMER DEPUTY CM, BJP MLA FRANCIS D’SOUZA NO MORE
MAPUSA Former Goa deputy Chief Minister and current BJP MLA from Mapusa Francis D’Souza died Thursday evening, Goa BJP said in a statement. D’Souza, 64, was admitted to a private hospital after undergoing surgery for cancer in the USA. “I am deeply saddened by the news…I extend my deepest sympathies to his family. May the departed soul be at peace,” said South…
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SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER OF INS HANSA BOOKED FOR ALLEGEDLY MOLESTING MAID
VASCO Senior naval officer, Commodore Mankadan Nambiar who is second-in-command at the INS Hansa naval base in Dabolim, has been booked for allegedly molesting his maid on Tuesday evening, a Goa Police spokesperson said on Wednesday. The spokesperson said that Commodore Mankadan Nambiar, 46, has been booked under Sections 354 (molestation) of the Indian Penal Code. “The officer was booked on the…
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EX- DEPUTY SPEAKER, ST. ANDRE MLA VISHNU WAGH NO MORE
PANAJI Former deputy speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Vishnu Wagh passed away in South Africa last week, his wife Aruna informed on Wednesday. Wagh was 53 years of age. “Vishnu Wagh passed away on February 8 in South Africa while he was on a tour of Cape Town,” his wife Aruna said in an audio message released here. Wagh had been ailing since…
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POLICE ARREST CRPF CONSTABLE FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING WOMAN AT CALANGUTE BEACH
CALANGUTE A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable was arrested on Tuesday for alleged sexual harassment of a woman on Calangute beach. Speaking to reporters Calangute police station in-charge Jivba Dalvi said that accused constable Rajvir Prabhudayal Singh (43) is a native of Rajasthan and was held after a woman, who was bathing at the beach, accused him of using vulgar…
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