GOA RTI FORUM APPEALS GOVT TO END ACTIVIST RAJAN GHATE’S HUNGER STRIKE AT AZAD MAIDAN
PANAJI Goa RTI Forum has expressed disappointment over the official stand taken by the ruling party during the press conference addressed by its President Vinay Tendulkar on November 21, as regards the hunger strike being observed by RTI Activist Rajan Ghate at Azad Maidan. The forum has appealed to the Government to reconsider its stand. In a letter written by Goa…
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PARRIKAR WANTED TO STEP DOWN AS CM BUT BJP HIGH COMMAND DID NOT ALLOW THAT: SARDESAI
PANAJI Goa Forward Party chief and Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai on Thursday said that the ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar wanted to resign, but the BJP high command dismissed it. “He (Parrikar) wanted to give up the CM’s post and wanted to allot portfolios to other ministers when he was admitted to hospital during Ganesh Chaturthi festival,” Sardesai said. Sardesai said that…
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TEAM PRAVAS HOSTED ACTING WORKSHOP ‘NATYARANG’ ON NOV 16
PORVORIM Team Pravas had organised a workshop named as “Natyarang” in collaboration with Art & Culture dept and The Neutral View on November 16, 17 and 18. The workshop of acting and art connected all the 48 students from Volvoi and nearby villages. Teacher Samiksha Dessai and Sneha Wadkar conducted the workshop in an efficient manner. Sarpanch of Volvoi village…
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HANDPICKED AT IFFI- ‘MY MASTERPIECE’
Team TNV Film: My Masterpiece (Mi obra maestro) Director: Gastón Duprat Writers: Andrés Duprat, Gastón Duprat Stars: Guillermo Francella, Luis Brandoni, Raúl Arévalo My Masterpiece is a film that will throw a twist just when you think that you have figured it all out. The film starts with Arturo (Guillermo Francella) who narrates events which took place with him and his friend Renzo Nervi…
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PARRIKAR, D’SOUZA, MADKAIKAR WILL ATTEND NEXT ASSEMBLY SESSION: TENDULKAR
PANAJI The BJP, on Wednesday, dismissed MGP’s claim that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and two other BJP MLAs are terminally ill. Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar told reporters that the chief minister and MLAs Francis D’Souza and Pandurang Madkaikar will be attending the next session of the Legislative Assembly. In a petition filed before the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court…
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MINING DEPENDENTS ARE GETTING FRUSTRATED: GMPF
Panaji The Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF), an umbrella organisation of people affected by the mining ban, on Wednesday said that the frustration is rising among the people affected by the mining ban in the state. Mining in Goa came to a standstill in March this year after the Supreme Court quashed the second renewal of 88 mining leases. Addressing reporters, GMPF…
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LEADERSHIP CAMP (I CAN) HELD FOR ADOLESCENTS LIVING WITH HIV
SANGUEM The 3rd Leadership Camp (I CAN) was organized by organised by Human Touch Foundation from November 13-17 at Nature’s Nest, Surla. The four-day residential camp has participation of 30 adolescents living with HIV from the state of Goa. Adolescents living with HIV face unique challenges when it comes to coping with their condition. Many of them are in denial, afraid,…
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STATE TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP IN PANAJI FROM DEC 1
PANAJI Goa Table Tennis Association in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa will organise the State Table Tennis Championship 2018 from December 1 to 9, 2018, at Clube Vasco Da Gama, Panaji. The championship will be held in the categories of mini-cadets, cadets, sub-juniors and juniors for girls/ boys singles; men’s and women’s singles. Entries to be submitted latest by November…
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STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FROM NOV 27 AT PORVORIM
PORVORIM The Goa Basketball Association will be organising the State Basketball Championship 2018 from November 27 to December 2, 2018, at the Panchayat Grounds, Porvorim. All matches will be held from 6.00pm onwards. With the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) announcing its 69th National Basketball Championships from 5th to 12th January 2019, in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, the GBA selection committee headed by…
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MGP FILES PETITION IN HIGH COURT
PANAJI The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, member of the BJP-led ruling alliance in Goa, has filed a petition before the High Court saying that three BJP MLAs including Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar were terminally ill and in no position to attend the assembly session if convened for a floor test. The petition, which was filed before the Panaji Bench of the Bombay…
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