CRIME BRANCH CONDUCT RAIDS ON MATKA GAMBLING
Panaji (Goa): After a rap from the High Court of Bombay at Goa over failure to curb matka cases and subsequent assurance from the government to form special investigation team for the urpose, Crime Branch arrested six persons were arrested in three separate matka raids today. Chandrashekhar Gawas, Tulsidas Naik Hemant Palekar, Pavan Kolamkar, Tushar Mandrekar and Shitij Chari were arrested…
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240 DRIVING LICENSES SUSPENDED IN LAST THREE MONTHS
Panaji (GOA): Acting tough against the Motor Vehicle Act violators, the Directorate of Transport has suspended 240 driving licenses in last three months for various violations. Of the 240 suspended licenses, 102 are suspended for speaking on mobile while driving or riding and 96 are suspended for drunken driving. Following rise in accidental deaths and fatalities, the Traffic Cell of Goa Police…
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SHANTARAM NAIK APPOINTED AS NEW GOA CONGRESS CHIEF
Panaji (GOA): The Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Shantaram Naik is appointed as the new Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president with immediate effect. Congress President Sonia Gandhi has accepted the resignation of Luizinho Faleiro from the post of President of Goa Pradesh Congress committee and is happy to appoint Shantaram Naik in his place with immediate effect,” All India…
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VAISHNO DEVI PILGRIM FROM GOA DIES
Panaji (GOA): A pilgrim, who was on his way to the cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, died of a cardiac arrest today, the police said. Ajit Gundu Devalatakar (44), a resident of Panaji in Goa, collapsed near the Thanda nallah in the Trikuta hills, en route to the cave shrine. He was…
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MARCEL’S POPULAR ‘CHIKHAL KALO’ CELEBRATED ON JULY 6
PONDA (GOA): The most awaited and amusing festival of mud bath- ‘Chikhal Kalo’ was celebrated on the Devki Krishna temple ground, in the village of Marcel, Ponda on July 6. The festival is celebrated two days after ‘Ashadi Ekadashi,’ and it is dedicated to the adolescent form of Lord Krishna. The festival is an attempt to recreate the games that he…
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READY TO FACE ANY CHALLENGE: DY SARPANCH ABHIJEET DESSAI
NETRAVALI (GOA): “People of Netravali have given me a big responsibility with high expectations,” said Abhijeet Dessai, Dy. Sarpanch, Netravali. Speaking to team TNV, Dessai disclosed various problems faced by Netravali panchayat. “Power cuts in monsoon and water supply in summer are issues that we need to resolve with the help of state government. We also have to create awareness among…
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CONGRESS IN GOA BLAMES DIGVIJAYA SINGH FOR WRONG ADVICE WHICH COST THEM GOVT
Panaji (Goa): Goa Pradesh Congress Committee’s official newsletter has blamed AICC General Secretary Digvijaya Singh for then wrongly guiding the just-elected legislators due to which the party could not form the government in the coastal state. Narratting the sequence of March 12 noon, a day before BJP staked its claim to form the government, Congress party’s local official newsletter has…
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GOVT SET UP COMMITTEE FOR PROMOTION AND MARKETING GOA AS A TOURISM BRAND
Panaji (GOA): Goa Government has constituted State Level Marketing and Promotion Committee (SLMPC) for promotion of Goa as a tourism destination at national and international platform. The Committee constituted under chairmanship of Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar to finalize branding plans and marketing strategies for Goa Tourism and all other promotional and marketing related matters. “The SLPMC for all purposes is a recommendatory…
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AMIT SHAH’S GOA AIRPORT PUBLIC MEETING LANDS UP IN THE HIGH COURT
Panaji (Goa): A Petition has today been filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues before Bombay High Court at Goa seeking a thorough probe into BJP National President Amit Shah’s illegal and unlawful public meeting held on 1st July at Goa’s Dabolim Airport. The matter was mentioned before the court today for urgent hearing and will be heard on Monday 10th July by…
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32-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING PRESCRIPTIONS
Pune: Heavy addiction to a presciption drug forced a 32-year-old man to steal prescription receipts of a doctor from Deenanath Mageshkar hospital so that he can procure the drug from medicine store.The arrested accused is been identified as Siji George John who is currently staying in Nagpur Chawl of Yerwada. According to information given by officials of Alankar police where…
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