SHANTARAM NAIK INAUGURATES AN UPGRADED PLATFORM AT THE MARGAO RAILWAY STATION
MARGAO (GOA): Margao railway station should be treated as the main centre of the Konkan Railway network in Goa, and no train entering Goa should avoid the station under any pretext whatsoever, and that, modernisation of the station has to be done on priority basis, said Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik while inaugurating platform 2/3 (560 meters), vacuum dewatered concrete…
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DILIP PARULEKAR’S PLEA IN CHEATING AND LAND GRAB CASE ADJOURNED TO JULY 3
PANAJI (GOA): The hearing on the petition filed by former Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar against the summons issued to him by North Goa Principal District and Sessions Judge Irshad Agha in the Serula Comunidade cheating and land grab case filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, has been adjourned to July 3 by Justice C.V. Bhadang of the High Court…
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17-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOUND DEAD IN SHINDEGAON
Gunwanti Paraste (SHINDEGAON|PUNE): A shocking incident happened within Chakan police station jurisdiction. A 17-year-old girl was found dead mysteriously on Sunday morning in Shindegaon area of Chakan. The girl was found in a pool of blood and in partially naked condition by her father. As per the complaint filed by her 50-year-old father who is a labourer, he had gone…
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MAJOR RANKING BADMINTON; TRIPLE CROWN FOR RUDRA, TANISHA WINS DOUBLE
MAPUSA (GOA): Rudra Dukle and Tanisha Crasto won triple and double crowns respectively while Shourya Joshi emerged boys under 15 singles winner, at the All Goa Sub Junior Major Ranking Badminton Tournament organised by Mapusa Shuttlers in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and DSYA at Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa. Tanisha and Shourya, who have both come down from Dubai to participate…
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PILLION DIES AFTER FALLING IN MANDOVI RIVER DUE TO ACCIDENT BETWEEN CAR AND BIKE
Panaji (Goa): In a major tragedy at Ribandar causeway, a pillion rider fell into Mandovi River following a head-on collision between a wagonR car and Maestro bike in the afternoon hours. The 21-year-old Rohan Parab’s body was fished out nearly an hour after an intensive search by the authorities concerned. According to the Old Goa police, car driver Sunil…
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WOMEN WHO STOPPED VISHWAJIT RANE AND ABUSED BOOKED BY MARGAO POLICE
Panaji (Goa): Goa police have filed first information report against two ladies for blocking State health minister Vishwajit Rane from entering in his car during his visit to Margao town yesterday. Margao police have booked FIR against Maria de Cruz (70) and her daughter Auda Godinho (age not known) for blocking the minister and also abusing policemen on duty. The formal…
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INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES DRAFTS ROAD MAP TO CURB MINING POLLUTION
Panaji (GOA): The Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad has proposed a self governing audit protocol of all the operational mines in the State in their draft road map prepared towards reducing the pollution caused due to mining activities. The ISM is roped in by the mining companies, which were reeling under criticism of polluting the villages, to suggest measures…
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PARRIKAR HINTS AT CBI INQUIRY INTO ILLEGAL MINING SCAM; WAITS FOR POLICE REPORT
PANAJI (GOA): Goa government today made it clear that they might hand over the illegal mining case to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said he is waiting for the report from SIT before taking the decision. “Let special investigation team which is investigating the illegal mining scam give me the report. Then we will take a…
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DIFFICULTIES KEEP PILING UP FOR MALIN LANDSLIDE SURVIVORS
GUNWANTI PARASTE (PUNE): The survivors of Malin landslide, who were rehabilitated in a new village, face new problems in the form of first rainfall. The first rainfall shows the worst conditions in the village. The 67 houses built on eight acres of a plot by the government are a few kilometers away from the site that witnessed the landslide. The…
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WE KNOW POLITICS IS DIRTY BUT WE PLUNGED INTO IT TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM: GSM PRESIDENT ANAND SHIRODKAR
PANAJI (GOA): The nine-month-old political party, Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM), that drew a blank out of five constituencies it contested in the 2017 state Assembly polls, claimed it plunged into the ‘muck of politics’ to cleanse the system. “We know politics is dirty but we plunged into it to cleanse the system. Our focus will never be diverted,” GSM president Anand…
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