ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND JOBS
Mallan Kurian Goa: To become economically competitive, Goa must undertake civic and police reform to an appreciable degree. Without civic reform, infrastructure and society come apart at the seams leading to civil unrest and unemployment, and without police reform to control the unemployed mobs, the cycle of damnation and recession continues. A hundred thousand new jobs in Goa! Too hard to…
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Lessons not learnt from Sonshi episode, will make us pay in the future
Sonshi, Goa: A decade-long protest against the iron ore mining dust pollution is once again making headlines at local as well as national levels. Sonshi village, tucked between Digne and Honda villages in Sattari taluka is currently in the news, with villagers there holding a strong protest against the pollution due to the non-stop movement of trucks loaded with…
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Tears in eyes and dust in lungs, for people living in the mining belt
Goa: The issue of pollution caused by the trucks that carry iron ore from the mining leases to the jetties is as old as the mining industry itself. The rising demand from China in the run up to the Olympics fuelled the state’s iron ore demand. That is why the people living in the mining belt have borne the…
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The Asian Kitchen in The Shade of the Banyan
Assagao, Goa: Set in Assagao, Goa under the expansive shady branch of a three-hundred-year-old tree is this unique Asian kitchen, The Banyan and thus so aptly named. The original old Goan house that existed here has been given a facelift and the surrounding gardens brought back to life. As you step in through the grand intricately carved wooden doors of The Banyan you notice a…
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Goa to have ‘feni’ festival in future: Manohar Ajgaonkar
The four-day-long annual wine and musical extravaganza – Grape Escapade 2017 commenced last evening with Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar proposing to start a similar festival exclusively to promote Goa’s Heritage drink – Feni. “I propose to organize a Goa Heritage Spirit Festival in the near future as the government has given Feni, the heritage spirit tag to this local beverage…
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Notices served to mining lease holders in Sonshi matter, Govt tells Court
The show cause notices have been issued to the iron ore mining lease operators at Sonshi village, seeking their reply on the violations of pollution norms, the State Government informed the High Court on Thursday. The Bombay High Court at Goa had last week took suo motu cognizance of the media reports on Sonshi village which is adversely affected…
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Special Assembly Session to pass GST Bill on May 9
The Goa Governor Mridula Sinha has summoned one-day State Legislative Assembly session on May 9, to pass the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill. The Assembly session has been summoned at 11.30 am. With the July 1 target to roll out the unified indirect tax regime just over two months away, the States have to pass the bill…
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Govt wants to promote Goa as coal Hub, accuses Congress
Goa: Amidst the ongoing opposition to the Mormugao port Trust’s (MPTs) coal berth expansion from cross section of society including locals, the Congress party has accused the State and Central Government of trying to promote Goa as coal hub at the cost of living of the people. Congress media cell chairman Adv Yatish Naik said that party strongly supports those…
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Vishwajit Rane gets stunned in GMCH welcomed by dogs in casualty
Health minister Vishwajit Rane was stunned and shocked when he found stray dogs having freely moving in the casualty where emergency patients are treated at Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim. He was the first health minister to visit GMCH in last five years as the condition of this hospital is deteriorating every passing day. After finding various patients complaining…
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Midnight fire burns down 4 houses in Benaulim
Benaulim, Goa: Four houses were gutted in a fire which broke out on Tuesday night at Vas Waddo near Benaulim beach. Houses of Rosaril Rodrigues, Minguel Rodrigues and Jonita Rodrigues were reduced to ashes. As the houses were near the beach, due to strong wind the fire went out of control. The owners have estimated a loss of up-to Rs 15…
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