Vishwajit Rane to create awareness on monkey fever
Goa health department has pressed an emergency button asking all the officials to leave no stone unturned for creating awareness on monkey fever disease. Health minister Vishwajit Rane chaired a meeting of higher officials in Panaji today during which he asked them to hit the ground and create awareness on taking the preventive doses. Rane has himself decided to visit the…
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Case filed against minister Azgaonkar
A criminal case has been filed against Tourism Minister Babu Azgaonkar in a court in Pune, for a controversial statement made by him during a press conference on April 3, 2017, where he said that the people from the Lamani community must be thrown out of Goa. A case has been registered against the minister under the IPC section 153-A(1)(A),…
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Support Ola, Uber in Goa: Online petition
An online petition to the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has been initiated by one Mahesh Sardesai, to support the entry of taxi aggregators OLA and UBER in Goa. “Tourism is the backbone of Goa’s economy and tourists across the world are used to services like OLA/UBER, it’s time to allow them to operate in Goa,” Sardesai says in his petition. In…
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Goa Uni organises annual Placement Fair on April 28
The Goa University in association with the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be organising its Annual Placement Fair on Thursday, May 4, 2017, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Arts faculty block of Goa University. Final year Post Graduate students of Goa University and students of Under Graduate degree colleges studying BA, BSc, BCom, BCA, BBA,…
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Tax payers of Margao dissatisfied over sanitation fees; May move to court
A delegation of tax payers of Margao gave an indication to the civic body that they will move to the higher authorities including the court. The move came a week after they got the Margao Municipal Council to stop the implementation of sanitation fees. The delegation was led by former MMC chairperson Savio Coutinho, Laurel Abranches, Jose Marie Miranda and…
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HSSC results on April 27
The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will announce the results of HSSC examination on April 27 at 10.30 am. This is for the very first time that the results are announced much in advance. As many as 18,000 students had appeared for HSSC examination which was conducted from March 1 to March 22 for general stream, while vocational…
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Goa has unique position in India’s unfolding tryst with destiny: Prez
President of India Pranab Mukherjee minced no words to appreciate the efforts of Goa University and the coastal state. “Goa has a unique position in India’s unfolding tryst with destiny. It is a shining example of our cultural pluralism and co-existence, and a symbol of a Cosmopolitanism which is essential for a modernizing society,” Mukherjee said addressing the convocation of…
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Prez conferred with Di Litt by Goa university
President of India Pranab Mukherjee was bestowed doctor of letters degree by Goa university today. Mukherjee was bestowed the doctor of letters (D. Litt) degree during twenty ninth annual convocation held at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium near here. Governor Mridula Sinha who is also Chancellor of Goa University awarded the degree to Mukherjee. State chief minister Manohar Parrikar was present as…
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AAP corners pollution control board officials over Sonshi issue
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday gheroad the officials of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) over delay in initiating action against the mining firms responsible for air pollution in Sonshi village. The party demanded immediate suspension of consent to operate granted to all seven leases operational in the vicinity of the village. The party is contemplating filing contempt petition…
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Friends of Fr Bismarque Dias wants proper Crime branch probe
The fight for justice to Fr Bismarque Dias will continue. At least that is what his friends have decided. The friends of priest-turned-activist Fr Bismarque Dias who was found dead under suspicious circumstances in the year 2015 have demanded that Crime Branch should properly investigate this case including interrogation of five crucial witnesses. Dias was found dead under mysterious circumstances in…
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