DILIP SARDESAI PAID TRIBUTE WITH GOOGLE DOODLE ON 78th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
PANAJI Google today is celebrating 78th birthday of Goa-born cricketer Dilip Sardesai with a doodle. Often regarded as India’s best batsman against spin bowling, Sardesai made his first mark in cricket in the inter-university Rohinton Baria Trophy in 1959-60 where he made 435 runs at an average of 87. Dilip Sardesai made his first-class cricket debut for Indian Universities against…
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COURT DISMISSES AIRES’S PLEA TO ASSIST PROSECUTION IN POWER SUBSIDY SCAM CASE
PANAJI A special court at Panaji has dismissed an application filed by advocate Aires Rodrigues, seeking to assist the prosecution in the trial against panchayat minister Mauvin Godinho and others in the Rs 4.5-crore power subsidy scam. The court, while dismissing the application, said that such a move would delay the proceedings. “It didn’t appear that the prosecution would be provided…
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COURT ISSUES SUMMONS TO EX-EMPLOYEE OF LOUIS BERGER FIRM IN BRIBERY CASE
PANAJI The court, on Tuesday, issued summons to James McClung, former top executive of the US-headquartered firm Louis Berger, who had confessed to having paid bribes to ministers in Goa. McClung had claimed to have paid bribes to former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat and some others to win consultancy for a water augmentation and sewerage line system project, to be implemented…
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PARRIKAR BRIEFS MODI ON MINING CRISIS
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the current crisis in the state’s mining sector, saying it has impacted 1.5 lakh people and hit iron ore exports worth up to Rs 25,000 crore. Parrikar, before leaving for treatment to US, had met Modi and also briefed a group of central ministers about the issues in…
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MARGAO MUNICIPALITY TO INTRODUCE RFID CONCEPT
MARGAO To keep a track on its files/records the Margao Municipal Council will be introducing Radio Frequency Identity (RFID) technology. The MMC would be first civic body in Goa to do so. MMC has decided to introduce this programme in which movement of files would be easily tracked electronically at a click of a button. Newly appointed MMC Chief Officer Siddhivinayak…
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FORMER MLA VISHNU WAGH ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL; CONDITION CRITICAL
PANAJI Ex BJP MLA from St. Andre constituency and former Deputy Speaker Vishnu Wagh has been admitted to a private hospital in critical condition. According to sources, the condition of Wagh is very serious. Wagh had suffered a brain stroke in August 2016, after which he has been bedridden.
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PARRIKAR TO FLY TO US ON AUG 9 FOR HEALTH CHECK-UP: CMO
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will be flying back to the US on August 9 from Delhi for a medical check-up and is expected to return by the end of this month, a senior official from chief minister’s office (CMO) said today. Parrikar is scheduled to be in Delhi tomorrow and is expected to meet the ministers at the Centre to place…
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GOAN SHUTTLER TANISHA CRASTO WINS GOLD AT ALL INDIA RANKING BADMINTON AT HYDERABAD
PANAJI Goa’s Tanisha Crasto has done it yet again. The 15-year-old upcoming shuttler along with her partner Aditi Bhatt from Uttarakhand won Gold in Girls doubles under 17 at the All India Sub Junior Badminton Ranking Tournament in Hyderabad. This has been the pair’s second Gold in two successive All India Ranking tournaments within last few days, the last one…
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GIM TO HOST 14th DALAI LAMA
PANAJI Goa Institute of Management (GIM), one of the premier B-schools, is celebrating 25 glorious years of imparting knowledge to the country’s future corporate leaders. To kick off the year-long celebrations the management institute will be hosting his holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama on the occasion of GIM Day. Dalai Lama will deliver the keynote address on the topic – Today’s Relevance…
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CARLOS PENA SIGNS FOR FC GOA
MARGAO FC Goa today announced the signing of Spanish full-back Carlos Peña for the Indian Super League. The 35-year old is expected to add plenty of experience to the Gaurs’ backline having made over 500 appearances in Spanish league football. Peña came through the ranks at Barcelona, representing their C and B teams before moving to play for Albacete in the Spanish second…
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