25 PUPPIES, 35 KITTENS RESCUED FROM WASTE TREATMENT PLANT IN SALIGAO
AGENCIES|PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Legislative Assembly today that people were dumping puppies and kittens in the garbage while they were still alive. He said that around 25 puppies and 35 kittens were rescued from the waste treatment plant during the garbage segregation work. Goa Waste Management Corporation’s plant located at Saligao village treats garbage collected from various village…
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168 CASES OF DRUG BUST REPORTED IN 2017 IN GOA
PANAJI As many as 168 cases of drugs bust were reported in the year 2017 as compared to 60 in 2016 and 61 in 2015 in Goa, according to a written reply tabled by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in the State Legislative Assembly on Friday. In 2015, 61 cases of drug seizure were detected (33 by police stations and 28 by anti-narcotic cell),…
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JIO & SBI COLLABORATE TO DEEPEN DIGITAL PARTNERSHIP
MUMBAI SBI YONO to integrate with Reliance MyJio platform Jio Prime to accelerate digital transactions by SBI customers Jio to offer special connectivity and devices solutions for SBI customers Post operationalization of Jio Payments Bank (a 70:30 JV between RIL and SBI) Jio and SBI (State Bank of India) are deepening their partnership to bring next generation bilateral frictionless experience with exclusive digital…
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MHADEI WATER DIVERSION WOULD HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON DRINKING WATER, ENVIRONMENT, TOURISM: MINISTER
AGENCIES|PANAJI Diversion of water from the Mhadei river will severely affect drinking water supply, irrigation, navigation, tourism, ecology and environment in Goa, Water Resources Minister Vinod Palyekar told the Goa Assembly today. Palyekar made the statement in response to a question from Congress MLA Ravi Naik in the Assembly. In reply to an earlier question during the ongoing monsoon session, Palyekar had…
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NEW AIRPORT AT MOPA WILL HANDLE 30 MILLION PASSENGERS ANNUALLY: CM
AGENCIES|PANAJI The upcoming greenfield airport at North Goa’s Mopa plateau, once completed, will have the potential to handle 30 million passengers annually, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the State Assembly on Thursday. “The Mopa Airport is being constructed in four phases with an annual passenger capacity of 4.4 million in phase I, 5.8 million phase II, 9.4 million in phase III…
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GOA’S DAYNE, KATYA TO REPRESENT INDIA IN WINDSURFING AT ASIAN GAMES
PANAJI Goa’s Dayne and Katya Coelho will be part of the Indian contingent at the forth coming 18th edition Asian Games 2018 scheduled from August 20 to 30, at Jakarta, Indonesia. India’s apex sailing body The Yachting Association of India (YAI) had conducted selection trials, which were held in April in Chennai to nominate the top athlete to MYAS/SAI/IOA for…
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THREE ARRESTED FOR ROBBING TOURIST AT BAGA
CALANGUTE A tourist from Bengaluru, Karnataka, was allegedly assaulted and robbed of Rs 35,000 cash at Baga late on Monday night. Calangute police have arrested three persons in connection with the incident, so far. Calangute police station incharge Jivba Dalvi said that the victim, Mohammed Khalid, 27, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, Bengaluru, lodged a police complaint that on Monday night at around 11.30pm, four…
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GOA GOVT GONE SOFT ON SANATAN SANSTHA: MAUZO
AGENCIES|PANAJI Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer Damodar Mauzo, who was last week given police security following death-threats by alleged killers of Bengaluru-based writer Gauri Lankesh, on Wednesday said the state government has gone soft on the Sanatan Sanstha, headquartered in the state. “Why has this happened today? When in 2009 the bomb blast happened, the government went soft on the accused. If…
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ELECTRICITY DEPT RECEIVED MORE THAN 1.20 LAKH POWER OUTAGE CALLS DURING JANUARY-MARCH
AGENCIES|PANAJI Goa Electricity department had received more than 1.20 lakh calls over power outage during January-March this year, the Legislative Assembly was told today. All the calls were attended to within stipulated time and power supply was restored, state power ministry stated in a written reply. A question was tabled by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar. “The department had received 1,20,976 calls from…
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OVERALL PROGRESS OF NEW MANDOVI BRIDGE IS 87 PER CENT: PARRIKAR
AGENCIES|PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that overall progress of the new Mandovi bridge being constructed across River Mandovi near the city was 87 per cent. In a written reply tabled in the state assembly to a question asked by Congress MLA Ravi Naik, Parrikar, who also holds finance portfolio, said that as per the information given by GSIDC (Goa…
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