NEARLY 60% GOAN HOUSEHOLDS OVERUSE ELECTRICITY: CM
PANAJI Nearly 60 per cent of households overuse electricity in Goa, putting additional load on transformers, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Assembly today and suggested hiking tariff for customers with higher power usage. Responding to the demands of grant of the electricity department, Parrikar said more than 50-60 per cent of the households exceed their electricity limits. “If a house has…
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GOVT TRYING HARD TO START GOA MEAT COMPLEX AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE: MAUVIN GODINHO
PANAJI Goa Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Mauvin Godinho informed State Legislative Assembly on Friday that the government was trying hard to ensure that Goa Meat Complex starts functioning as early as possible. Speaking during Zero Hour in the assembly, he said after acquiring all statutory permissions from all the authorities, meat traders in the state would be allowed to…
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NO ALTERNATE SITE FINALISED FOR SHIFTING OF CASINO VESSELS: PARRIKAR
AGENCIES|PANAJI CM Manohar Parrikar today informed the State Legislative Assembly that no alternate feasible site has been finalized for shifting of casino vessels from River Mandovi as of date and the matter is under examination. In a written reply in response to a question tabled by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavalekar, Parrikar said that a total of six offshore licenses had been issued…
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OVER 100-YEARS-OLD RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES TO BE DEVELOPED FOR TOURISM: MANOHAR AJGAONKAR
PANAJI Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Azgaonkar informed State Legislative Assembly on Thursday that all religious structures which are more than 100 years old and having tourism potential will be identified for development and beautification, subject to availability of funds. In a written reply in response to a question tabled by Deepak Pauskar, the Minister said, ”The Tourism Department intends to promote…
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CM SEEKS OPPOSITION SUPPORT TO RESUME MINING IN GOA
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday appealed to the Congress high command, as well as to the opposition party leaders in Goa to back an amendment to a central act, which will help restart mining in Goa, which has been banned since February this year. “We can go for a request provided everyone supports and the Congress in Delhi supports….
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WRITER DAMODAR MAUZO GIVEN SECURITY AMID THREAT TO LIFE
PANAJI Goa-based writer Damodar Mauzo has been provided police security following threat to his life in view of revelations made by those arrested in the murder case of activist-journalist Gauri lankesh, police sources said on Thursday. “The lead about a possible threat to the life of Mauzo came during the interrogation of the alleged killers of Gauri lankesh in Bengaluru,” the…
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GOA DENIES HAVING TALKS WITH KARNATAKA OVER MHADEI ISSUE
AGENCIES|PANAJI Months after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s pre-election overtures to Karnataka BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa, expressing willingness to work out an amicable settlement to the Mhadei river water issue, Goa’s Water Resources Minister Vinod Palienkar told the state assembly that no agreement or negotiation has taken place with the neighbouring state. “The government of Goa has not agreed or has not…
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TRAFFICKED WOMAN RESCUED IN GOA: NCW
PANAJI The National Commission for Women (NCW) in collaboration with the Goa Police rescued a 33-year-old woman, who was trafficked from Siliguri to the coastal state last month, the NCW said today. The victim’s husband complained to Bhaktinagar Police Station in Siliguri that his wife had been missing since June 21. He further stated that on July 19 his wife called him…
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FLOW OF MAHADAYI RIVER DIVERTED, WILL FILE CONTEMPT PETITION BEFORE TRIBUNAL: PALIENCAR
AGENCIES|PANAJI Goa Water Resources Minister Vinod Paliencar on Tuesday said that the state government will file a contempt petition before the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribal as Karnataka has already diverted the flow of the Mahadayi water at Kalsa-Bhandura. Speaking to reporters, he said,’our team will file in court tomorrow an application, including contempt of court, before the Tribunal. Digging work has been…
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