GOVIND GAUDE WANTS THOROUGH PROBE INTO MOLESTATION ACCUSATION IN TEMPLE
AGENCIES|PANAJI Minister for art & culture Govind Gaude and another BJP MLA on Thursday welcomed a formal probe into two complaints of alleged molestation filed with the Shree Mangueshi temple committee, accusing a priest of inappropriate behaviour. “I want an enquiry about that,” the art and culture Minister told reporters outside the Goa Assembly complex, adding that he was also conducting…
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POLICE FILE CHARGESHEET AGAINST MONSERRATTE IN RAPE CASE
AGENCIES|PANAJI Goa Police have filed a chargesheet against former minister Atanasio Monserratte in connection with the alleged rape of a minor girl in 2016. The Women’s Police Station filed the 250-page chargesheet in North Goa district court on, Wednesday, July 18, after the investigation in the case was completed. Monserratte, 54, has been named as an accused in the case, a senior…
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO GOVT: VINOD PALYENKAR
AGENCIES| PANAJI Goa Minister for Water Resources Vinod Palyenkar on Wednesday said that government through its various programmes and schemes was striving to empower women. Speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of a ‘Consumer Rights Awareness’ workshop organised by Goa Panchayat Mahila Shakti Abhiyan to enlighten women regarding their rights as consumers at State Secretariat at Porvorim near the…
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DHARWATKAR MEMORIAL TT: KEWAL, AARON, PRANAV, NIKHIL IN SEMIS
PANAJI Kewal Tamhankar, Aaron Colaco, Pranav Naik and Nikhil Jadhav moved into the Youth (U21) Boys Singles semi finals, at the 8th Late Ramacanta V.P. Dharwatkar Memorial All Goa Table Tennis Tournament organised by Panjim Table Tennis Club in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa. In the non-ranking tournament which is annually held at Indoor…
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GOA GOVT ANTI-ENVIRONMENT: AAP
PANAJI Aam Aadmi Party in Goa has raised concern over the threat to environment from Mopa airport project. Terming present government as anti-environment, AAP has asked Forest Department to give the count of trees those have been cut under Mopa project. “We have seen that the current state government is posing threat to the environment in Goa. The government acquired the land…
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‘STRAIGHT FROM HEART’ NGO TO CONDUCT FREE EYE CHECK-UP CAMP IN PARCEM ON JULY 22
PERNEM A free eye check-up camp will be organised at Bhagwati Temple Mandap, Dewool Wada, Parcem village Pernem Goa on July 22, Sunday from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Free lenses and frames will also be distributed to the needy patients. The eye check-up camp has been organised by Stuti Kumar and Khushi Gupta along with Straight from Heart (NGO) in…
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MINING BAN: GMPF LEADERS MEET UNION MINES MINISTER
AGENCIES|PANAJI Leaders of the Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF) along with state BJP chief Vinay Tendulkar, met Union Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday. “We requested for an amendment to Section 2 of Goa Daman and Diu Mining Concessions Abolition Act, 1987 to facilitate the resumption of mining in the state,” GMPF president Puti Gaonkar told reporters after meeting the…
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ONLY ‘GOOD TOURISTS’ WELCOME TO GOA: AJGAONKAR
AGENCIES|PANAJI Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar today urged tourists not to misbehave with women under the influence of alcohol while praising the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s announcement of fines for drinking and littering in public. Ajgaonkar also said that only those disciplined ‘good tourists’ were welcome in Goa, who were willing to preserve the state’s culture, natural beauty. “We urge people and tourists…
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SUPREME COURT DIRECTS PARLIAMENT TO ENACT SEPARATE LAW TO CURB MOB LYNCHING INCIDENTS
AGENCIES|NEW DELHI The Supreme Court (SC) today condemned lynching incidents and recommended to Parliament to enact a separate legislation to punish people participating in lynching. It also said that horrendous acts of mobocracy cannot be tolerated and cannot be allowed to become a new norm. “It has to be curbed with an iron hand… no citizen can take law into his hands or become a…
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SCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY ‘SPECIAL ENVOY’ AND PHOTO EXHIBITION AT SUNAPARANTA ON JULY 18
PANAJI Sunaparanta in collaboration Lotus Film & TV Production (Goa), Real Ficção (Portugal) and Communicare will be screening a documentary film ‘Special Envoy’ and a photo exhibition ‘Through My Lens’ on Wednesday, July 18. 5.30 pm. The photo exhibition ‘Through My Lens’ curated by Nalini Elvino de Sousa – puts together the photographs of two cameramen, John Lino (Goa) and Emidio…
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