GSIDC – MORTH SIGNS MOU TO DEVELOP GREEN CORRIDOR ACROSS NH
Panaji (Goa) The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) today signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways, to develop green corridor along the National Highway stretch. The MOU was signed in presence of Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The relevant documents were exchanged between Managing Director of…
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GOVT HIKE ORE TRANSPORTATION RATES FOR TRUCKS; TRUCK OWNERS STAND DIVIDED
Panaji (Goa): The State Government today finalized new rates for transportation of iron ore. It has approved Rs 12.50 per tonne per kilometer for first 10 kilometers, Rs 12 per ton for 11 to 20 kilometers and Rs 11.50 per ton for 20 kilometer and above. Government has also decided to reintroduce the scheme providing financial package to the truck owners, whose…
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RELIANCE JIO’S Q2 REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS AT RS. 6,147 CRORE
Mumbai: Reliance Jio, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), posted standalone revenue from operations of Rs 6,147 crore for the second quarter (July-September) of 2017-18, the company said here on Friday. The subscriber base of the company as on September 30, 2017 stood at 138.6 million. Net subscriber addition during the quarter was at 15.3…
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PUBLIC HEARING ON CACORA SOLID WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY ON NOV 14
Panaji (Goa) The crucial public hearing for the proposed Municipal Solid Waste management Facilities (MSWMF) at Cacora village in Quepem taluka will be held on November 11 by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB). The public hearing will be the part of its environmental impact assessment (EIA) study, which is mandatory for seeking environmental clearance (EC) for the project. State government…
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GANDHIJI TOOK INDIAN IDEA TO DESTROY EUROPEAN COLONIALISM: M J AKBAR
Mobor (Goa): Union minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar today dissected the entire non-violence movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi during pre-Independence day claiming that it was an Indian idea which was used to destroy the European colonialism. Akbar was addressing the inaugural function of three day long conference on maritime security organized by “Forum for Integrated National…
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GOA: MARINE STRATEGIES SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN CO-RELATION WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
Mobor (Goa) Goa Chief Minister and former union defense minister Manohar Parrikar said that the strategies about the oceans need to be properly evolved in co-relation with many other countries which has common interest in the ocean and trade. Parrikar was addressing the inaugural of three day long conference on maritime security organized by “Forum for Integrated National Security” (FINS) in…
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GOAN ORGANISER PROPOSES TO HOLD EDM
Panaji (Goa): A Goan music company has applied with the Tourism Department to host electronic dance music (EDM) festival at Candolim in December. The proposal comes four months after an Ahmedabad businessman approached the government to host a mega festival at Vagator in the very same month. An official, close to the government confirmed they are in receipt of the two…
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GOVT RE-OPENS OTS SCHEME FOR MINING AFFECTED; CM TO DECIDE ON THE BENEFICIARIES
Panaji (Goa) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will be the final authority to decide beneficiaries under the ‘Debt Relief- One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme, as the State government re-opens the scheme to those mining affected borrowers, whose applications were pending before the banks or got rejected due to the expiry of the scheme in March 2016. The scheme, which was initially…
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100% CASHBACK ON RECHARGE IN JIO DIWALI DHAN DHANA DHAN OFFER
New Delhi: Reliance Jio has announced a new Jio Diwali Dhan Dhana Dhan offer that would give its subscribers 100 per cent cashback on a recharge of Rs 399, according to sources. “All Jio customers who would recharge in this offer period (October 12 – 18) with Rs 399 will be eligible for a 100 per cent cashback offer…
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GOA: THE SHIP WRECKS OF WORLD WAR II LYING WILL BE SALVAGED BY MPT
Vasco (Goa) The ship wrecks dating back to World War II lying off Mormugao habour is one amongst the treasures that Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) will have to salvage during its project to construct a new fishing harbour. In March 1943, during World War II group of British commandos blew up ships German ships – Ehrenfels, Drachenfels and Brownfels — off the…
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