SONIA GANDHI, PRIYANKA VADRA ON PRIVATE VISIT TO GOA
PANAJI Former All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi, her daughter Priyanka Vadra and her son-in-law Robert Vadra are on a private visit to Goa. According to party sources, they had arrived in the state on Friday and checked-in a resort. They were likely to be in the state till the weekend, sources added.
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PARRIKAR’S CONDITION IS STABLE, HE WILL BE BACK WITHIN A WEEK: PRAMOD SAWANT
PANAJI Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant today said that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will be going to the USA this evening for treatment as his ailment has developed minor complications. Sawant told reporters that Parrikar will be flying to the USA by a flight at 5 p.m. from Mumbai where he is currently admitted in Lilavati…
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PARRIKAR TO FLY TO USA AGAIN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT: OFFICIAL
AGENCIES|MUMBAI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is currently admitted at Lilavati hospital in Mumbai, would be flown to the US tonight for further medical treatment, his office said today. Parrikar, 62, underwent treatment in the US for three months earlier this year for a pancreatic ailment and returned in June. He went there again for a follow-up earlier this month. Parrikar was…
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PARRIKAR SEEKS DONATION FOR KERALA
PANAJI Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday appealed to the public in the state to donate for relief work in flood-hit Kerala. In a statement issued here on Monday, Parrikar, who is currently undergoing treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer in a Mumbai hospital, asked Goans to reach out to Kerala, where more than 400 people have died on account of…
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UNION MINISTER GIRIRAJ SINGH TO VISIT GOA TODAY
PANAJI Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh will be visiting Goa today. According to official sources, the minister will attend a programme as a chief guest in Divya Savani Vidhi organised by Sreedutt Padmanabh Pith at Shri Kshtra Tapobhoomi, Kundai, Ponda in South Goa. He would hold a meeting with officers of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and Khadi…
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MHADEI RIVER WATER DIVERSION WON’T AFFECT GOA: OFFICIAL
PANAJI Diversion of the Mhadei river water by Maharashtra and Karnataka won’t have any impact on Goa in view of the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) verdict, a state government official said here today. The tribunal recently allowed the two neighbouring states to divert the river water. “The quantum of water to be diverted by both the states is negligible. It will…
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PARRIKAR ADMITTED TO MUMBAI’S LILAVATI HOSPITAL FOR REVIEW HEALTH CHECK-UP
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on Thursday evening for a “review health check-up” after his return from the US where he had gone for a ‘follow-up’ treatment of his pancreatic ailment, officials said. Parrikar (62) returned to Panaji from the US on Wednesday evening. He had gone to the United States on August 10…
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ACCOUNTS DEPT PROPOSES RE-EVALUATION
PANAJI Two days after announcing that all 8,000 candidates who had appeared for an examination for the post of accountant in the Goa government had failed, a senior official on Thursday said that the Accounts department would ask for a re-evaluation of the answer papers. Goa’s director of accounts, Prakash Pereira, in a notification issued on August 21, had said none…
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GOA GOVT WILL NOT APPEAL IN SC AGAINST MHADEI TRIBUNAL AWARD: PALYEKAR
AGENCIES|PANAJI The Goa government will not approach the Supreme Court against the Mhadei inter-state water disputes tribunal’s award, for fear of an adverse order, state Water Resources Minister Vinod Palyekar said on Thursday. Palienkar said that his statements in the past, where he maintained that “not a drop of water” would be allowed to be shared with Karnataka were political in…
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8,000 APPLICANTS FAILING IN GOA GOVT EXAM IS A ‘CRUEL JOKE’: AAP
AGENCIES|PANAJI A day after all 8,000 students who had appeared for a written government exam in January failed, the AAP in Goa on Wednesday accused the state government of playing a “cruel joke” on the youth. The students had appeared for the exam to fill up 80 vacancies for the post of accountant, in the state accounts department. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…
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