GOA SESSION: VISHWAJIT RANE SAYS UNPAID LEAVES FOR NURSES WOULD BE CURTAILED, STAFF SHORTAGE WOULD BE FILLED
Porvorim (Goa): Health Minister Vishwajit Rane told the House today that the increasing number of nurses going abroad on unpaid leaves has left the state health facilities with the shortage of staff. “There are several nurses who go on unpaid leave abroad under pretext of education and then they get into the employment there,” Rane told the assembly. He said…
READ more..SESSION GOA: COUNT IT! RS 12,433 CRORE IS OUR DEBT TILL NOW, MEANS EACH ONE OF US HAS PER HEAD RS 82,015 LOAN
Porvorim (Goa) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has told the House that the total public debt of the State is pegged at Rs 12,433 crore till March 31, 2017, which translates into per capita debt Rs 82,015. Parrikar told the ongoing State legislative assembly session on Thursday that state’s total public debt stood at Rs 12433.20 crores as on March…
READ more..GOA: PATTO CAUSEWAY TAKES ONE MORE LIFE
Old Goa (Goa): The accident prone zone or say the ‘killer road,’ the oldest causeway linking Patto with Ribandar saw yet another accident this evening. A 55-year-old Kishore Naik, riding a non geared bike rammed into a private local bus after losing balance on the speed breaker. “The biker was on his way to Ponda via Old Goa from Panjim whereas…
READ more..EXCLUSIVE WITH US, NEUTRAL VIEW WEBSITE TO COVER LIVE RELIANCE JIO’S AGM ON JULY 21
Mumbai/Porvorim: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani will address the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) on July 21, and all eyes will be on announcements regarding Reliance Jio and whether there will be new products around the service. Your own favourite website www.theneutralview.com will bring live streaming of this crucial annual general meeting from 11 am onwards. Our website is amongst…
READ more..RAM NATH KOVIND IS PRESIDENT OF INDIA
New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA candidate, was today elected as India’s 14th president receiving an overwhelming majority of votes from the country’s lawmakers. Kovind defeated opposition’s Meira Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker, garnering more than 65 percent of the votes in the Electoral College, the Returning Officer for the poll announced today. The 71-year old, who will…
READ more..GOA SESSION: OUT OF 89 MINING LEASES RENEWD, 48 ARE OPERATIONAL
Porvorim (Goa): There are 89 mining leases which are renewed of which 48 are operational, State legislative assembly was told today. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said there are 277 valid iron ore mining leases in the Sate of Goa. “So far 89 mining leases are renewed and 188 leases have got benefit of deemed extension as per Mines and Minerals…
READ more..2016 BRICS FOOD SCAM: GHRC SLAPS SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ON GOA CS
The Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) comprising of A.D.Salkar and J.A Keny has directed that a show cause notice be issued to Goa Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma as to why his utter disregard to the lawful orders passed by the Commission should not be reported to his cadre controlling authority, the Ministry of Home Affairs. The GHRC directions came after…
READ more..GOA SESSION: LOSS OF RS 700 LAKH DUE TO LIQUOR BAN ALONG HIGHWAYS
Porvorim (Goa) Goa legislative assembly was told today that the ban on sale of liquor is expected to force state losses of Rs 700 lakh in its revenue collection. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in a written reply tabled on the House has said that the expected loss on non collection towards renewal of licence fees is estimated at Rs…
READ more..GOA SESSION: NEW WATER SPORTS POLICY BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR
Porvorim (Goa): Goa government has said that the new policy for the water sports on the beaches would be ready by September this year. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the House that the new policy which will be ready by September and it will restrict the number of licences to individuals. Moreover, 60 per cent of the licences would be…
READ more..GOA SESSION: AGREEMENT ON NATIONALISATION IN NEXT 1-2 MONTHS: PARRIKAR
Porvorim (Goa): The Memorandum of Understanding between Goa government, Inland Waterways Authority and Mormugao Port Trust would be signed over nationalization of rivers within 1-2 months. This was told to State Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. He was responding to question by Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco. “We are in the process of finalizing the memorandum of understanding between…
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