RAHUL CONCERNED OVER KERALA FLOOD, URGES CONGRESS WORKERS TO HELP
AGENCIES|NEW DELHI Congress President Rahul Gandhi today expressed concern over the flood situation in Kerala and urged party workers in the rain-battered state to help those in need. He said the unprecedented rainfall has created havoc in the southern state, destroying property and forcing thousands to abandon their houses. “Unprecedented rainfall has created havoc in Kerala, destroying property and forcing thousands to…
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DALAI LAMA APOLOGISES FOR REMARKS ON JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
AGENCIES|BENGALURU Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today regretted blaming former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 and thanked him for sheltering thousands of exiled Tibetans after they fled from their motherland. “My statements (on Nehru) have created a controversy. I apologise if I said something wrong,” the 83-year-old Nobel laureate told reporters on the…
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NARAYAN BANDEKAR APPOINTED CHIEF MENTOR, Dr PRAMOD SAWANT CHIEF PATRON OF JCI WORLD CONGRESS IN GOA
AGENCIES|PANAJI Junior Chamber International president Marc Brian Lim from the Philippines during his official review visit to Goa appointed industrialist and philanthropist Narayan Rajaram Bandekar as the chief mentor and Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Dr Pramod Sawant as the chief patron of the JCI World Congress 2018 to be organised in Goa from October 30 to November 3, 2018. Speaking on the…
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PARRIKAR TO LEAVE FOR USA TOMORROW, WILL RETURN ON AUGUST 17
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will leave for the US tomorrow for a check up of his pancreatic ailment and would return on August 17, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) informed today. The CMO in a statement released here has said that Parrikar would not be available in the State between August 10 to 17 in the State. A senior CMO official said that…
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PARTITION COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF NEHRU WASN’T SELF-CENTERED: DALAI LAMA
AGENCIES|PANAJI “Had Jawaharlal Nehru not been self-centred, India and Pakistan would have been one country,” the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday, adding that while Nehru was gifted with experience, mistakes do occur. “Mahatma Gandhi wanted to give the prime ministership to (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah. But Nehru refused. He was self-centred. He said, ‘I wanted to be Prime Minister’. India and Pakistan…
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GOA GOVT FILES CONTEMPT PETITION AGAINST KARNATAKA OVER MHADEI ISSUE
PANAJI Goa government has filed a contempt petition in Supreme Court against Karnataka over Mhadei issue. Sidelining orders of Court Karnataka has continued its canal work at Kankumbi and diverted Mhadei riverwaters to Malprabha basin. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, WRD Minister Vinod Palyekar and WRD ministry have also written to Karnataka government about the contempt of Court orders.
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PANAJI Karnataka police today detained eight officials from Water Resources department who were on the visit to Mhadei river dam site. “Eight officials from our team which had visited the site where Karnataka has blocked Mhadei river were detained today by Karnataka police,” Goa Water Resources Department Minister Vinod Palyekar said. Palyekar said that the officials from his department were questioned by…
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DILIP SARDESAI PAID TRIBUTE WITH GOOGLE DOODLE ON 78th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
PANAJI Google today is celebrating 78th birthday of Goa-born cricketer Dilip Sardesai with a doodle. Often regarded as India’s best batsman against spin bowling, Sardesai made his first mark in cricket in the inter-university Rohinton Baria Trophy in 1959-60 where he made 435 runs at an average of 87. Dilip Sardesai made his first-class cricket debut for Indian Universities against…
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PARRIKAR BRIEFS MODI ON MINING CRISIS
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the current crisis in the state’s mining sector, saying it has impacted 1.5 lakh people and hit iron ore exports worth up to Rs 25,000 crore. Parrikar, before leaving for treatment to US, had met Modi and also briefed a group of central ministers about the issues in…
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MARGAO MUNICIPALITY TO INTRODUCE RFID CONCEPT
MARGAO To keep a track on its files/records the Margao Municipal Council will be introducing Radio Frequency Identity (RFID) technology. The MMC would be first civic body in Goa to do so. MMC has decided to introduce this programme in which movement of files would be easily tracked electronically at a click of a button. Newly appointed MMC Chief Officer Siddhivinayak…
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