FLOW OF MAHADAYI RIVER DIVERTED, WILL FILE CONTEMPT PETITION BEFORE TRIBUNAL: PALIENCAR
AGENCIES|PANAJI Goa Water Resources Minister Vinod Paliencar on Tuesday said that the state government will file a contempt petition before the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribal as Karnataka has already diverted the flow of the Mahadayi water at Kalsa-Bhandura. Speaking to reporters, he said,’our team will file in court tomorrow an application, including contempt of court, before the Tribunal. Digging work has been…
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22 CASES OF ATM THEFTS REGISTERED IN GOA DURING LAST 4 YEARS
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that 22 cases of thefts had taken place in ATMs during the last four years and 30 persons had been arrested in connection with the crime during the same period. In a written reply to a question tabled by BJP MLA from Vasco Carlos Almeida, Parrikar said that four cases of theft were registered…
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EX SARPANCH OF CALANGUTE FILES POLICE COMPLAINT
CALANGUTE Alleging negligence in the maintenance of footpaths and roads in Calangute, former Calangute sarpanch Joseph Sequeira filed a police complaint on Friday, July 20. “The condition of roads and footpath in Calangute is very bad, and it poses a risk to the lives and safety of residents and tourists who visit the place,” said Sequeira adding, ” authorities concerned are…
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HEALTH MINISTER APOLOGISES FOR HIS REMARK ON FORMALIN ISSUE
PANAJI Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today apologised publicly for his use of term “permissible limit” for which he was trolled on social media. “I would like to apologise for my remark on ‘permissible limit’ for using the wrong terminology. As I have said earlier, I will push for a permanent ban on import of fish and will appeal to the government…
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PM MODI TO EMBARK ON THREE-NATION TOUR OF AFRICA, ATTEND BRICS SUMMIT
NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go on a five-day three-nation tour of Africa from July 23 during the course of which he will attend this year’s BRICS Summit that will be hosted by South Africa, it was announced on Friday. Briefing the media here, T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the External Affairs Ministry, said that Modi will be…
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FOREIGN TOURIST INFLOW NOT REDUCED: GOA GOVT
AGENCIES|PANAJI The number of tourists from abroad visiting Goa has not come down due to murders and other crimes against foreign women, the Goa government told the Legislative Assembly today while listing various measures it has adopted to ensure safety of the revellers. Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco has tabled a question in the Assembly in this regard seeking…
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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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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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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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