FORMER CONGRESS MP SHANTARAM NAIK PASSES AWAY
MARGAO Former Congress MP Shantaram Naik passed away this morning in Margao, Goa, after suffering a massive heart attack while being shifted to Trimurti hospital. The 73-year-old was a one-time North Goa Lok Sabha MP and a two-time Rajya Sabha MP. He also headed the Goa Congress until recently. Naik, who had replaced Luizinho Falerio as the Goa Congress chief in…
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GOA ARCHBISHOP SHOULD ALSO SPEAK ON ANTI-SOCIAL ELEMENTS HARMING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF PEOPLE IN GOA: HJS
PONDA The members of HJS said that the Archbishop should also speak on the antisocial activities that are harming the social and cultural life of the people as well as he should express his views on crimes committed by foreign tourists coming to Goa who are involved in drugs and prostitution. Speaking at the 7th All India Hindu Convention at Ramnathi, Ponda,…
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GCZMA ISSUES STOP WORK ORDER TO A HOTEL PROJECT AT VELSAO
VELSAO Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has issued a show-cause notice and stop-work order to a proposed hotel project at Velsao. Following complaints by the villagers, the GCZMA officials held an inspection at the site and took prompt action. Cortalim MLA Alina Saldanha said CRZ clearance obtained by the proponents in 2006 had lapsed and the…
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HENCEFORTH GOVT JOBS WILL BE ONLY ON REGULAR BASIS: ROHAN KHAUNTE
PANAJI Minister Rohan Khaunte today said that fresh recruitments for every government department will henceforth come on a regular basis and whatever we need to suffice with we will take through empanel agencies. Khaunte further said that there will be substantial jobs for various positions, and vacancies for different posts in revenue department will be available soon. “We are sincerely trying to…
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FIRST PREFERENCE TO PERNEM LOCALS FOR JOBS AT MOPA AIRPORT: BABU AZGAONKAR
PERNEM Tourism Minister and Pernem MLA Babu Azgaonkar has hinted of protest if Pernem locals are not given first preference for jobs at Mopa airport. Speaking to media persons, Azgaonkar said that jobs at Mopa Airport should be made available to the locals especially the land losers at Mopa and then the locals of Pernem, Panchayat wise. “Employment is…
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GOA BARGE OWNERS GRANTED 6 MONTHS GRACE PERIOD TO REPAY LOANS: GBOA
PANAJI The Union Minister for Finance (state) Shiv Pratap Shukla has instructed the finance secretary to ask the banks to be lenient with their action on recovering loans from Goa Barge Owners. They have been granted six months grace time. This was informed after the State Level Banking Commmittee (SLBC) meeting was held in Panaji recently. Speaking to the media persons, Goa Barge…
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APPLE WILL JAM FACEBOOK’S WEB-TRACKING TOOLS: CRAIG FEDERIGHI
SAN JOSE Apple will attempt to frustrate tools used by Facebook to automatically track web users, within the next version of its iOS and Mac operating systems. “We’re shutting that down,” declared Apple’s software chief Craig Federighi, at the firm’s developers conference here in the US state of California, BBC reported on Monday. He added that the web browser Safari would…
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POWER MINISTER PANDURANG MADKAIKAR SUFFERS STROKE
PANAJI Power minister Pandurang Madkaikar suffered a stroke in Mumbai following which he was admitted to a hospital in the city, a senior BJP leader informed today. Madkaikar (53) was in Mumbai yesterday for a visit when he fell ill. He was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in…
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Power minister Pandurang Madkaikar suffered a stroke in Mumbai following which he was admitted to a hospital in the city, a senior BJP leader informed today.
Madkaikar (53) was in Mumbai yesterday for a visit when he fell ill. He was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai last night after he suffered the stroke, Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane said. “We are yet to get more details,” he added.
Madkaikar is the BJP MLA from Cumbharjua constituency.
INDIAN CONSTITUTION IN DANGER: GOA ARCHBISHOP
PANAJI Goa’s Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao has expressed his concern saying that the Indian Constitution is in danger and a ‘new trend’ of mono-culturalism, which demands uniformity in what and how one eats, dresses, lives and even worships, is putting human rights at risk. In the latest annual pastoral letter to Catholics in Goa, Ferrao also encouraged different branches of the Church in Goa to actively participate in…
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TISWADI TALUKA SINKS INTO DARKNESS AS POWER SHUTDOWN CONTINUED TILL 2 AM
PANAJI After the shutdown which was announced by electricity department in Tisawdi taluka, which began at 6 am and was supposed to end at 6 pm on Sunday, but continued up to 2-3 am in most places, the people stormed the power station frustrated by the inconvenience caused. According to sources, the shutdown time was extended in order to favour a…
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