DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATION MEMBERS SHOULD VISIT MINING AFFECTED AREAS: HC
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) Goa Bench of Bombay High Court today asked the members of District Mineral Foundation to visit the mining affected areas and ascertain requirement of those areas. The Division Bench of the High Court comprising of Justices Prithviraj Chavan and N M Jamdar today granted two weeks time for…
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150-DAY PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN #TeraMeraBeach DRAWS TO AN END
By Our Chief Reporter Baga (Goa) The unique 150-day public awareness campaign #TeraMeraBeach rolled out by Drishti Marine aimed at educating people, especially domestic visitors, on cleanliness and beach management along the coastal stretch will draw to an end later this week. To mark the successful run of the awareness campaign, Drishti…
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RTI REVEALS THAT DETAILS OF CABINET ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS UNAVAILABLE IN CM’S OFFICE
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) Adv. Aires Rodrigues has been informed by Mr. Bhushan Savaikar the Under Secretary to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar that the file notings and correspondence pertaining to the Cabinet Advisory Committee which was constituted last month is unavailable in the office of the Chief Minister. Mr. Bhushan Savaikar has…
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GOA: VIJAI SARDESAI SAYS ANTI-PDA AGITATIONS ARE TO DESTABILISE GOVERNMENT
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai, who is currently facing wrath over the issue of constitution of a state-run planning body, has said that the agitation was aimed at “destablising the State government.” Various village bodies supported by Goa Church’s wing Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP)…
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Ganpat Satoskar 1. Goa transport department hastens to get high-tech no. plates on road After years in limbo, tenders for the implementation of high-security registration plate (HSRP) scheme are being initiated by the state transport department. A tender will be floated for the lowest bidder to supply HSRP plates for vehicles in Goa. These have to be mandatorily fitted on…
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UNION CABINET APPROVES REVISION OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS OF UNION TERRITORIES
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for revision of pay and allowances of Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories. It will bring the pay and allowances of LGs at par with that of the Secretary to the Government of India. Details: The Cabinet has approved the proposal for increasing the pay and…
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GOA: MAHARUDRA ABHISHEK AT MALLIKARJUN TEMPLE IN QUEPEM FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY OF CM PARRIKAR
By Our Chief Reporter QUEPEM A 24-hour non-stop ‘Akhand Maharudra Jup’ ‘Maharudra Abhishek’ started at Makllikarjun temple in Quepem today, April 11 at 12:00 pm, and will continue till 12:00 pm on April 12. “The ‘Akhand Maharudra Jup’ and ‘Maharudra Abhishek’ is being conducted for the speedy recovery of CM Manohar Parrikar who is being treated in USA,” said ex MLA…
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GOA: WORK ON PHASE II OF GOA DENTAL COLLEGE, WORK TO START IN 15 DAYS: VISHWAJIT RANE
By Our Chief Reporter PANAJI (Goa) The work on second phase of Goa Dental College located at Bambolim will begin in 15 days, Health minister Vishwajit Rane said. Rane who chaired the meeting of doctors from dental college was informed about the laxities at this institution. “The procedural work on phase two of the…
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Ganpat Satoskar Govt orders inquiry into GMC’s failure to get donated organs Committee of Inquiry constituted to probe lapses; Health Minister says big loss for Goa; Inquiry not just to punish anyone but to find out why lapses happened. (Source Herald) Cornea harvesting not in sight in Goa PANAJI: It is not only that the Goan patients missed out on receiving kidneys…
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GOA: SOTTO COULD HAVE SAVED KIDNEY FROM BEING TAKEN TO MUMBAI
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) While Goa government has ordered inquiry into the failure to use, the harvested kidney from a brain dead patient in the state itself, a senior official from Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has reiterated the need for setting up State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO).
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