CAC TO DISCUSS MINING ISSUE
Panaji (Goa) The boiling mining issue is the first serious matter that the three-member Cabinet Advisory Committee (CAC) will be dealing with. CAC comprising of PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar, TCP Minister Vijay Sardessai and Urban Development Minister Francis D’Souza held its first informal meeting today afternoon, to understand their powers and scope of work. Before leaving…
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GOA: NOW MLAS SEEK HELP OF GOVERNOR ON MINING CRISIS
Panaji(Goa) An all party delegation met Goa Governor Mridula Sinha today urging her to intervene to salvage the state from the crisis it will face after closure of the mining industry. The delegation which was led by MGP legislator Sudin Dhavalikar also comprised of Vijai Sardesai (Goa Forward Party) and Bjp legislators Vishwajit Rane, Pramod Sawant, Nilesh Cabral,…
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CM MAKES WATERTIGHT ARRANGEMENT TO RUN STATE ADMINISTRATION AS HE LEAVES FOR US FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT EARLY THIS MORNING
Panaji/Mumbai : Accompanied by a doctor and his son, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar left for US to continue his further medical treatment, by a special flight from Mumbai at around 1:30am. Since he would remain away from the country for nearly six weeks, Parrikar made complete arrangements by forming a three ministers’ team of Ramkrishna Dhavlikar, Vijai Sardesai…
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GOA: LEGAL NOTICE SERVED ON GOA CS OVER THREE MEMBER CABINET ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Panaji (Goa) A legal notice has today been served on the Chief Secretary of Goa by Adv. Aires Rodrigues over the three-member Cabinet Advisory Committee (CAC) constituted to handle the day today affairs in the running of the Government in the absence of the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Demanding that the illegal and unconstitutional order constituting the CAC be rescinded,…
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CM TO FLY TO USA FOR FURTHER TREATMENT, TONIGHT
PANAJI (GOA) Chief Minister Manohar parrikar would be flown to the USA for his further treatment tonight following doctors advise. Parrikar was taken to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai last evening for his check up as he is ailing from pancreatitis since last one month. “As advised by Doctors at Lilavati, Mumbai, Hon’ble Chief Minister leaving tonight to USA for…
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NO NEW GRANT OF CONSENT OR AMENDMENT TO EXISTING CONSENT- GSPCB TELLS MINES DEPT
Panaji (Goa) Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) today declined to amend or grant any Consent to Operate to the mining units in the State, thereby enhancing the iron ore extraction limit, as proposed by the State Mines department. The decision is in the wake of Supreme Court judgment that has quashed second renewals of 88 mining…
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WORKS AT VASCO RAILWAY STATION TO AFFECT TRAINS ALONG HUBLI DIVISION
Panaji (Goa): In what could lead to initial inconvenience to rail passengers travelling between Vasco and South Indian states, the South Western Railway – Hubballi Division has made temporary changes to the timing of a couple of trains owing to repair work of the pit line at Vasco Da Gama railway station. As per details shared by the railway authorities, the…
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STOP EXTRACTION OF ORE FROM MARCH 13; MINES DEPT DIRECTS LEASE HOLDERS
Panaji (Goa) Initiating process towards implementation of Supreme Court order, the Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG) has directed the lease holders of working mines to stop ore extraction activities from March 13. DMG has also asked the lease holders to clear the site with all kind of immovable machineries by March 15 afternoons and has halted transportation…
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AFTER FIRST ROUND FAILURE; DELEGATION NOW WANTS ORDINANCE TO KEEP IN ABEYANCE SC ORDER ON MINING LEASES
Panaji (Goa) After an unsuccessful round of meeting with the Central Ministers in resolving the mining crisis, the ruling BJP is banking on its second visit to Delhi on March 9, wherein they are going to press for an Ordinance to keep the Supreme Court’s February 7 order, stopping mining operations after March 15, in abeyance for next…
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GOVT EMPLOYEES UNION DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF CONTROVERSIAL CIRCULAR
Panaj (Goa): Close to 20 days after the Vigilance Department warned government servants from participating in any activity against the government policies, the government employees union has demanded the circular’s withdrawal or amendment within 15 days. The union namely Goa Government Employees Association has pointed at various paragraphs of the circular, issued on February 17, that it…
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