GOA: SIDDHARTH KUNCOLIENKAR KO TAXI WALOPE KYO GUSSA AYA?
Panaji (Goa) BJP leader Siddharth Kuncolienkar is angry on the taxi operators who were agitating at Azad maidan last week. The reason for him to get upset on them is little non-conventional. Here is what he told reporters. “I was anguished the way they arrogantly reacted to the leaders like Luizinho Faleiro, Digambar Kamat and others. I might not be…
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STATUE POLITICS CREATES RIPPLES IN COALITION GOVT AFTER BJP SAYS ‘NO’ TO DR JACK SEQUEIRA STATUE
Panaji (Goa): Not all is well in the coalition government after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State level core committee rejected installing statue of Dr Jack Sequeira in the Legislative Assembly Complex. Not only the coalition partner has openly shown its disappointment, some BJP’s very own legislators are too not quite happy with the resolution adopted at the meeting…
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CONGRESS WRITES TO UNION FINANCE MINISTER DEMANDING AADHAR CARD FACILITY FOR NRIs
Panaji (Goa) The Congress party in Goa has urged Union Minister for Finance Arun Jaitley demanding that the government should immediately amend the Aadhar Act in order to facilitate Aadhar Cards to Indian citizens residing abroad. In a letter to Jaitley, Goa Congress President Shantaram Naik has demanded that the Government of India should make arrangements, in all embassies, consulates…
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AAP QUESTION BOYCOTT OF SESSION ON MADHEI BY MLA’s
The Aam Aadmi party today termed the boycott by 34 MLAs belonging to the BJP , Congress and partners, of the special awareness session on Mhadei organised by the speaker , as an act of being irresponsible towards Goa’s interest. AAP Gen Secretary Pradeep Padgaonkar said that the MLA’s are so scared of Parrikar that they are toeing his…
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GOA FORWARD PARTY TAKES A DIG AT FORGOTTEN LAXMIKANT PARSEKAR
Panaji (Goa) The long forgotten former chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar hogged limelight again. This time Goa Forward Party took cognizance of his statement questioning silence of Vijai Sardesai in the past over the demand to install Dr Jack Sequeira’s statue. This is what party’s chief spokesman Trojano D’Mello had to say in a press conference today:
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CHIEF MINISTER AMONGST THOSE 34 LEGISLATORS WHO SKIPPED CRUCIAL SESSION ON MHADEI ISSUE
Panaji (Goa) Ahead of Karnataka calling for State Bandh on January 25 in support of Mhadei river diversion, in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and WRD Minister Vinod Playekar skips crucial awareness session on the issue along with 32 other legislators. Special awareness programme was organized on ‘Mhadei- the Lifeline’ for the Ministers, MLAs, ex Ministers and MLAs…
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KA WANTS TO DIVERT WATER FROM DUDHSAGAR WATERFALL ALSO, SAYS KERKAR
Panaji (Goa) Renowned environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar today informed that apart from diverting Mhadei river water through construction of 12 dams, Karnataka has proposed diversion of water of water from the Dudhsagar water feeder. Speaking during the awareness session on ‘Mhadei- the Lifeline’ Kerkar said that Karnataka has proposed damns on Maranalla tributaries, Viranjole diversion and at Katla…
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GOA: MOCKERY OF DEMOCRACY AT VELING-PRIOL-CUNCOLIM PANCHAYAT
Priol (Goa) In what seems to be a mockery of democracy, a special meeting called to discuss no confidence motion against sarpanch of Veling-Priol-Cuncolim panchayat had to be called off after Secretary remained absent. The meeting was called after no confidence motion was moved against sarpanch Mangaldas Gawade by few panch members. The sarpanch owing allegiance…
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RELIEF FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY AS TAXIWALAS CALL OFF STRIKE, GOVT TO PETITION SC ON SPEED GOVERNORS AND INTRODUCE MOBILE APP BASED TAXI SERVICE IN GOA
Panaji (Goa): After holding tourist taxi service to ransom for three days, around 18,000 taxis are back on the roads after the stakeholder withdrew the strike. It was Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo who broke the ice between the agitating taxi operators and the government. He assured to put forth before the government to file a review plea…
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A ROLE MODEL IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, GOA PLANS TO ACHIEVE 100 PECENT ODF BY OCT
Panaji (Goa): The State government has assured to achieve 100 percent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by October 2018. . “Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has told us that Goa will be 100 percent ODF by October 2018. I have no doubt that Goa will achieve this status,” Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep…
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