FIRST EVER COCHLEAR IMPLANT SURGERIES CONDUCTED SUCECESSFULLY BY GMC
Panaji (GOA) The Goa medical college and hospital (GMC) today successfully conducted two cochlear implant surgeries on kids, both aged four years, suffering from hearing disability. The surgeries were conducted as per the MoU signed by GMC with Central Government. Mumbai based doctor Deepak Dalmiya conducted the surgeries. The first surgery was held in the…
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GOA: DON’T SCREEN ‘S DURGA’ MOVIE AT IFFI, HINDU ORGANISATIONS ASK THE FESTIVAL ORGANISERS
Panaji (Goa) Several right wing organizations in Goa today petitioned organizers of IFFI against the possible screening of the movie ‘S Durga’ during the ongoing festival. The petition which was handed over to Sunit Tandon, Director of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) this afternoon has said that the screening of the controversial movie should be…
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PARRIKAR TO HEAD MOPA PDA; MONSERRATE TO CHAIR GREATER PANAJI PDA
Panaji (Goa) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will head the to be proposed Mopa Planning and Development Area (PDA); while former MLA Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate is all set to take over the new Greater Panaji PDA. The Town and Country Planning Board during its recent meeting recommended to the State government formation of two new PDAs for North…
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SECURITY ADVISORY TO CYBER CAFES
Panaji (Goa): The North Goa Magistrate has strict asked the owners of Cyber Cafes in the district to prohibit the use of Cyber Café by unknown persons whose identity has not been established. The cyber café owners are also instructed to maintain a register for identity of the visitor / user and get an entry in that latter’s handwriting giving…
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GOA: CS SERVED LEGAL NOTICE ON MOVE TO APPOINT BABUSH MONSERRATE AS CHAIRMAN OF GREATER PANAJI PDA
Panaji (Goa) Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today served a legal notice on the Chief Secretary of Goa over the move to appoint Babush Monserrate as the Chairman of the new Greater Panaji Planning and Development Authority (PDA). Calling upon the Chief Secretary to desist from even considering the name of Babush Monserrate for the coveted post, Adv….
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GOA: HERITAGE STRUCTURES IN GOA TO GET TOUCH OF ‘GOENKARPONN’
Panaji (Goa) With several Portuguese-era structures wanting protection from being pulled down, Goa has decided to frame Heritage Conservation Policy which will provide “new lease of life” for them. State Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai said that the policy would be formed after consulting the experts in the field. Goa has several hundred houses…
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THE PROPOSED SOLAR FERRY BOATS TO COMPETE WITH EXISTING TRADITIONAL FERRY SERVICE
Panaji (Goa): The Solar Ferry Boats will soon add to the charm of transport service to the commuters across the rivers that already has nearly 40 traditional ferry boats operational since over seven decades. River Navigation Minister Ramkrishna Dhavalikar has proposed to start solar-powered passenger boats with two routes chosen for trial run. “The government plans to introduce the boat…
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FINALLY! IRON ORE TRANSPORTATION TO COMMENCE FROM TOMORROW
Panaji (Goa) After much logjam with the State government and mining companies, the truck operators have finally agreed to commence the transportation of iron ore from the Codli mine of Sesa Goa Vedanta from tomorrow. The transportation will commence on both the routes of Codli to Capxem and Codli to Amona, which was suspended on November 13…
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GOA: WAH! PRASHANT PAIGINKAR ALLEGEDLY COMMITS ILLEGALITY, AND HE ONLY INQUIRES INTO IT
Panaji (Goa) Shiv Sena Goa has decided to take to the logical end, the issue illegal sale of liquor in Neturlim panchayat. Sena’s spokesman Rakhi Prabhudesai Naik said this in a press conference today: Shiv Sena Goa unit is reacting with the caution to the…
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FIRST COCHLEAR IMPLANT SURGERIES ON THREE KIDS AT GMC ON SATURDAY
Panaji (Goa) The first batch of three kids would undergo cochlear implant surgeries at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) on Saturday, under the special MOU signed with the Central government. GMC in June had signed MOU with the Central government over the cochlear implant to the children suffering from a hearing disability. A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can…
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