GOA: GOA RECOGNIZED FOR ITS INNVOATIONS DURING ASSEMBLY ELECTION AT THE HANDS OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA
Panaji (Goa) In a proud moment, Goa State has won the award for excellence in innovation during the General Assembly election held in February, last year. Goa was the first state to make use of other verifiable paper audit trail system (VVPAT), along with electronic voting machines (EVMs) for elections. The prestigious award was received by Chief Electoral Officer…
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DURGADAS SLAMS MANDREKAR, DEFENDS VIJAI
Panaji (Goa): Goa Forward Party leader Durgadas Kamat has slammed former BJP minister Dayanand Mandrekar for attacking his party president Vijai Sardesai. Mandrekar had said that the people had blackened face of Sardesai on the posters which were put up on the occasion of Asmitai Dis. The former minister had claimed that people still respect Sequeira but don’t do it…
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GOA: FIVE NOBEL LAUREATES TO ATTEND ‘NOBEL PRIZE SERIES- INDIA 2018’ IN GOA FROM FEB 1-3
Panaji (Goa): Five Nobel Prize laureates, who were honoured for their discoveries in the field of Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry will be part of three-day long ‘Nobel Prize Series- India 2018’ in Goa from February 1. Nobel Prize winners in the field of Physiology or Medicine Dr J Michael Bishop (1989), Christiane Nusslein-Volhard (1995) and Richard Roberts (1993),…
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GOA: GOA POLICE TO TAKE PART IN CARNAVAL FLOAT PARADE
Panaji (Goa): As Goa gears up for the most eagerly awaited ‘Carnival,’ Goa Police will for the very time in the history of the event will participate in the float parade. However, its float will be jara hatke as the disciplined force intends to use this platform to create social awareness. Director General of Police…
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WOMEN ARE NOT BABY DOLLS AT YOUR WORKPLACE
Sini Fernandes I had just finished making a project plan for the week to come and as it was a Saturday, I was happy to complete my half day and head back to my home. I was closing the back door of my office before I left and ‘bam!’ I jammed my right foot into the door, Painful? Yes! The…
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AN EVENT WITH FEATHERLY FRIENDS
The recently concluded Bird Festival of Goa at Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary was a memorable event with an overwhelming participation of people interested in bird watching, as well as students. The three-day event had different activities as well as lectures and workshops conducted by renowned ornithologists, and expert bird photographers. Discussions on interesting legends, myths and superstitions related to different…
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GOA: CM SAYS NO BAN ON ‘PADMAVAT’ MOVIE IN GOA; INOX PANAJI TO START SCREENING FROM TODAY AFTERNOON
Panaji (Goa): After multiplexes in Goa preferred to stay away from a screening of controversial ‘Padmavat’ movie on the first two days of its release, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the movie is not banned in Goa. “If someone is not showing, why should government intervene? It is already been shown on small screens in two theatres in…
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GOA: REVENUE UNDER GST TO GROW BY 5-7% THIS YEAR; CM PARRIKAR
Panaji (Goa): The State Government is expecting the revenue of State by way of Goods and Service Tax (GST) to go up by 5-7 percent by end of the current financial year 2017-18. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the GST collection has been better compared to that of Value Added Tax (VAT). He said that for the current financial…
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विजयदुर्ग एक “विज्ञान भूमी”
किशोर राणे कोकणची भूमी ज्ञान-विज्ञानाने बहरलेली भूमी आहे. येथील प्रत्येक परंपरेला आणि प्रथेला विज्ञानाची झलक आहे. विजयदुर्ग परिसरात तर विज्ञान संशोधनाची खाण आहे. विजयदुर्गच्या रामेश्वर मंदिराच्या प्रवेशद्वारातून सूर्योदय आणि सूर्यास्ताचा आनंद घेता येतो. येथे अशा अनेक जागा आहेत तेथे विज्ञानाच्या पाऊलखुणा गेले शतकोन् शतके कायम आहेत. विजयदुर्ग किल्ला हा शिवशाहीत एक बलाढय़ आरमार तळ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध होता. तीन बाजूंनी…
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माहिती आणि जनसंपर्क विभाग हवाच कशाला
एस. एम. देशमुख मुख्यमंत्र्यांचा सहभाग असलेला ‘मी मुख्यमंत्री बोलतोय’,’जय महाराष्ट्र’ आणि ‘दिलखुलास’ हे तीन कार्यक्रम सरकारच्यावतीने महिन्यातून तीन-चार वेळा दूरदर्शनवरून सादर केले जातात.या सर्व कार्यक्रमांची निर्मिती,प्रसारण आणि कार्यक्रमाच्या वृत्तपत्रांमधील जाहिरातीसाठी सरकार २०१७-२०१८ या काळात तब्बल ४ कोटी ४५ लाख १२ हजार ८०० रूपये खर्च कऱणार आहे.त्यावरून सध्या वादंग माजलं आहे.अनेक सुजाण नागरिकांना असं वाटतं की,सरकारनं अशी जाहिरातबाजी कऱण्याची…
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