GOA: LATE RASIK MEMORIAL BADMINTON RANKING FROM AUGUST 11
MARGAO (GOA): Late Rasik Painginkar Memorial Trust under the aegis of Goa Badminton Association will be organising its 4th All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament at Multipurpose Hall, Fatorda, Margao from August 11 onwards in the following categories: Junior Boys and Girls (U-17 / U-19) Singles and Doubles, and U-19 Mixed Doubles. There will be an additional Men’s Singles category…
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GOA: SCM WARNS GOVERNMENT OVER UNSYSTEMATIC FUNCTIONING OF WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF MARGAO
MARGAO (GOA): The Shadow Council for Margao has condemned the state of affairs at the water supply department at Margao. The SCM stated that the government while on one hand is enjoying at the cost of the consumers who are subjected to exorbitant water bills owing to the faulty ‘Jaica meters’, and on the other hand is totally neglecting…
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CITIZEN SERVICE CENTRES AT TALUKA LEVEL SOON
PANAJI( GOA) In a futher step towards taking the administration at the door step of the pubic, the State government is working on model called Citizen Service Centres at taluka level. ” Our vision is clear. We want to provide invisible government with visible governance. We dont want people to come to our door with their grievances or for…
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GOVT PROPOSES TO DECLARE STATE HIGHWAYS PASSING THROUGH CITIES AS URBAN ROAD
PANAJI (GOA) A move that could give major relief to hundreds of liquor outlets operational along the State Highways, the BJP government in Goa has proposed to denotify such highways passing through cities. Government has introduced Goa Highways (amendment)Bill 2017 before the State Legislative Assembly to declare highways passing through municipal areas as urban roads. The Bill if passed…
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COCONUT TO BE STATE TREE; GOVT INTRODUCES BILL IN THE HOUSE
PANAJI(GOA) As promised by the Goa Forward party, the BJP led coalition government introduced the Goa Preservation of Trees (amendment) Bill 2017 proposing to grant Coconut as ‘State Tree’ status. The government in its common minimum programme had promised to reclassify coconut from palm to tree and declare it as State Tree. In that direction, a Bill was introduced by…
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GOA: GOA BADMINTON ASSOCIATION DELEGATION MEETS CM
PORVORIM (GOA): Officials of Goa Badminton Association met CM Manohar Parrikar at the Secretariat complex, Porvorim to brief him about the Sub-Junior All India Badminton Ranking Championship which is scheduled to be held from October 8 to 15, 2017 at Multipurpose Hall, Margao. Parrikar was apprised of the few security issues which could arise as the championship clashes with the…
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GOA SESSION: STUDY TO FIND OUT REASONS BEHIND INCREASING NUMBER OF KIDNEY CASES AT CANACONA
Porvorim (Goa) Government will study the increasing number of kidney cases at Canacona. This would be the third study as first two studies remained inconclusive. “In the past two agencies had conducted the survey but the reports were inconclusive. If you want, the fresh surveys can be initiated through World Health Organisation or any agency,” Health minister Vishwajit…
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FTII ARCHIVES WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING
Pune – Punekars will get a golden opportunity to watch rare and acclaimed student works, Student films from FTII archives will now be available for public viewing. Under a new initiative PADAARPAN : MOMENTOUS MILESTONES, open screening of student films, old and new, would be held every month in FTII Main Theatre. Entry is free but on…
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NFAI ACQUIRES RICH HAUL OF 2500 FILM POSTERS
Pune – In one of the major acquisition in recent times, NFAI has acquired about 2500 film posters of Indian cinema. The collection includes about 1500 Hindi film posters, in addition to a number of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam ones. These posters range from 1942 onwards till recent times. The collection showcases the evolution of film publicity covering…
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GOA: NORTH GOA SHIV SENA CHIEF KISHORR RAO SUBMITS MEMORANDOM TO TRAFFIC SP
MAPUSA (GOA): The North Goa chief of Shiv Sena, Kishorr Rao, has submitted a memorandum to the Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Vishram Borkar, to bring to his notice the gross traffic violations in Mapusa city as well as the state. The memorandum raised issues regarding traffic violators as well as certain shortcomings of the traffic police department. The memorandum demands…
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