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* Goa BJP all set to take on Central BJP over Mhadei issue * BJP to write to C, entre to immediately withdraw the DPR approval, says Tanavade Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: BJP Goa State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade today said that his party has unanimously resolved to write to the centre to immediately withdraw the DPR approval granted to Karnataka to divert the Mhadei River. Tanavade said that all our state leaders, including Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, and cabinet ministers had taken this decision. “We have unanimously resolved to write to the centre to immediately withdraw DPR approval granted to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa government, led by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, has reduced the Value Added Tax on Air Turbine Fuel from 18 per cent to 8.5 per cent. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said this move would prove critical for the aviation sector. “I thank Goa CM, Sh @DrPramodPSawant Ji for taking the progressive decision to reduce VAT on Air Turbine Fuel from 18% to 8%. In a scenario of rising fuel prices, this step will prove to be critical in our efforts to ramp up air connectivity in the State,” he said. He said that with this, Goa…

Geomkarponn desk PANAJI: Hours after Opposition Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai posted a letter to the Central government, which said the DPR copies of Karnataka were shared with the State long back, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has shot back, saying the Fatorda MLA is only interested in playing politics over Mhadei issue. In a scathing post on social media, Sawant slammed Vijai Sardesai for a lack of knowledge of the issue. CM also claimed that the letter Vijai was pointing to was about the old DPR, which was rejected by Centre. “Dear Bab Vijai Sardesai, your lack of…

An IndiGo Airlines flight from Hyderabad will be the first aircraft to land at the recently inaugurated Manohar International Airport (MIA) in North Goaon January 5, an official from the airport said on Monday. IndiGo flight 6E 6145 will land at the facility from Hyderabad at 9 am on Thursday, a spokesperson from MIA said. The domestic operations will start from Thursday onwards, while international flights are expected to commence soon, he said. At least 11 arrivals are expected at the new airport on day one of operations, the official said, adding that IndiGo, Go First, Vistara and Akasa Air…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Reacting to the ‘Mhadei Water Diversion’ issue, Trinamool Congress’ Goa in-charge Kirti Azad on Monday said that the ruling BJP government has failed to give a solution and if the river’s natural flow is stopped, then the coastal state will witness drought. Speaking to reporters, he said that there are rules and regulation of water tribunal that any river passing through a state, then the certain an amount water should be released. Now if it is coming from Karnataka and going to the Arabian Sea (Goa) is a natural process of this river, hence amount of cusec…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “Respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi & BJP President J P Nadda must tell the Fraud Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant, to at least spare Persons with Disabilities from BJP Government’s “Mission Commission”. Purple Fest tender floated by Department of Information and Publicity to be opened on 2nd January 2023. Surprisingly, BJP’s in-house Agency has already begun work,” charged Congress Media Cell Chairman Amarnath Panjikar. Releasing a video of the work going on at ESG Complex with audio of one Siddhesh Dessai claiming that the said work is of “Purple Fest -2023” organized by the Social Welfare Department,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: India’s first-of-its-kind, Purple Fest, Celebrating Diversity has led to positive permanent changes in Panjim. The festival for Persons with Disability (PwD) will be held from January 6-8, 2023 and the city is being made barrier free permanently for persons with disabilities. State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Guruprasad Pawaskar, stated that Works at Inox Courtyard, Maquinez Palace and Old GMC have been commissioned in view of this festival which will see long-term benefits to people. The buildings have been made accessible for persons with disabilities. Purple Fest is not an end in itself, so we will successfully…