Advocating need for new Raj Bhavan as it is become old, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Sunday took a dig at Congress’ remark that Congress wants to convert Raj Bhavan into casinos saying “It was Congress who gave birth to casinos in Goa.” Sawant, speaking on the sidelines of a function at Sanquelim, said that the building Raj Bhavan is old and there is need to plan for future. Pointing the Congress’ statement that government wants to convert old Raj Bahvan into casinos, he said, “it was Congress who gave birth to the casinos in Goa and not BJP.”…
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PANAJI: The civil society protests over the proposed infrastructure projects in the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park in Goa are growing louder. Villagers in Mollem and several professional groups in Goa have raised their voice against the proposed infrastructure projects passing through the two, protected wildlife sanctuaries. The groups have written to the Supreme Court appointed, Central Empowered Committee (CEC) in New Delhi earlier this week. Signatories include members of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa, tourism stakeholders, veterinarians and allied animal welfare organisations, legal professionals, scientists, medical students, business owners and artists. It may be…
PANJIM: The Governor of Goa Satya Pal Malik and Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has condoled the demise of Former Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker and Mayem MLA Anant Vishnu Shet. “I am extremely saddened to hear about the sad demise of former Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Anant Vishnu Shet. Ile was also two times Member of Legislative Assembly from Mayem constituency Bicholim.” the governor said Tje Governor said that Anant Vishnu Shet was a respected public figure in Goa. He was very humble and polite in his demeanour. He devoted his entire life for the welfare of the people.…
PANJIM: Former Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly and ex-Mayem BJP MLA Anant Shet (58) passed away early today morning. Shet was a two time MLA from Mayem Constituency and also held a post as the deputy speaker of the Goa Legislative Assemly. Former South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar was the first to tweet about Shet’s death where he said, “Saddened to learn about sad and untimely demise of 2 time MLA of Mayen & former speaker #AnantShet. My deepest condolences to his family. May his departed soul attain Sadgati. Om Shanti.” As per sources, the former MLA fell down in…
In a biggest one day spike Goa recorded 280 cases and three deaths on Saturday as the positive cases cross the 6000 mark. One Male 77 years from Betim admitted at ESI COVID hospital Margao, with co-morbid conditions died this morning. Second death was of a male 64 years from Aquem, Margao brought to ESI hospital today with co-morbid conditions and third victim was a 71 year old female from Velsao, admitted at GMC with co-morbid conditions. There were 227 recoveries reported on Saturday. The confirmed cases have now reached 6193 while the active cases are 1707. Recovered cases stand…
The Goa Union of Journalists (GUJ) held a protest to voice its concern over the recent spurt of layoffs in several Goa-based media houses owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The protest was part of the 100th death anniversary of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the father of fearless journalism in India, held at the Azad Maidan in Panaji on Saturday. While addressing a gathering of around 25 journalists, GUJ President Rajtilak Naik highlighted the difficult times the fraternity is going through. “This is a tough phase for the media. There are layoffs, organisations are even shutting down and those who have…
A group of researchers from Stanford University has published a study that highlights major gaps and disparities in Covid-19 reporting by states and union territories in India and found that Goa has not been reporting date as per their requirement. The report also says that Goa’s Covid cases reporting (CDRS) is at 0.21 which is well below national average. “States like Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh did not report any data stratified by age, gender, comorbidities, or districts, factors that are known to have a correlation with covid19…