The South Western Railway (SWR) officials had to take a hasty retreat as the site inspection for the doubling of railway track from Vasco to Majorda was cancelled for second time. Hundreds of people gathered at Cansaulim to oppose the plans of double tracking which they said was being done for transportation of coal. Cortalim MLA Alina Saldanha was also amongst the locals and opposed the move of doubling the track as it will only cause destruction for locals. She maintained that there were several heritage houses which will face demolition due to the plans. Congress MLA Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco…
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Two frontline doctors treating the COVID19 patients were tested positive for the virus as Goa saw another steep rise in cases on Tuesday. Goa today registered 90 more cases but more importantly the recovery rate continued to be high with 95 cases. The recovery rate now is over 60 p.c. Two doctors attached to the designated COVID hospital at Margao were posted at ICU have now tested positive. The Goa medical College was quick to release a statement that utmost care of doctors is being taken. “With the rapid rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, the GMC has taken…
PORVORIM: Continuing his tirade against friend-turned foe, Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo, Porvorim IND MLA Rohan khaunte on Tuesday said that neither was he invited nor was aware about the meeting called by the former to discuss Covid 19 preparedness in Bardez taluka. Lobo on Monday chaired a meeting to discuss various measures that needs to be adopted to avoid further spread of virus in Bardez, which is so far least affected by Covid. Siolim MLA Vinod Palyekar and Mapusa MLA Joshua D’souza attended the meeting. “I was not aware about this meeting being called and also was not called…
Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte on Tuesday said that Speaker Rajesh Patnekar could possibly hold the assembly session virtually or through an online mode, if he was afraid of the rising cases of Covid 19 in the State. “This session was very important for me and I was waiting for the assembly session since a long time. If the speaker was afraid of the rising cases in Goa, he could possibly take the session through online mode.” said Khaunte Khaunte said that there were many important issues that were needed to be discussed on priority basis. Also the budget needed to…
Stepping up it’s attack on the Govt well as opposition of the issue of 1-day monsoon session of Assembly, AAP called on the people of Goa to gather at the assembly gate on July 27th at 9.00 am, and stop the 40 MLAs from making a mockery of democracy by having a one-day mock session. Speaking at the gate of legislative complex in Porvorim, AAP leaders Pradeep Padgaonkar, Sunil Signapurkar, and Valmiki Naik chided the MLAs, reminding them that one-day sessions in the Assembly are held only by law students of colleges in Goa, not by law makers, and even…
MAPUSA: The entire Mapusa city was in fear and anxiety as a newspaper vendor tested positive for COVID19. Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza said that swab testing drive initiated by Mapusa UHC is currently underway at Health Centre Khorlim, for all those people who have come in contact with the newspaper vendor and also for those staying in the surrounding vicinity. “Visited the area around KrishnaTemple, Khorlim along with Local Councillors Vibha Salgaonkar & Rajsingh Rane, Dy. Collector Kum Mamu Hage, #Mapusa PI Shri Tushar Lotlikar and #Police personnel where a NewspaperVendor residing in the locality has been tested positive for…
Department of Women and Child Development (WCD) has said that the government has initiated process to weed out ineligible beneficiaries of its ambitious Griha Aadhar scheme and the same is nearing completion Director WCD Deepali Naik said in a reply to a complaint filed by activist Kashinath Shetye. Shetye in his complaint had sought stopping of payments to persons fraudulently registered under the scheme. Replying to same, Naik said ” necessary action would be undertaken towards the illegalities identified as per the scheme guidelines”.