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PANAJI: MGP supremo Sudin Dhavalikar has urged BJP leaders to understand the history and not to comment based on their distorted childhood. The statement comes after BJP President Sadanand Tanavade and ex MP Adv Narendra Sawaikar criticized  the mGP govt. of Late Shashikala Kakodkar during 1975 emergency, wherein BJP said  that MGP Govt. supported emergency and arrested all the protestors. The criticism was following Dhavalikar condemning brutal police attack on Shel-Melauli villagers. “It is very strange that being learned advocate and a president of BJP, they forgot that Goa was a Union Territory and during emergency Lt. Governor had all…

Goa, January 2021: AbhiBus, a leading online bus travel aggregator has witnessed bus bookings for Tirupati overtaking Goa in December 2020. The online bus travel aggregator has witnessed a 60% rise in bus bookings to Tirupati in December 2020 over December 2019 wherein there has been a 10% spike in the Goa route. The online bus aggregator has witnessed a 136% month on month spike in engagement in December 2020 with over 50,000 online bus bookings through its platform abhibus.com and mobile apps. This development is a result of gradual easing in the lockdown wherein people started traveling across states…

BAMBOLIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today informed that Union Minister Shripad Naik’s health condition has improved and he has been speaking now. “AIIMS team visited today at 9 am and monitored the situation and they have said that he has been getting the best treatment here at GMC and there is no need for him to shift to Delhi,” said CM Sawant He said, “His condition has improved a lot and now he is speaking. Naik will be monitored closely for next 24 hours. He is not on ventilator but is on hihj inflow of oxygen,” Sawant further infomred…

The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today called upon the hospitality industry to fully leverage tourism potential to enhance India’s soft power globally. Referring to the Indian concept of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’, the Vice President said that our culture, our cuisine and our welcoming attitude towards foreigners can help in attracting more visitors to India. Speaking at the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Goa, Shri Naidu underlined the importance of the travel and tourism sector to the economy as one of the largest employment generators, employing 87.5 million people, equivalent to 12.75% of employment share in 2018-19.…

Goemkarponn desk DABOLIM: Goa received two boxes of COVID19 vaccine this mornibg at 6.20 am and were handed over to Health officials. The vaccines arrived on Go Air flight at Goa airport. “The first lot of COVID 19 vaccine for Goa has reached today early morning at 0622 hrs. The Two boxes received were expeditiously cleared by TEAM GOA and handed over to Health Service officials, Goa airport tweeted. Eleven crore doses of Covishield vaccine being procured from Serum Institute of India at a cost of Rs 200 per dose, excluding taxes, the government has said. 55 lakh doses of…

Goemkaponn Desk BAMBOLIM: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) which visited Goa Medical College (GMC) to take check on Union Minister Shripad Naik have said that he is stable and that they are well satisfied with treatment. “Shripad Naik is stable and we given advice to doctors at GMC on how to take him off ventilator support; we will again visit in morning and some decisions,” the doctors from AIIMS said When asked whether he needs to shifted to Delhi, the doctors teams said that looking at the current condition there is absolutely no need of shifting. “He is…

Goemkaponn Desk ANKOLA: Ankola police in Uttar Kannada district in Karnataka, today registered FIR against Suraj Naik, driver of Union Ayush Minister Shripad Naik, for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for negligent driving that led to major accident killing two, including the Minister’s wife. As per police source, FIR has been registered under Section 279, 304, 337 and 338 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). The driver is currently undergoing treatment in Goa Medical College and Hospital, a state run facility of the Goa government. The Union Minister, his wife and three others were on their way to Gokarana…