PANJIM: Goa Forward Party (GFP) President Vijai Sardesai today has said that after Cannabis being part of Swayampurna Goa,now CM Pramod Sawant to get Swayampurna Matka which will be operated by ruling party. “After Cannabis ,New Matka to be operated by ruling party to be part of Sawant’s Swayampurna Goa Plan. The CM has himself confirmed this development today saying the file was moved but no decsion has been made” said Vijai He said, “If the file was moved that it self shows that he had an intention,” Sardesai further said that the Sawant led govenrment wants to finish the…
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Vasco: GPCC Vice president Sankalp Amonkar on Tuesday alleged that the authorities from the Mormugao Mamlatdar office had been harassing innocent voters who had arrived to produce their documents to clear their names from the deletion list of the new electoral roll during a personal hearing called by the Dy Collector. Amonkar said that the personal hearing was being delayed deliberately so as to keep the other people waiting for hours together. Amonkar said that many senior citizens, ladies with children were kept for hours together to get them frustrated and indirectly force them to go back home. Amomkar also…
Panaji: After the bold statement by Goa Forward president Vijai Sardesai that Goa may be thinking of making villages swayampurna by allowing to grow marijuana, it has come to the fore that indeed the government intends to make cannabis cultivation legal for medicinal purpose. Sources have revealed that the State may introduce a bill in the forthcoming Assembly to permit cannabis cultivation medicinal purposes. The proposal to this effect has been moved by the Health department, headed by Vishwajit Rane. Interestingly, the proposal has received the Law department nod. However, the CM Pramod Sawant was non-committal on the issue saying…
Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today ridiculed the false claim by Ayush Minister’s son Siddesh Naik that the demand for a Health Centre at the Old Ribandar Hospital was only a very recent one. Stating that the demand for restoration of medical facilities at the Old Ribandar Hospital was a very longstanding one, Adv. Rodrigues has questioned whether Siddesh Naik was speaking as a spokesman of the Ayush Ministry or a financial beneficiary of the Ayush project he was pushing. Pointing out that it has been a consistent demand of the people over the years and that in August 2017 during…
PANJIM: With the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, flying to popular tourist destination Goa seems to be much cheaper as compared to previous years. With this a large number of tourists are now flying to Goa who would rather use alternative modes of transport like bus or train to enter Goa due to high soaring prices during the peak December season. An average flight ticket cost from Mumbai-Goa sector (One-way) for the period of December month over the privious years would easily cost around 18k to 20k but now currently the cost is only Rs 6000-7000. Experts have said that the…
MARGAO: Verna Police today has cracked the Velsao Murder case and has arrested 4 accused. As per police, during the course of investigation, it was revealed that 4 accused persons were likely to be involved in commission of the crime and accordingly information was developed and circulated among the Police Stations across South Goa District. Further during the course of investigation, the Konkan Railway Police Station staff apprehended 3 accused persons namely (Dulal Das, Ridip Das and Manash Das all n/o Assam who were in the process of fleeing from the state after commission of the crime. Accordingly, police took…
Goa Forward President, Vijai Sardesai claimed that there is a movement of a file to allow the commercial cultivation of marijuana within the state perhaps as part of the Chief Minister’s Swayampurna Goa plan. Goa Forward Chief Sardesai questioned “if this is what the parents of Goa’s children and future generations want, and asked if the government would deny this movement? Sardesai highlighted the movement of the file to allow cultivation of marijuana is in the name of medicinal purposes to help in the treatment of Cancer. The GFP further chief questioned what assurance would the government give that cultivation…