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The RPF (Railway Protection Force) today registered complaint against social activist and anti-coal protestor Abhijit Prabhudesai and other agitators alleging that they encroached on the rail tracks at Arrosim. The RPF said that the protest resulted in delaying of trains. Hundreds of people from across Goa had gathered near the railway tracks near St Lawrence church, at Arossim, Cansaulim on the eve of Liberation day to observe a 12-hour vigil to oppose coal handling at the Mormugao port and transportation of coal via the railway line. The protestors refused to vacate the tracks for nearly four hours.

Panaji: The Concerned Parents of Goa has condemned the high-banded action of the Goa Police in illegally detaining their children in Panjim on 19th December in the afternoon. “Our children, who had gone to Panjim to celebrate the 60″ Goa Liberation Day were treated like criminals for no reason and were wrongfully confined till late into the night without rhyme or reason,” the parents said at a press conference. They said their wards were detained in an inhuman manner forced into buses and police vans and taken from Panjim to Colvale, Colvale to Mangueshi and then to Ponda which calls…

AICC Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao today said that the party has to work hard to regain people’s trust. Rao is on a two-day Goa visit to review the party’s ZP polls result. He had a meeting with Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat and other MLAs today. Rao said that the main agenda before him is to review the party’s failure, regain people’s trust and to reorganize the party. “Though we worked hard for the ZP election… our candidates work hard…we were expecting better results. We are introspecting so that we…

The Central Government has notified specified health warnings for mandatory display on all tobacco product packages covering least 85% of the principal display, Rules of which have come into force w.e.f December 1, 2020. There has been one common specified health warnings for both smoking and smokeless forms of tobacco products. This shall be valid for a period of twelve month from December 1, 2020. The word “TOBACCO CAUSES PAINFUL DEATH” shall appear in white font color on a red background and the words “QUIT TODAY CALL 1800-11-2356”shall appear in white font color on a black background. This shall be…

Panaji: The Governor of Goa Bhagat Singh Khoshyari has summoned a four-day session of the Goa Legislative Assembly from January 25 to 29. The sittings would be on January 25, Jan 27, Jan 28, Jan 29. January 26 is a holiday for Republic Day. Being the first session of the year, the Governor of Goa will address the Assembly on Monday, 25th January, 2021 at 11.30 A.M. The members have been informed that the last day of submission of questions is January 4, 2021. The GLA has requested the MLA to deposit all notices of Questions, Calling Attentions, Zero Hour…

Aam Aadmi Party today presented a memorandum to the Assistant Director of Transport at Mapusa asking the Transport Minister to apologize for the lies he uttered regarding cancellation of taxes including the passenger tax while not doing the same. Numerous taxi owners and goods carrier owners also accompanied the AAP delegation to the RTO. The memorandum laments that the lying chief minister Dr Pramod Sawant has spoilt other ministers to also resort to lies and pointed out that though Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho made the lofty announcement the same has not been reflected in government officers. “Not even a notification…

Aam Aadmi Party today demanded that the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant taker serious note of the second outbreak of Corona in United Kingdom and strengthen the testing procedures of arrivals from that country so that Goa and Goans can be protected. AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre cautioned the chief minister to stop playing with the lives of Goans and refrain from his “bhivpachi garaz na” statement which has in effect become a joke and subject of many nasty jokes on the social media. While pointing out that the Corona virus has mutated and the mutated one is causing the…