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“The media has an important role in dealing with anti-India forces. It is the responsibility of all of us, including the media persons, to ensure that our media is not misused by the anti-India forces against our own country.” said Minister of State for DefenceShripadNaik at the valedictory function of media communication course organized by the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) for defence personnel on Thursday. On this occasion, the Director-General of IIMC Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi, Additional Director General (Administration) Shri K. Satish Namboodiripad and Additional Director General (Training) Smt. Mamta Varma were also present. Speaking as the chief…

PANAJI: Showing the letter of Department of Mines and Geology, which clearly clarified that Rs. 35000 mining scam never happened in Goa, the President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Girish Chodankar on Thursday dared BJP’s Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant and BJP President Sadanand Shet Tanavade to make public so-called report of Public Accounts Committee, which maligned the name of former chief minister Digambar Kamat and Congress party. “Not only Congress party suffered due to this report-which maligned us, but more than three lakh mining dependents have suffered since last nine years after then chief minister Manohar Parrikar took steps…

Aam Aadmi Party lamented that the Bharatiya Janata Party continues to twist facts and figures only to mislead the people and to promote the interests of its cronies like Adani and Jindal and pointed out that the latest such incident pertains to the objections filed by people for acquisition of land for double tracking of the South Western Railway line. AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre pointed out that though there have been 2,875 objections to the proposed land acquisition the SWR and government is claiming that over 70 per cent of the land owners have no objection. “How is it…

The Government of Goa through Department of Science, Technology and Waste Management will be holding the annual Scientific event i.e., Manohar Parrikar Vidnyan Mahotsav 2020 on 13th December 2020 from 10:00am to 12:30pm. The inaugural event will be at NIO, Dona Paula, being attended by Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt of Goa, Dr. Pramod Sawant, Hon’ble Minister for Science, Technology and Waste Management, Shri Michael Lobo, Chief Secretary-Government of Goa, Secretary-Science, Technology and Waste Management Department, Chairman Organizing Committee, Manohar Parrikar Vidnyan Mahotsav and Chairman, GPSC Shri. Jose Manuel Noronha and Director, NIO, Dr. Sunil Singh. Principal Scientific advisor to Government…

BAMBOLIM: Goa Medical College (GMC) Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar today said that 100 COVID-19 positive cases were recorded during marriage functions across Goa. Addressing the media, Dr Bandekar said, “It looks as if people have now forgotten all the SoP’s that is wearing of mask and following social distancing, 100 Covid-19 cases were reported during marriage functions across the state,” He said, “ I again urge all the people to wear face masks and following social distancing while holding marriage functions otherwise it wont be far away that Goa experiances a second wave of Covid-19,”

The MGP today extended its support to double-tracking of South Western Railway line claiming that the development will help Goa in many big ways. Addressing a press conference, MGP supremo Sudin Dhavalikar said that the party is against coal handling and coal pollution but not against double tracking of railway line. He said that double tracking will help in transportation of wheat, cement and other products at a minimum expense. He also said that political parties having bosses in Delhi will never be able to stop coal handling. “Only regional party led government can do that,” he said. MGP MLA…

Ponda Goa, 9 December 2020: Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF), representing the cause of lakhs of people gainfully employed in the mining industry in the state of Goa today. criticised Goa Foundation, a Goa based NGO for creating muddle in Goa Mining matter which is on halt from past 32 months. The outburst of COVID-19 pandemic has further intensified the tragic economic condition of the state in a precarious condition. With state borrowing standing at an all-time high, the amount of debt has been further increased in last 3 years. Mining has been stopped in Goa from March 15, 2018…