Days after Aam Aadmi Party’s Valmiki Naik challenged the Power Minister Nilesh Cabral for a debate on power model in Delhi and Goa, the minister has accepted the challenge and fixed a debate on November 25. As per the minister the debate will be held at EDC House, at 4 pm. “The debate is open only for media and not for general public. It will be just one to one debate,” he said. Cabral said he had accepted the challenge as Valmiki is a Goan and every right to debate with the State’s minister.
Panaji: Days after the news of coal being washed ashore went viral on social media, Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral said that the black substance found on Goan beaches was charcoal and not coal. Cabral was severe on environmentalist and social worker Claude Alvares saying that a learned person like him must clarify and check and only then make such claims of coal. “The substance found on Ker and Benaulim beaches was analysed by Goa State Pollution Control Board and was found to be charcoal in preliminary report,” he said. Cabral said that the chemical analysis of the black substance found…
PANJIM: The Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today has announced a hike in fine for not wearing of masks from the current Rs 100 to Rs 200. CM also said that mamletdars, panchayat and municipalities have been given the powers to act violators. “We are increasing the fine for not wearing of mask from Rs 100 to Rs 200,” CM Sawant said Not just the tourists, but locals are also being fined by the City Corporation for breaking the face mask rule within its jurisdiction in Panjim. The Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) has fined people for not wearing…
Aam Aadmi Party today termed Dr Pramod Sawant’s government to be of liars and cheaters and asked Goans to check their accounts to find out how much they have received from the government as claimed by the chief minister. Briefing media persons AAP spokesperson Adv Surel Tilve pointed out that as per the budget Goa government was spending Rs. 1.40 lakhs on each Goan and demanded to know where this money is going. “It is time every Goan asks this question to find out who is pocketing the amount,” he said. To rub salt into injuries Dr Pramod claimed that…
Panaji: In the run-up to World Diabetes Day (WDD) on the 14th of November, Novo Nordisk Education Foundation unveiled the second-year report of it sIMPACT India: 1000-Day Challenge’ programme. The programme was launched two years ago to address the issue of sub-optimally controlled diabetes in India. IMPACT India programme took upon the ambition to reduce the national average HbA1c by 1% working between the time period from 14 Nov 2018 to 31 July 2021, culminating with the commemoration of 100 years of insulin discovery. The programme adopted a 3-pronged approach conducting several medical education activities in tune with the Indian…
Porvorim Police on early morning of 23/11/2020 have arrested one mobile snatched and recovered 05 stolen mobiles and one stolen Honda Activa scooter As per PI Neenad Deulkar a complaint was lodged by Mr. Harish Motwani R/o Ulhas nagar, Mumbai that his phone was snatched while he was traveling on Chogm road, Porvorim. Accordingly FIR was registered and intelligence was collected and subsequently accused person namely Mr. Varadraj Temkar, age 27 yrs R/o Kaskarwada, Porvorim was placed under arrest under section 356, 379 IPC. A total of 05 high end android smart mobile phones were recovered. Also a stolen activa…
Two offices located in the heart of Vasco city were burgled on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. The offices of J M Baxi , a shipping company and The United India insurance company were burgled in the colaco building located near the Vasco Railway station . While the manager of JM Baxi , Govind Pernulkar said that cash worth 40,000 were stolen , sources in the United Insurance said that cash of around 50,000 we’re stolen. The burglars have accessed both the offices in the building by breaking the main doors and further breaking open lockers of the…
