Sports Authority of India has released a total of Rs 5 crore, 78 lakhs and 50 thousand as an Out of Pocket Allowance (OPA) for a total of 2783 Khelo India Athletes (KIAs) for the month of October and November. The OPA (Rs 1.20 lakh annually) is transferred directly to the athlete’s bank account, whereas the rest of the amount is spent on the athlete’s training, food, lodging and education at the Khelo India Academy where the athlete trains. It also includes expenses towards travel to hometown, diet charges while at home and other miscellaneous expenses incurred by the athletes.…
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Urban Development Minister Milind Naik on Friday congratulated the BJP for winning the Bihar elections and further said that the victory only proved that BJP was the party that was the choice of the people and a party that will go forward with people of all religions and walk of life. Stating that running a municipality with the help of an administrator may not be beneficial for the people , Naik urged that Goa should also conduct the municipal elections soon so that people could have their representative in the municipal councils. Naik said that after seeing how safely the…
Margao – The Government in power must show guts to change its own decisions & respect peoples sentiments. There is no point in pointing fingures on others, when the party in power has all the avenues available to put things in order to protect the identity of Goa stated Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat. Congress Party has always respected Public Sentiments & have always taken pro-active steps to protect Identity of Goa . My letter as then CM dtd. 09/11/2009 to then Union Minister for Environment & Forest Jairam Ramesh makes Congress Party’s stand crystal clear on the Coal issue…
In a bid to make Goan students ready for competitive exams, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today announced that Directorate of Higher Education will begin UPSC training in all government colleges from coming academic year. CM Sawant was addressing the gathering on ocassion of a new channel launch in the Capital city. “Directorate of Higher Education will begin UPSC training in all governemmt colleges from the coming academic year in a bid that Goan students do well in competitive exams,” CM said Speaking on Covid deaths, CM Sawant said with no deatn yesterday it was great day. “yesterday was a…
Margao: Goencho Avaaz on Thursday charged that the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has betrayed them on the three linear projects. Goencho Avaaz’s Capt Viriato has said that during a meeting with the Chief Minister on Oct 13,2020 had explained the entire destruction that would befall on Goa if the ill conceived projects to transport coal was implemented. “The Chief Minister had assured that he would not allow the coal transportation through Goa nor would he allow the double tracking. Based on this assurance, Goencho Avaaz had requested the Chief Minister to give a Diwali gift to the Children of…
For the first time in last five months, the State reported Zero COVID related death in last 24-hours. It was on June 22 that the first patient had succumbed to the COVID infection in Goa. Since January 29, total 45,605 cases have been reported in the State, of which 656 people have succumbed to the deadly infection. The month of August and September proved to be killer months, with almost 40 per cent mortalities reported during those two months. Further, on Thursday, 107 new positive cases were recorded and 192 people were declared cured. The State’s recovery rate has now…
A series of arguments transpired on Twitter between Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over pollution that later progressed to a spat over the issue of Save Mollem. Despite repeated requests from all sections of the society to stop coal transportation through Goa, the government has continued the work on doubletracking of railways lines that are purely for the purpose of enabling the transportation of coal through Goa. Earlier this month, Goans once again protested in large numbers against the double-tracking of railway lines in Chandor after which the Goa government registered FIRs against protestors,…