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HUBALLI: Congress Party with almost 50 warriors today staged strong demonstrations at South Western Railway headquarters in Huballi and submitted a memorandum to the General Manager demanding stoppage of the railway double tracking work from Vasco to Londa which will destroy Identity of Goa and Environment and scrapping of the entire project immediately. GPCC president Girish Chodankar and Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat submitted a memorandum to the Additional General Manager of South Western Railway Prashant Kumar Mishra and brought it to his notice that there is complete opposition to the said work in Goa. They also warned him that…

Casinos have been a contentious issue which has rocked the political turf of Goa for over a decade now and its shunting has always featured in the manifesto of BJP is the preceding 2 elections. BJP’s patriarch in Goa and former Rakshamantri Manohar Parrikar was very vocal and aggressive with his relentless bashing towards the casinos so much so that he led protests against the same and used that as a weapon to win elections in 2012. However, post 2012 BJP has been openly hobnobbing with the casino industry by giving them all sorts of privileges be it non-shifting from…

Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today met Union Minister for Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi and dicussed the progress about the various National Highway projects in the state. “Met Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari ji, along with BJP Goa President Shri Sadanand Shet Tanavade, in New Delhi today. Discussed about the progress of various #NationalHighway projects in Goa’” CM Sawant tweeted He further infomred that he has conveyed the apprehensions of people regarding the highway expansion on Anmod Ghat. Also sought his intervention for early completion of Sada-Varanapuri Highway works. Further Sawant also had an interaction with Chintala Chairman…

Niz Goenkar Revolutionary Front today objected to the structure being built on a footpath to temporarily shift fish vendors of the Vasco fish market. NGRF has also questioned why the old fish market fish premises which can house around 170 fish vendors is not being utilised. NGRF spokesperson Chandrashekar Vasta said that they had stopped the GSUDA from taking up works on the footpath outside the present fish market. “Structure on footpath is a violation of the High court and cannot be permitted as per law. There is an old fish market which has been unutilised and abandoned and can…

In one of the most scathing attack from within the party, Cortalim MLA Alina Saldanha said that the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has shown least concern towards the misery and destruction the people of South Goa will face should the SWR track be doubled. In a press note issued on Monday, Cortalim MLA Alina Saldanha expressed shock and utter dismay that the Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant, has shown least concern towards the misery and destruction the people of South Goa will face should the SWR track be doubled. The former Environment Minister said that the members of VACAD…

Panaji: Following protests against coal handling at MPT, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that he has taken up the coal handling issue with Union Minister Shipping Mansukh Mandviya who assured to look into the matter. CM met Union Minister of Shipping Mansukh Mandviya, and appraised him of the situation. “Conveyed sentiments of people of Goa regarding coal handling. He (Minister) has assured to look into the matter,” Sawant said. Sawant today held series of meetings with Union Ministers and others and discussed on various developmental works in the State. The Chief Minister today had meeting with Union Minister of…

Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant today held series of meetings with Union Ministers and others and discussed on various developmental works in the State. The Chief Minister today had meeting with Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel and discussed various matters related to tourism promotion in the State, especially cultural tourism with support from the Centre. Dr. Sawant Invited Shri Patel for the forthcoming 60th Goa Liberation Day celebration. Later, the Chief Minister met Shri Shandilya Giriraj Singh, Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and discussed various initiatives to scale up the production in fisheries…