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BJP President Attacked by Shantaram Naik Goa M.P. for holding Smt Sonia Gandhi responsible for Price Rise

Without directly mentioning the name of BJP President Shri  Nitin Gadkari,  Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. attacked BJP leader for his remarks that Congress President Sonia Gandhi should also be held responsible for price rise and, requested the BJP members present in the House,  to make their President learn the Constitution of India.

Mr Naik  who was [...]

Goa politics: scheming, blackmailing…

Is the issue of leadership change going to be a blessing for one or two Congress MLAs to make a comeback in the Digambar Kamat-led Cabinet?
It seems so going by the turn the issue of leadership change has taken now.  When a few ministers and MLAs of the non-Congress coalition made the demand for change [...]

Growth oriented budget; Rs.200 crore for Goa welcome: Kamat

Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Friday welcomed union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s budget as ‘a growth oriented exercise with focus on the social sector’. He said Goa was thankful for the Rs.200 crore special jubilee package to preserve the natural greenery of the state and its beaches.

Speaking to reporters at his official residence, the chief [...]

Passport in three days : Dr.Tharoor informs Goa MP

Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. Shashi, Tharoor informed Mr. Shantaram Naik, M.P. in the Rajya Sabha today that the Government proposes to launch a project by name: Passport Seva Project which envisages issuance of passports to the applicants in three working days excluding the day of submission of application where no police [...]

Gas Pipeline for Goa to be completed by March 2012 : Goa MP

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural gas Shri Murli Deora  informed Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. in the Rajya Sabha, today in a written reply that work of laying gas pipe line to Goa is planned to be completed by March 2012.
Minister informed Mr Naik  that survey for laying the gas pipeline passing through Belgaum to [...]

Goa: Konkani film a superhit at Berlin fest

Konkani movie “Paltadacho Munis” has had an impressive response at the Berlin International Film Festival, leaving debutant filmmaker Laxmikant Shetgaonkar thrilled. With six screenings, “Paltadacho Munis (Man Beyond the Bridge)” has been presented in the International Forum of New Cinema section showcasing new and experimental films. “I am so impressed with the response to my [...]

Opinion: Goa is no rape capital

India’s smallest state has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The recent rape of a 9-year-old Russian girl in Goa’s Morjim village has resonated far beyond the beaches of this former Portuguese colony. Foreign journalists have picked up a quote here and there, and used the stray incident of rape to create [...]

Body of Goan pilot Oswald de Abreu arrives

The mortal remains of Wing Commander Oswald de Abreu, who died after an IAF MiG-27 fighter jet crashed near Hashimara in West Bengal on Tuesday, arrived in the State by a special aircraft on Wednesday night. The final journey of the 39-year-old departed wing commander began at 1 pm on Wednesday, where after a send-off [...]

Goa Engineering College Champions of the Year: 2010

Goa Engineering College Won the Finals of Cricket Which was held at Goa University.
It was all Goa Inter Collegiate Tournament.
Congratulations!!!

WINNING TEAM OF ENGICOS

Former Goa Lt Governor Banerji passes away

Former Lieutenant Governor of Goa S K Banerji passed away this morning. He was 97.
Banerji, who was a 1937 batch civil services officer had a distinguished career as a diplomat. He was the head of the Indian consulate in San Fransisco and also served in embassies in Malaysia, Germany and Japan.
He retired from the Indian [...]