Despite raising the entry fee of the casinos from Rs 200 to Rs 2,000 the revenue collection has gone up considerably in the current financial year.
The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat has said that despite raising the entry fee of the casinos from Rs 200 to Rs 2,000 the revenue collection from the same has [...]
A Parliamentary Committee has asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to expeditiously get the land transferred for the expansion of Dabolim airport in Goa. The Committee on Petitions was hearing Goan MP Sardinha Francisco’s request on expansion and renovation of the airport. It said it was “constrained” to know that the ownership dispute between Goa and Navy [...]
With concerns mounting on the adverse impact of mining on the environment, the Goa government has decided not to grant any fresh mining leases in the near future. The move comes after environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh endorsed the Digamber Kamat government’s proposal not to give environmental clearance to any new mine. “We have received [...]
Maharashtra government will work hand in hand with Goa government for development in various fields, said the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr Ashok Chavan. Goa is ahead in tourism while Maharashtra in industrial investment, said Mr Chavan expressing his readiness to work together for further development in these states. The Maharashtra Chief Minister was speaking at [...]
The state government has issued and scrapped seven global tenders and spent a total of Rs 1.67 crore, including on legal suits and consultants, for the removal of the M V River Princess ever since it was grounded in June 2000. Ironically, the ship’s presence continues to loom over a fast eroding Sinquerim beach even [...]
The convenor of the Goa Bachao Abhiyan, Dr Sabina Martins on Thursday said the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat has assured a delegation of the Abhiyan that the Regional Plan 2021 would be finalised in next six months. Addressing reporters after a meeting with the Chief Minister at his official residence late Thursday evening, Dr Martins [...]
Organisers of parties and festivals in Goa will now have to seek state government approval to hold events, as part of a crackdown on illegal drug use in the Indian holiday resort state. A state government order, seen by AFP, said that all dance parties and festivals, except “traditional” dance parties, festivals and weddings will need [...]
By an order issued Tuesday, Goa home minister Ravi Naik has divested the powers of the district administration to allow parties in coastal Goa where loud music can be played. The home department, which has been criticised by the opposition for allegedly protecting rave parties — often disguised as parties with music — in the beachside [...]
Goa plans to reclaim its tourist paradise image - tarnished by rapes and other crimes against foreign nationals - by deploying a tourist protection force, opening fast-track courts and banning bikini-clad women on advertisements. The Goa government is in the process of setting up a Goa Tourism Security Force, to be manned by ex-servicemen, to safeguard [...]
Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. said here today that there were large scale violations of FEMA by Russian in Morje which require prompt action by State machinery. Mr Naik in a statement issued after the tour of Morje village on Saturday . has said that the provisions of Foreign Exchage Management Act 1999 and Regulations framed thereunder [...]
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