August 21, 2008 – 12:25 pm
Proposal for bigger role in IFFI rejected
Is Goa heading for a clash with the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) over control of the International Film Festival India (IFFI)?
In a latest development, the Directorate of Film Festivals has turned down Goa’s request for bigger roles in the organisation of the forthcoming IFFI- Goa 2008.
According to Chief […]
August 20, 2008 – 9:04 pm
Home minister Ravi Naik has refused to apologize for his reported anti-Bihari statements contending that his statement was ‘misunderstood’.
“I never said that Biharis are beggars. Instead I said that the beggars from outside state usually come here by train and had referred to starting of a train from Patna. I did not mean that Biharis […]
August 20, 2008 – 11:28 am
Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik on Tuesday said commencement of trains from Patna would increase the number of beggars in the state.
“Mostly all the beggars are from other states and train scheduled from Patna to Goa will create the problem,” Naik said participating in the discussion during the ongoing State Legislative Assembly session.
The figures tabled […]
August 20, 2008 – 11:12 am
Wounds in the state’s health care system have now officially bled onto paper. A three-member team of commissioners, appointed by the high court to visit the Goa Medical College (GMC) and two district hospitals and report on the state of health care management, have submitted a scathing report.
In their findings the commissioners noted that a […]
August 20, 2008 – 11:07 am
Huge demand for iron ore in the international market has increased illegal mineral extraction activity in Goa with about 40 such cases reported in the last three years.
Goa directorate of mines and geology has furnished the record which indicates that 40 cases reported during the last three years pertains to wrongful and illegal mining activity, […]
August 19, 2008 – 11:13 am
Goa State Legislative Assembly on Monday congratulated Indian Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra.
“After Bindra’s success, the youths have started discussing the sports other than cricket,” Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat said addressing the state legislative assembly session today.
The Chief Minister himself had moved the resolution congratulating Bindra for his successful stint in the Olympics.
Speaker Pratapsingh […]
August 18, 2008 – 9:06 pm
Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat assured of strict action against illegal mining activities after the opposition BJP brought the issue to the notice of the assembly on Monday.
During the question hour in the session, leader of opposition Manohar Parrikar said illegal mining business had been to the tune of Rs 250 crore in the state.
The […]
August 17, 2008 – 7:35 pm
Monsoon tourism has become a huge hit with the domestic travellers as they refuse to get away from beaches even in the heavy rains. Goa’s beaches remains flooded with the tourists, even though visiting the coastal state during wet spell was the idea initially disagreed by them. The State Government, therefore, launched the monsoon tourism […]
August 17, 2008 – 7:29 pm
The crucial two-week long Goa legislative assembly session began here on Sunday amidst simmering differences within the ruling coalition.
The session which begins on Monday will continue till August 29.
Digamber Kamat-led government which has faced political coups during the last two assembly sessions is gearing up for yet another testing time.
The major coalition partner, Nationalist Congress […]
August 16, 2008 – 8:17 pm
The issue of special economic zones is set to dominate the Goa state assembly’s 10-day session beginning Monday. The SEZs have been haunting Digambar Kamat government that faced locals’ wrath against these zones.
This finally forced the state government to give up plans to develop sixteen economic zones. It also led to the scrapping of three […]
