Goa News
Protest ends after Calangute panchayat revokes direction to remove statue, sarpanch apologises
Need to make ‘Goa Files’ film on atrocities against Hindus during Portugese rule, says a spokesperson of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, the organiser of the event
Earlier at a labour day programme on May 1, Sawant had said that maximum crimes in Goa are committed by migrant labourers, and appealed to contractors and employers to obtain a labour card before engaging them for work.
Police said the woman, identified as Sanjana Kumari, a native of Bihar’s Patna, had been staying in a rented accommodation with her partner, a 26-year-old disk jockey.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant also says credit for ‘protecting Hindu culture’ in Goa goes to Chhatrapati Shivaji and his son Sambhaji.
The officials added that the carcass was found in a forested area adjacent to a private property near a temple in the Tishe-Borim area in the early hours of Tuesday.
Two accused persons have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping the minors and holding them hostage in a house in Hubballi in Karnataka, said police.
Five books were released by Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai as part of a scheme to help Goan writers publish their first works.
The prohibitory order, issued by Mamu Hage, district magistrate North Goa, will come into effect from June 1 and remain in force for two months
The six-member crew was felicitated in a flag-in ceremony attended by Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar and former captain of Indian women hockey team, Rani Rampal.
He said the Goa government has started a value-based education initiative – Mulyavardhan Shikshan – to educate the next generation about such issues. The government, he said, has also started basic work to ensure that in the next 25 years, no destitute or elderly are seen living on the roads.
Although the elections to the two councils were not fought on party lines, some candidates received the backing of political parties.
The 28-year-old flyer has been identified as Vishal Shandil, a native of Himachal Pradesh.
In April, the NCB arrested two Russian nationals and two Indians for their alleged involvement in an international drug cartel. The arrests helped the drug enforcement agency net one of its biggest seizures of LSD stamps in Goa in recent years
In his address, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that two NGOs have been brought on board to ensure that all labourers are issued ‘labour cards’.
The fires had sparked not just ecological concerns but also political theories – Goa’s Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane had said that prima facie, they appeared to be “man-made” and “deliberate”
“The books will be exhibited at specific centres after the release. The celebrations of completing 50 years of amazing writing will be done in Kozhikode,” the statement read.
Goa Congress unit demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident, calling for an audit of manpower and equipment engaged for beach safety by the contractors.
Addressing a press conference in Goa, Pathak told the media that AAP will contest the Lok Sabha elections with ‘full fight and full might’ across the country.
Police said the stolen mobile has been recovered from the accused, adding that further investigation is going on.
Officials executing the smarty city works admitted that the infrastructure work in the internal roads was causing inconvenience to commuters, adding that certain practical difficulties had hindered the works.
The case was registered against the AAP in Goa for alleged defacement of public property in the run-up to the Assembly elections last year.
Without disclosing the reasons for his resignation, Faliero, in a media statement, said things “didn’t quite go according to plan” despite “best intentions”.
Police said the police personnel were attached with the traffic cell and were not on duty at the time of the incident.
The accused, who was constantly changing his location to evade arrest, was arrested from Dabolim.