At 412 cms, Goa records highest rainfall since 1961
NEW DELHI: This monsoon season, Goa has recorded the highest rainfall since 1961, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Speaking to reporters on Saturday Rahul M, scientist at IMD Goa, the state witnessed 412 cms of rainfall from the south west monsoons in 2020, which is 41 per cent higher than the normal value of rainfall […]
Source of tar ball menace traced to Bombay High: Goa Minister
NEW DELHI: The source of tar balls — sticky blobs generated from waste oil spilled into the sea — which mar Goa’s beaches during and after the monsoons, is essentially oil discharged at Bombay High, a floating oil field off Mumbai, Goa’s Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral said on Wednesday. Cabral also said that his Ministry […]
Congress slams BJP over scrapping of housing scheme for bureaucrats
PANAJI: Goa Congress on Monday accused the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant-led ruling dispensation of being worse than the colonial Portuguese, while criticising the BJP-led government decision to disallow legal recourse to government servants to appeal against the scrapping of loan interest subsidies available to them under the House Building Allowance scheme. On Sunday, the Goa […]
Goa plans to set up Fisheries Corporation
PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said his government is planning to set up a Fisheries Corporation to keep a check on the prices of fish, the key kitchen staple in the coastal state. He was responding in the state Assembly to Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, who asked why a price control […]
Goa’s Cabinet reshuffle: 3 ‘Congress MLAs’ take oath as ministers in BJP government
PANAJI: Four legislators, including three Congress defectors, on Saturday took oath as ministers in Chief Minister Pramod Sawant-led BJP government here. The three Congress legislators who were made ministers are Chandrakant Kavelkar, Jennifer Monserrate, and Filipe Nery Rodrigues. This comes soon after four ministers — Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sardesai, Rohan Khaunte, Vinod Paliencar, and Jayesh […]
GSIA distances itself from Vibrant Goa Summit
PANAJI: Goa’s premier industry body, the Goa Small Industries Association (GSIA), announced withdrawal of its support to the Vibrant Goa Summit for investors on Wednesday citing misgivings about its organizing body. The summit, aimed at attracting investment and being promoted by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, is scheduled to be held in October. GSIA president Rajkumar […]
Nitin Gadkari to Inaugurate cable stay bridge over River Mandovi in Goa
NEW DELHI: India’s Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the newly built, 5.1 km long, four-lane, cable stayed bridge over river Mandovi in Goa on Sunday, the 27th of January. The bridge will support and sustain burgeoning traffic in Panjim. It will facilitate routing […]
Supreme Court orders attachment of Amrapali Hospital, company properties, ‘benami’ villa in Goa
NEW DELHI: In a massive crackdown on Amrapali Group for “wilful disobedience” of its orders, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday attached the company’s 100-bed multi-speciality hospital, bank accounts, the building which houses its office, certain firms and a “benami” villa in Goa. The top court asked the chief financial officer Chander Wadhwa to […]
Goa bans fish imports for 6 months
PANAJI: The Goa government has announced a ban on import of fish into the state for six months. The move comes against the backdrop of a scare in the coastal state that formalin, a potential cancer-causing chemical, was being used to preserved fish. Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane announced the ban Saturday and added that […]