Further, drones shall be the key focus area for the government for the purpose of any additional incentives which could be accrued thereon, the policy mentions.
In his message, CM Sawant expressed his gratitude to the stalwarts who were instrumental in Goa’s successful struggle.
The inauguration of the Manohar International Airport in North Goa district will provide a boost to the sector, state tourism minister Rohan Khaunte told reporters on Tuesday.
Several children who had either run away from home or found begging at the railway station were rescued by the authorities, a senior official of the Railway Protection Force told PTI.
Superintendent of Police (SP) North Goa Nidhin Valsan told ANI on the phone said that the accused have been identified as Sakhil Ansari (23) and Sayumdhin Ansari (23).
Private firm GMR, which will operate the airport, the state government as well as the Civil Aviation ministry are all ready to commission the facility, located in North Goa bordering Maharashtra, Sawant added.
Sawant was addressing a state-level function held on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The police made the appeal on Tuesday after a mob thrashed a man in Vasco town suspecting him to be involved in kidnapping a minor boy.
The minister said that tourism is the main driving force of the state’s economy, and the projects related to the industry must be encouraged and incentivised.
The Congress had earlier removed its former CLP leader Michael Lobo for alleged anti-party activities.
Addressing a press conference with state BJP chief Sadanant Shet Tanavade, Sawant said that BJP’s strength in the 40-member Assembly has gone up to 28 with the eight new entrants.
After the farmers’ protest on Monday in the Sanguem area of South Goa district, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said some people had the habit of unnecessarily opposing projects.
Phogat (43), the BJP leader from Hisar in Haryana, died in Goa last month and her death is being treated as a case of murder.
Fernandes filed the complaint to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, state Director General of Police Jaspal Singh and Goa NRI Commissionerate through an e-mail.
A heavy police force has been deployed outside the Curlies restaurant. “We are providing police protection for the demolition. As per the order, it is being demolished,” said DYSP Jivba Dalvi.
The Pernem police arrested Stephen Slotwiner after raiding a premises rented by him at Madhalawada in Arambol beach village of North Goa district on Monday, he said.
The Goa police team reached Sangwan’s residence on Sunday and made some enquiries there before leaving for Gurugram to conduct further investigation, sources said.
Sawant said his Haryana counterpart told him that the Phogat family wants the CBI to take over the case.
Gaonkar had allegedly supplied drugs to two other accused Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh, who accompanied Phogat on the Goa trip, police earlier said.
