In an attempt to improve the quality of free meals provided by the government, the state government of Goa decided to include mothers of students to taste and test the food served to their children under the Mid-Day Meal scheme. As per changes in the Mid-day meal scheme which is[Read More…]
The search for a full-time Defence Minister is on, at a war footing. Names of Arun Jaitley and Sushil Kumar Modi are doing the rounds in the top echelons of power. A top source in the government told Newsd that shifting Arun Jaitley as a full time Defence Minister and[Read More…]
An online petition demanding to CM Manohar Parrikar to allow online cab services like Ola and Uber in Goa has gone viral. Goa being on of the top tourist places in India attracts an incredible number of tourist round the year. This petition was started by an NRI of Goan[Read More…]
More than 5,000 lawyers from various courts all over Maharashtra, Goa, Daman, Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli abstained from work on Friday to protest against the proposed Advocates Amendment Bill, 2017. The call for the protest was given by the Bar Council of India. “Majority lawyers did not attend the[Read More…]
The number of people who are detected of HIV in Goa have hysterically reduced during the last ten years says an according to the Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in the State Legislative Assembly. Although the number of blood samples received for testing HIV is rising, the number of people detected positive[Read More…]
The new BJP-led government in Goa on Friday presented its first budget that targeted an economic growth of 11 per cent in 2017-18 and laid special focus on agriculture, social security and education. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the budget for 2017-18 and proposed[Read More…]
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday distributed portfolios among nine ministers. While Parrikar has retained majority of portfolios including Home, Finance, and Education, he has allotted one each to nine ministers. Former deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Francis D’Souza is assigned the Urban Development portfolio while Pandurang Madkaikar[Read More…]
After winning the trust vote in the state Assembly on Thursday, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, took dig at Digvijaya Singh, saying the Congress leader had sought to create a hype over the situation in the coastal state as he was worried about losing his party post if he failed[Read More…]
Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane on Thursday resigned from the party as well as an MLA saying the top leadership failed in forming government in Goa. Speaking to reporters, Rane said the Congress leadership’s handling of affairs has led the party to this condition. “I do not expect anything from the[Read More…]
In fear of dubious alliance, the BJP was busy making preparations for a coalition government, headed by Manohar Parrikar who is going to swear in as the CM in Goa Tuesday. Parrikar is set to return as the Chief Minister by resigning as Union Defense Minister — Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will take[Read More…]
Final voting percentages in Punjab and Goa assembly polls reported at 70% and 83%, respectively. This year’s turnout in Goa broke last election record of 81.7 per cent. The two states are the first of the five to go to polling ahead of Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Uttarakhand which are[Read More…]
Stage is set for polling in two states including Punjab and Goa on Saturday. The polling in both states will be held in single phase for all the 117 seats of Punjab and 40 of the tiny coastal state of Goa. In the both states BJP is in power. There[Read More…]
Lashing out opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that they have already accepted defeat in the upcoming polls, and were now searching for excuses. “The Opposition parties are working overtime, more than the efforts put in by Finance Minister to prepare the Budget, to criticise the advancement[Read More…]
As the pole dates comes closer, election Commission had appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams which have recovered over Rs 64 crore in cash, including Rs 56.04 crore from Uttar Pradesh alone, and liquor and drugs. As per official data, Punjab has witnessed the maximum seizure of drugs worth Rs[Read More…]