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Goa desk in-charge of the state bjp party smriti irani hopes for spectacular victory from goa for the up coming 2014 lok sabha polls

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29-05-2013 … Goa desk in-charge of the state bharatiya janata party smriti irani on Wednesday said that his party was hoping for spectacular victory in goa for the 2014 lok sabha polls and would fight the coming parliamentary elections on issues such as price rise and various other scams which has taken place during the upa 2 ruling at the centre

Snorkeling in Goa

Addressing media press conference at the party head office in panjim the Goa desk in-charge of the state bharatiya janata party smriti irani said that the issue of price rise which the upa-2 did not keep was an import issue for the people of india along with infrastructure and economy which had been severely affected in the country

Smiriti said that she was happy to be given the responsibility of goa and was looking forward to fulfill it to the best of her ability

Commenting over the media’s question of new casinos coming up inside the mandovi river smiriti said that she had faith in the chief minister of goa manohar parrikar who had openly stated that casinos in goa would be phased out before the end of his term

Goa police team on arrests six bookies being alleged involved in to the IPL betting syndicate being operated from goa.

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28-05-2013 … Finally the betting racket Digital Marketing Agency in Goa seems to have dropped in to goa with the Goa police team on Monday arresting six bookies being alleged involved in to the IPL betting syndicate which was being operated from goa.

The six bookies are said to be from Mumbai and were operating for last 45 days in Goa accepting bets and a total of forty five mobile phones have been recovered from the bookies who were picked up from a rented room at Candolim.

 The betting syndicate was exposed during the joint investigation of Goa police with their Delhi counterparts who are also in Goa to investigate the spot-fixing scandal allegedly involving IPL team Rajasthan Royals’ players.

Speaking to media reporters director general of police kishan kumar gave more details about the issueand said that the goa police team had arrested the six bookies in goa

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goa state ncp Members leads a delegation to the office of pwd at altinho and submits a memorandum against the erratic water supply, unsafe drinking water and price rise in water tariff’s in goa

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27-05-2013 … Members of the state nationalist congress party on Monday led a delegation to the office of public works department at altinho and submitted a memorandum to against the erratic water supply, unsafe drinking water and price rise in water tariff’s in to the state of goa

Goa Water Sports Packages

The delegation was led by state ncp president nilkhant halarnkar, along with former revenue minister jose Philip dsouza, ncp spokesperson trojano demello, ncp office bearers and its party members who submitted the memorandum to the principal chief engineer j j s rego and asked him immediate attention over the issue …

In their memorandum the state ncp party demanded for immediate roll back the price rise in the tariff of water supply and sewerage charges, to commission the underground water reservior at vasco navy immediately, for speedy augmentation of opa water system and commissioning of water reservoir of the project improvement of water supply system to kadamba plateau phase I, baigunim

The party also demanded urgent implementation of 10mld water treatment plant at maisal dam panchawadi, 25 mld water treatment plant at ganjem usgao, and a 27 mld water treatment plant at opa under jnnurm

Speaking to media reporters principal chief enginner j j s rego said that his department would look in to the issues submitted by the state ncp party and would try to solve it as soon as possible

Meanwhile former revenue minister and senior ncp leader jose philip dsouza said most of the goans were facing acute water shortage in goa and the same issue was discussed with the principal chief engineer j j s rego who had assured of trying to solve

South goa mp Francisco sardinha urges state government to come out with as special legislation in regard to special status to goa

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26-05-2013 …  Stating that there was a need to curb goan land being sold to outsider’s South goa mp Francisco sardinha on Wednesday urged the need from the state government to come out with as special legislation in regard to special status to goa was concerned or else feared of goans becoming minorities in their own state in years to come

Addressing media press conference at the party head office in panjim south goa mp Francisco sardinha said that there was a need for the state government to take a decision in the interest of the state over outsiders buying land in goa and urged the goans not only to blame the state government but also not to sell their land to outsiders

Sardinha said there was a need from the state government side to see that they put a curb on outsiders buying villages in goa …

Sardinha also stated that there was need from the state government first to come out with the legislation and then only his party would decide whether to support it or not

national executive meeting of bjp party to be held in goa from the 7th to 9th of june

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25-05-2013 … The national office bearers as well as the national executive meeting of the bharatiya janata party would be held in goa from the 7th of june to 9th of june at a five start resort in panjim

Around 340 delegate from across 35 state and union territories would be a part of the three day meet where in issues such as failures of the present upa government and also the bjp party strategy for the upcoming lok-sabha elections …

Addressing media reporters at the party head office in panjim general secretary of the bjp party jagat prakash nadda said that the president of the bjp party rajnath singh would preside over the three day meet which would also be attended by bjp leader’s like l k advani, sushma swaraj, arun jaitley and others

Nadda said that his party felt that the present upa was disrespecting the democratic institutions of the country and had no moral right to stay as upa has never been honest to the cause of the people

Nadda also blamed the present upa government and congress party for not passing the food security bill in the parliament

officials of special dehli police team arrive in goa to investigate in to the Indian premiere league spot fixing issue

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24-05-2013 … Officials of the special dehli police team who are investigating in to the Indian premiere league spot fixing issue arrived in goa late night on Thursday and began their work on trying to find out goa’s role in to the ipl spot fixing issue …

According to sources from the state police department three to four police officers from delhi who are investigating in to the indian premiere league spot fixing issue have already commenced their work in goa where in the dehli police team have got a possibility lid of certain bookmakers to have stayed or are in goa presently and had played a vital role as bokkies for betting on ipl matches….

 sources also stated that there was a possibility of the delhi police team also trying to investigate if one of the arrested player s sreesanth in to the spot fixing issue had invested any money in to real estate business in goa as few months back the former India cricket team player was down in goa to play ranji matches and had also stayed at one of a tourist spot in north goa …

 Though most of the state police officials seem to be unaware of the delhi police team being present in goa as without knowing anyone the same is being separately handled by a top senior level police office in the state who is assisting the delhi police team

 Speaking to goanreporter a senior level officer attached to the goa police department confirmed of the delhi police team being in goa and that the delhi police team  were here for investigating specific information related to certain bookies connected with ipl betting being present in goa and that he could not related much more than that …

 Meanwhile the state police officials on Thursday seems to have also reached to the office of goa cricket association and tried to inquire about certain information from gca office though one of the officials from gca denied to goa365 that the police officer had not come to gca in connection with the ipl spot fixing issue but had come to inquire for the gca ground requirement …

 But one of the concerned gca members informed goa365 that no one had tried to contact the gca office till date and would cooperate with any investigating team if they needed any help from goa cricket association

 Meanwhile throwing more light on the ipl spot fixing issue being involved in goa Fatorda mla through a press conference asked the state chief minister Manohar Parrikar for an immediate enquiry and make the findings public if any cricket betting syndicate was running in to the state of goa

 Sardessai also said that he felt that the state government focus was to make goa a fixing capital of the country

Goa SSC (Class 10) results 2013 announced with a passing percentage of 81.43 per cent including exempted candidates

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23-05-2013 … The Goa SSC (Class 10) results 2013 were declared on Thursday with a passing percentage of 81.43 per cent including exempted candidates from which girls had higher passing percentage of 85.49% as compared to boys’ 85.19% per cent

The Goa Board of Secondary school certificate Examination was held in March for which more than 18,000 students had appeared for the March 2013 examination.

The examinations were conducted from the 28th of March to the 8th of April at 24 centers in goa

While a total of 9302 boys had appeared for the examination from which 1060 were exempted while a total of 9207 girls had appeared from which 972 were exempted.

In the passing scenario, a total of 7924 boys passed out in the examination while 469 were exempted while in the girls category a total of 7871 got themselves passed while 463 were exempted from the passing category.

The overall boys passing percentage came to around 85.19% while 44.25% were exempted while in girls category the passing percentage was around 85.49% while 47.63% were exempted.

Around eight six schools secured over 95% passing percentage at the recent concluded ssc exams

The board has also kept 3rd of June as the date for revaluation and verification in the presence of parents or guardians, photocopies of answer books, while verification in presence of absentia or presentia is kept on 24th June 2013.

Speaking to media reporters, chairman of goa board of secondary and higher secondary examination J R Rebello gave more details about the examination results and said that more number of students had excelled in this year ssc examination.

state government decides to increase the present fishing ban from forty five days to 61 days in goa

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22-05-2013 … The state government on Wednesday decided to increased the present fishing ban from forty five days to 61 days in goa starting from 1st of June up to 31st of July ..

Addressing press media after the cabinet meet at the secretariat at porvorim chief minister manohar parrikar said that the 61 days fish ban would be applicable on mechanized and motorized fishing vessels operating in goan waters …

Stating that reliance infrastructure limited immediately switches over to gas base power Parrikar said that the cabinet had proposed to continue with the purchase of power from reliance with immediate switch over to gas until the term of agreement which was till august 2014 …

Parrikar informed that the cabinet had approved of bifurcating archives and archeology department; give five years age relaxation for teachers in vocational stream and also to give the old approach road from banastarim side for the market at banastarim

Meanwhile commenting over the mining and special status issue after the cabinet briefing chief minister parrikar said he had asked for an appointment with prmie minister dr manmohan singh in between 1st to 5th of june next month

 

 

state government to construct 2.8 kms long fly over along the exciting borim-curti nalllah in ponda city

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21-05-2013 …. In a way to create a link joining the ponda city with the adjoining by pass of borim and curti the state government would construct a 2.8 kms long fly over along the exciting borim-curti nalllah in ponda city

Addressing media press conference chief minister manohar parrikar said that the fly over would relieve much of the traffic pressure from the ponda city and would be undertaken through gsidc with an overwhelming cost of around 80 crores of rupees

Commenting over the letter written by the Deputy Secretary Nandan Singh Ministry of Road Transport and Highways asking for immediate necessary measures to avoid harassment to truckers and transporters and take steps for withdrawal of undue levy of taxes and fees, including the newly started entry tax Parrikar said that though he had not received any letter till date he would written to the prime minister as well as cabinet secretary asking for the authenticity of the officer who wrote a letter to the state government

Meanwhile parrikar also stated that even though the state of Maharashtra had made an increase in their milk prices he would not allow the dairy suppliers in goa to increase the prices of milk ..

state bjp party blames state congress party for using political tactics at the centre for withdrawal of the newly started entry tax in goa

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20-05-2013 … Spokesperson of the state bharatiya janata party and commissioner for nri affairs dr wilfred mesquite on Monday blamed the state congress party for using political tactics at the centre for the withdrawal of the newly started entry tax by the state government ….

It may be noted that alleging political interference the state chief minister manohar parrikar had on Saturday said that a director level officer had no right to write a letter to the state government asking the goa state government to take necessary measures to take steps for withdrawal of undue levy of taxes/fees, including the newly started entry tax …

 It may be noted that In a hard-hitting letter to the state Principal Secretary, Public Works Department and Transport, R K Verma, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had asked the state government to take “immediate necessary measures to avoid harassment to truckers and transporters and take steps for withdrawal of undue levy of taxes and fees, including the newly started entry tax.

 Speaking to goanreporter bjp spokesperson dr Wilfred mesquite said it was the state congress party who were trying every steps to stop parrikar led government good running administration in the state

 Mesquita said the tax which was imposed by the state pwd department had nothing to do with the central transport ministry and therefore the letter sent by the central officer was null and void