Panaji: The transporters continued their strike in Goa on the second day on Tuesday, refusing to withdraw it until the government resolves the issue of toll fee levied on the non-Goan vehicles entering the state. "The strike will continue till Goa government resolves the issue. Today is the second day and impact would be visible from tomorrow onwards," All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) president Bal Malkit Singh said.
The transporters began agitating since midnight on Monday demanding rollback of the toll fee levied by the Goa government on non-Goan vehicles. State Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has refused to withdraw the fee, which he says is the tax imposed for using the state infrastructure.
Singh said that almost all the members have stopped the work. "Few members have not loaded the trucks, while many have parked it on the borders," he claimed.
The AIMTC leaders also held discussions with the Karnataka and Maharashtra police, alleging that police were forcing the members to ply into Goa. "We have told the police that they should not force our members to do anything," Singh said....
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03:00 PM, May 14, 2013
Panaji: The current ban in Goa on issuing licenses for new liquor retail outlets will continue to be in effect till June end, a senior official said on Monday. "The state government has decided not to issue any new licenses for the retail sale of liquor in the state till June end this year. The applications received for new outlets are not being considered by the department for the time...
02:53 PM, May 13, 2013
Panaji: Goa will not be home to the country's first Playboy club with the state government deciding to reject a proposal for opening this facility at Candolim beach amid a controversy that it would promote vulgarism. Bowing to pressure from within ruling BJP against the US-based Playboy club's move to open a branch in the tourist state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the application would not be considered...
07:26 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Panaji: Goa will not be home to the country's first Playboy club with the state government deciding to reject a proposal for opening this facility at Candolim beach amid a controversy that it would promote vulgarism. Bowing to pressure from within ruling BJP against the US-based Playboy club's move to open a branch in the tourist state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the application would not be considered ...
07:16 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Panaji: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar Tuesday promised action against Saif Ali Khan-starrer film "Go Goa Gone" after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator said it promoted smoking and showed Goa in bad light. "You give me all the detail and I will take action," Parrikar told BJP MLA Pramod Sawant, after he said that the film's publicity showed Goa negatively, apart from promoting smoking. "The poster shows Saif smoking...
05:34 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday alleged irregularities in all irrigation projects in Maharashtra, including the Tillari project bordering the state. "All irrigation projects in Maharashtra are scam. I am saying this on record," he told the State Legislative Assembly, while speaking on demands for grants. "We know about Tillari irrigation project. How much of cement is used and how much is soil cannot be ascertained." Parrikar claimed...
01:48 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Odiya and Bihari labourers hired on contract for Goa's mining industry need to be "shunted" out of the state as the mining ban is forcing them towards crime, Congress legislator Vishwajeet Rane alleged on Tuesday. Rane was speaking during the question hour during the Budget Session of the Goa legislative assembly. ...
02:45 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will have to do a balancing act when he presents the budget on Monday with revenues falling due to ban on mining activity and some of the recent measures taken by the government putting strain on state finances. ...
05:53 AM, Mar 16, 2013
The UK government on Tuesday opened its first ever Mobile Biometric Clinic (MBC) in Goa, which will save the locals from travelling to distant places like Mumbai to apply for visa to the country. ...
01:06 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday announced a financial bonanza for those affected by the mining ban in the state on the anniversary of his government's first year in power. ...
02:48 AM, Mar 10, 2013
The state unit of BJP is in favour of naming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the party's prime ministerial candidate, but is waiting for party leadership in Delhi to take a final call on the issue, a state BJP leader said on Thursday. ...
04:02 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Over 12 per cent of Goa's population will come under the Lokayukta scanner, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday. ...
02:47 AM, Feb 07, 2013
The crime branch has been directed to probe the rape of a seven-year-old girl in the school premises in Vasco, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Tuesday. While the rapist is still at large, Crime Branch officials have arrested the headmistress of the school for inordinately delaying the registration of a first information report (FIR). ...
11:50 AM, Jan 15, 2013
A seven-year-old girl was raped at her school in the port town of Vasco, resulting in huge protests in Goa's Panaji Monday night. Police have detained the headmistress of the school on charges of negligence. ...
09:55 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Casinos in Goa will now be monitored and for gamblers, entering licensed gambling hubs would be akin to walking into an income tax office. In a fresh modification of the existing guidelines to casino operations, the Goa government has introduced stringent measures, which includes casinos requiring customers to fill up a Know Your Customer forms and bringing money laundering and terror financing activities under vigil. ...
07:40 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has criticised the media for giving undue publicity to Congress leaders in the state who filed "bogus" complaints against his ministers. "The bogus people have filed bogus complaint (against the ministers). But the biggest tragedy is that anyone makes any allegations and they are printed by the press...," Parrikar said. ...
11:30 AM, Jan 09, 2013
The Goa government on Friday launched the Griha Aadhar scheme, which will give a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 to housewives to combat inflation. ...
03:03 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Panaji: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is working for a mining company interested in extracting ore from a land owned by a Portuguese national, which has been declared an evacuee property, the Goa Congress alleged on Wednesday. Party spokesperson Reginaldo Lourenco was speaking to reporters at the state Congress headquarters, a day ahead of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to the state. Lourenco, however, did not name the mining company....
02:26 AM, Dec 20, 2012
Panaji: The issue of resumption of mining in Goa will be raised at the National Development Council (NDC) meet in the national capital December 27, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday. "On the 27th meeting of National Development Council, I am going to raise the issue of mining with the PM," Parrikar told reporters in Panaji. Parrikar said the ban on mining imposed by the Supreme Court (SC) was...
05:38 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Panaji: More than 50 per cent of Goa Police force is not physically fit due to the "pressures and unexpected demands" they have been facing while on the job, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Sunday. "If we do a medical checkup, 50 per cent of Goa Police force is physically unfit. They will have some or the other problems. I am not blaming them. There are pressures and unexpected...
05:52 PM, Dec 16, 2012
