Panaji : Toning down his rhetoric against north Indians and Haryana in particular, Goa’s Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai on Monday said that “Haryana also has some good people”, naming Gurugram-based Shiv Yog foundation Chairman Avdhoot Shivanand as one of them. “Haryana also has good people and we have reached out to them. I am saying […]
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Will chase away tourists who don’t respect Goan culture: Tourism Minister
Panaji : A day after Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai called the 6.5 million domestic tourists arriving in Goa as “scum of the earth”, on Saturday a video surfaced that shows Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar threatening to chase away tourists who do not regard Goan culture. Ajgaonkar is seen speaking at the inauguration of the […]
Video of tourist urinating from bus led to ‘scum..’ comment: Goa Minister
Panaji, Feb 10 (IANS) Goa’s Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai who courted controversy by terming domestic tourists as “scum of the earth”, on Saturday said it was a recent video of a tourist urinating from a bus on to a popular road here that triggered the sentiment. Sardesai, who also now claims that he was quoted […]
Fear the fact that girls are drinking beer: Parrikar
Panaji : Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said that he had begun to fear the fact that even girls have started drinking beer now. “I have begun to fear now, because even the girls have started drinking beer… the tolerance limit is being crossed. “Not all of them. I am not talking about […]
Most domestic tourists in Goa scum of the earth: Minister
Panaji : In comments likely to raise the hackles of many, Goa Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai on Friday said a majority of the domestic tourists visiting Goa are the “scum of the earth” and north Indian tourists want to create a Haryana in Goa. Speaking at the Goa Biz Fest organised at […]
Verify complaint against Kejriwal, Goa court tells complainant
Panaji : A Goa trial court on Thursday directed a Sub-Divisional Magistrate, who was a former Returning Officer during the February 2017 state assembly polls, to verify his complaint filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for exhorting voters to accept money from rival parties, but to vote for his AAP. In a one-line order, […]
No need to panic over Goa mining leases cancellation: Parrikar
Panaji : After initially refusing to comment on the Supreme Court’s decision to cancel all the 88 mining leases recently renewed by the state government, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said there was no cause for panic. Parrikar said a formal statement would be issued by his office in two-three days after studying […]
SC cancels 88 mining leases in Goa
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled 88 mining leases in Goa that were renewed by the state government in 2015 just before the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act mandated the auction of mining leases. Cancelling the leases that were renewed for 20 years from 2007, a bench of Justice Madan B. […]
Woman confined to room for 20 years rescued in Goa
Panaji : A 40-year-old woman illegally confined to a room by her mother and brother for about 20 years in Sanquelim village in North Goa was rescued on Tuesday by police and the District Legal Service Authority volunteers, official sources said. She was found in an emaciated condition and is recovering at the Asilo district […]
Goa Congress takes objection to Deendayal Upadhyay’s monogram on government forms
Panaji : The Congress in Goa has taken objection to the decision of the Goa government to emboss a monogram of BJP ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay on official forms issued by the state directorate of Mines and Geology. Addressing a press conference in Panaji, state Congress president Shantaram Naik said that Upadhyay was “ruthless in […]