Deficit budget presented, but no taxes! Each Goan has a Rs 1.46 lakh loan!!
30 March 2022 21:33 ISTWithin two days of getting sworn in for the second consecutive term, Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister Dr Pramod Sawant presented the annual budget today, without levying any additional taxes. He said he would raise ... READ
SC again stops Goa mining from 16 March, orders fresh ECs & recover dues
07 February 2018 13:06 ISTWithin six years, the mining industry of Goa has received a second blow of closure. The Supreme Court has cancelled all the 88 mining leases of Goa. READ
NGT orders 25 miners to appear before MoEF, face closure threat
11 August 2017 21:08 ISTThe National Green Tribunal had directed 25 mining leaseholders of Goa to appear before the Ministry of Environment and Forests on 7th September, in connection with the alleged invalid environment clearance they are holding. READ
Shifting all casinos on-shore in 3 years; Goans to be debarred: Parrikar
24 July 2017 23:16 ISTChief Minister Manohar Parrikar has finally spelt out his proposed policy on casinos, a classic U turn, from vehemently opposing any kind of casinos to now shifting the ‘offshore’ gambling on-the-shore. READ
Goa to be lenient with GST violations initially: Parrikar
02 July 2017 18:42 ISTGoa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar reiterated that considering the time needed for GST to stabilise, the Goa government will take a lenient view of any lapses and violations in the implementation of the GST by ... READ
Fearing another attempt of arrest, Digambar seeks interim bail
24 April 2017 20:18 ISTGoa’s former chief minister Digambar Kamat has once again started running away from a probable arrest. But this time in a multi-crore illegal mining case, not in the multi-crore Louis Berger bribery case. READ
Goa police summons Ex-CM Digambar in mining scam
16 April 2017 22:19 ISTA Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Goa police has summoned former Chief Minister and former Minister for Mines Digambar Kamat to the crime branch office on Tuesday in connection with the estimated ₹35,000 crore mining ... READ
Throw out Lamanis to protect Goenkarponn: Babu
03 April 2017 21:30 ISTTourism Minister Babu Azgaonkar has said the migrants like Lamanis need to be thrown out of Goa if they don’t adapt to Goenkarponn (Goan ethos and culture). READ
GST may take Goa’s tax revenue up by 25%
24 March 2017 22:29 ISTChief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s budget may turn out to be a huge surplus as Goa is eying for not less than Rs 2000 crore once the GST regime begins. READ
Parrikar assures garbage-free, beggar-free, kerosene-free Goa
24 March 2017 20:29 ISTGarbage-free Goa, beggar-free Goa and kerosene-free Goa are the three major slogans chief minister Manohar Parrikar has pronounced while focussing on late-night passenger mobility in the tourist state and 4000 jobs every year in IT ... READ