Financial boost to tourism
18 May 2002 17:24 ISTTourism in Goa is expected to receive a boost with its budgetary allocation being increased multifold while the state also plans to accord industry status to all the tourism-related ancillary and support services.In Goa, tourism ... READ
Reach XI, Computer Free !
14 May 2002 17:25 ISTEvery student in Goa will be now able to take home a computer almost free once he reaches standard XI, thanks to the special budgetary provision announced by chief minister Manohar Parrikar, while presenting the ... READ
Luizinho - Jalmi challenge ordinance
01 April 2002 17:25 ISTTwo former state opposition leaders, belonging to the Congress and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, have challenged the ordinance issued by the state governor, allowing the BJP government to utilise public revenue through the contingency fund.In ... READ
Guv issues ordinance for contingency
30 March 2002 17:26 ISTAt last, amidst controversy, Governor Mohammed Fazal issued an ordinance, increasing limit of the contingency fund by over hundred folds.To run the state of affairs of Goa administration in the new financial year till 15 ... READ
Liquor to flow till midnight...
20 March 2002 22:06 ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party government here has now further relaxed timing of liquor bars till 11.30 pm, while also permitting to keep the restaurants open till 12 midnight.The issue came up for reconsideration as the ... READ
Opp. warns Guv over ordinance
16 March 2002 17:27 ISTThough the issue has remained in the background with spate of incidents in Ahmedabad and Ayodhya, opposition parties in Goa have alleged that the ruling BJP's act here is an issue of equally serious concern ... READ
Ordinance for contingency proposed
15 March 2002 17:28 ISTIn spite of stiff opposition from the legal luminaries and opposition parties, the BJP government in Goa went ahead with a recommendation to the state governor to increase the contingency fund by over hundred folds, ... READ
Leaders in Delhi over budget tangle
07 March 2002 17:29 ISTWith no clarity on whether the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa could continue in power after dissolving the Assembly without presenting the annual budget, the whole drama has now moved to Delhi, amidst demand ... READ
Goa budget in trouble !
01 March 2002 17:29 ISTAfter dissolving Goa Assembly on the eve of the budget session, the state BJP government is now finding ways to get the financial budget passed in the Parliament."Give me a day or two and I ... READ
Dr Kamat rejects Miramar project
07 February 2002 22:07 ISTIn a major blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa, the one-man commission headed by environmentalist Dr Nandkumar Kamat has totally rejected the pilot project of Miramar beach management privatisation in Panaji.This was ... READ
