Новости за 07.08.2015

Complaint Lodged With Police Chief

Trying to downplay criticism of the government over increase in power tariffs, chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the Goa Legislative Assembly on Friday that power tariff in Goa is the lowest in the country, in fact it is lower than tariff charged in power producing states

Trying to downplay criticism of the government over increase in power tariffs, chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the Goa Legislative Assembly on Friday that power tariff in Goa is the lowest in the country, in fact it is lower than tariff charged in power producing states

Four days after the Forum for Rights of Children’s Education (FORCE) withdrew its week-long strike, the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) shouting slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Mataram’, launched an agitation from Mahalaxmi Temple, which culminated into a public meeting at Azad Maidan on Friday evening

Reacting strongly to the charge of opposition leader Pratapsing Rane of prevelance of hukumshahi (dictatorship) in Goa due to the late night arrest of fomer chief minister of Goa Churchill Alemao, chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar stated on the floor of the house on Friday that police investigation is being carried out in a fair manner

The much-hyped meeting of the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) scheduled to be held on Friday ended in a fiasco as the meeting had to be adjourned indefinitely for want of quorum. Only six out of 20 councillors were present for the meeting on Friday, thereby prompting the chairperson, Arthur D’Silva, to announce its adjournment.

Covering a distance of 500km within a span of nine days by biking to the Camino de Santiago, Spain, Bryan Soares, 49, has become the first Goan to complete a trip to ‘The Road to Santiago’. Besides pilgrims, this route to the shrine of apostle St James in Spain, is popular among biking enthusiasts for dirt track cycling

Crime Branch Seeks Interrogation Of ‘Habitual Offender’

Panaji: The state government paid for air travel of the Mozambique football and volleyball teams to save them the embarrassment of a flop show at the 2014 Lusofonia Games.

The Supreme Court on Friday slammed railways for the unmanned railway crossings which take a heavy toll of human lives and asked the government why it was introducing new trains without first ensuring the safety of the people.

A middle-age couple reportedly committed suicide in Fatehpur on Friday after their son was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of their neighbor's minor son.

There were five people present during the surgery at the private facility where 21-year-old Shivam Shukla was being treated on July 20.

When State Bank of India (SBI) ran its newly acquired data-mining software recently to check for purity of data, it made an interesting find - close to one crore accountholders have not provided any nomination for their savings accounts.

Indian-Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa-backed Thomas Cook (India) will buy rival Kuoni’s travel businesses in India and Hong Kong for Rs 535 crore, or about $85 million, upping its play in the fast-growing leisure industry.

A Muslim family in Gorakhpur is making dresses and bags for Kanwariyas for the last 13 years.

A student was beaten to death in a college in Sabang, West Midnapore, by alleged Trinamool Congress supporters when he refused to follow their diktat to felicitate a state minister on Friday morning. The murder is a fall-out of Trinamool muscle-flexing to gain control of campuses across Bengal, prompting the Left Front and Congress to call for statewide protests on Saturday.

In a bid to consolidate its tech operations, Zomato has laid off the core tech engineering team of Urbanspoon, the online food review and order platform’s biggest acquisition in the US.

The government has assured those opting for the compliance window under the new black money law that it will ensure confidentiality under the existing provisions of the Income Tax Act.

Jet fuel prices may be at a five-year low but don’t expect airfares to drop. Airlines say fares are already at rock bottom levels during the lean July-September travel season and rule out any further cuts.