Page 27 - Goa

Goa won't be able to generate 150 MW solar power by 2021

Milind Naik said electricity department is in talks with Water Resources department to install solar power panel on canals to generate solar power

Goa introduces bill offering tax settlement to businessmen

CM Laxmikant Parsekar tabled the Goa Recovery of Arrears of Tax through Settlement Bill 2016 on the floor of House during the ongoing assembly session

Goa Tourism hopes to cash in on I-Day weekend

White water river rafting has been introduced in Mahadei river in Sattari taluka for tourists who love adventure activities

Speaker allows no confidence motion against Goa government

Leader of Opposition had on Tuesday moved a no confidence motion against the state government for 'failing to govern' the House

Rane wants helmets to be made mandatory for two-wheeler riders in Goa

He also said that state government should be strict while giving the driving licences

Goa suspends bus services to Karnataka over river dispute

Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said the two-day suspension was issued as a 'precautionary measure'

Negative primary sector growth led reduction in Goa's FY 2014-15 growth

Supreme Court had conditionally allowed export and extraction of iron ore in the coastal State in 2015

Goa banks crossed 15% credit mandate to minorities under primary sector lending

Population of minority communities in Goa according to the 2011 Census is 5.14 lakh, which is 35.32 per cent of the total population

Parsekar asked Modi to take Goa's security concerns seriously

Laxmikant Parsekar had said Narendra Modi to not go by the state's small size and its paltry population

Incessant rains in Goa may hamper paddy crop

State agriculture department said continuous rains resulting in the fields getting inundated is not good for the paddy cultivation

Goa RSS chief resigns from committee set up for CM Parsekar's birthday

Parsekar would be celebrating his 60th birthday on July 4 and a public reception will be organised on July 5

Locals, tourists trying to make drug-peddling a business: Laxmikant Parsekar

CM appealed to children to act as 'informants' of state police to help in curbing anti-social activities

Congress says case against its Goa leader is 'political vendetta'

Matter relates to the time when Halarnkar was the Chairman of Goa Housing Board and Gomes was its Managing Director

Will not interfere in Goa's Medium of Instruction issue: Manohar Parrikar

Parrikar said that his role in the issue was restricted to party level

Child labour awareness campaign on Goa beaches

Goa's tourism season conventionally begins in October, once the monsoon recedes, and ends in March

Ex-Goa CM wants ban on Nigerians, calls them 'negroes'

Senior Congress leader said that the state does not need Nigerian tourists

Goa govt to appoint security guards in every aided and state-run school

The scheme will benefit 189 government and aided secondary schools, says Laxmikant Parsekar.

Power tariff hike to have adverse effect on agri sector: Goa industry body

The GCCI through its sub-committees on agriculture and food processing works closely with farmers in the state

Goa govt should rectify its MOI policy in primary schools, says Shripad Naik

Said it is universal principle that primary education should be in the state's mother tongue

Tourist taxis in Goa to go on strike on April 11

Taxi associations have demanded a ban on rent-a-car and rent-a-bike businesses claiming it has severely affected their business