10/02/2014 …If you are a traffic vehicle violator, then please make it sure that no one see’s you while violating vehicular rules as the same violation done by you could be registered as a complaint to the official of the transport department as the state transport department is all set to start its sms complain services which is all set to start with in a week’s time …

Under the new system which is the sms complain services of the transport department every adt (additional director of transport) would get a separate code (example adt Panjim would get a code 02-07) on which a complainant could send his traffic violation complaints to the concerned adt after which in turn the complainant would receive an unique id no from the same adt for further inquiries

Speaking to goanreporter a top official of the state transport department said “ any traffic vehicular complaints such as auto rickshaws, tour operators charging additional charges, bus operators not issuing tickets, negligent driving and any traffic violation that is seen could be registered with proper details through the sms complain services”

This is the easiest way the officer said “as earlier a complainant who would file his complaint to the transport department had to go through long process to get his problem solved but with this new initiative a complainant would get his problem solve as soon as possible”

The officials also stated that “once the complain was send to the concerned adt, the same adt would send the complain to his motor vehicles inspector or assistant motor vehicles inspector who after completing his inquiry in to the complain would get back to the his adt with the report and the concerned adt would then pass on the final report to the complainant who had filed the complaint”

Presently the state transport department in total had ten assistant director of transport officials along with two enforcement officials who come under the ambit of the director of transport department government of goa .  

29/06/2014 … The state congress party has requested the state chief minister Manohar Parrikar to book ram sene chief pramod muthalik under the nsa act for causing threat to the state of goa

Addressing media persons at the party head office in Panjim on Saturday gpcc chief john fernandes said that the state of goa did not required moral police from across the border an if any one tries to come in the state then his party would face them on the street opposing their move to start their activities in the state of goa

Fernandes said that his party would mobilize goans on the issue of muthalik trying to enter in goa as muthalik’s entry would destroy the state tourism which would create an effect on goan economy

Fernandes also criticized the state bjp led government for taking a u-turn on muthalik issue and for not having a concrete policy towards people like pramod muthalik

14/02/2014 … : Just arresting the former bureaucrats  is not enough , the Goa police should arrest the builder and the contractor who are the main conspirators in the Ruby Residency case , stated MLA of St. Andre Vishnu Surya Wagh

He stated that the government was just dillydallying on the case and  arresting  the  bureaucrats  namely chief officer Deepak Desai and Paradeep Naik  will not help to resolve the issue in turn it would create a havoc amongst the bureaucracy as bureaucrats would now shy away from taking any decisions .

11/02/2014 … With few days left for the announcement to be made of the two probable’s for the upcoming lok Sabha elections the state congress party wasting no time seems to have zeroed in on the name of the present bjp mla from st andre constituency Vishnu surya wagh for its north goa parliament seat while state congress youth president velanka alemao also figures in the list of four probable’s for south goa seat

Though the state congress party had forwarded four names to the central committee of the state congress party which includes, girish chodankar, ramakhant khalap, jitendra deshprabhu and Vishnu surya wagh, mr wagh is been considered to be the front runner above the three and the aicc central committee could announce his name anytime once the end of the concluding parliament session and code of conduct is in force

The idea of naming mr wagh as one of the probable candidate for the north goa member of parliament seat for the congress party has been mooted by some of the top senior congress leaders with an idea of mr wagh being from the bahujan community who could give a strong fight to the bjp candidate Shripad naik who is also from the same bahujan community 

What is more surprising is that the nationalist congress party had already shown interest in giving its north goa parliamentary seat to the st andre bjp mla vishun surya wagh though it was not confirmed but seeing the caste factor the congress leaders seems to have believed that mr wagh was the right candidate in north goa if the bjp candidate had to be defeated in the upcoming parliamentary elections

For the south goa parliamentary seat the state congress party seems to have sent four names to the aicc central committee which include present south goa mp Francisco sardinha along with the name of former chief minister luizinho faleiro and the of the two alemao’s Churchill and velanka …

Though Churchill name figures in the list sources said that if there is a by-election held for the benaulim assembly seat then Churchill would give way to his daughter as one of the probable for the south goa parliamentary seat along with luizinho and sardinha ….

When goanreporter asked the state congress president john Fernandes as weather mr wagh name was listed in the four probable’s that were sent to the aicc central committee mr Fernandes said “ party would finalize its candidate name once the election code of conduct comes in to force but we know who are our likely candidates for the two seats in goa and naturally we have whispered in to their ears about it and campaign for the same has already started as we certainly know who are our candidates”

On asked if like other congress leaders he was also interested to go alone without the support of his coalition partners for the upcoming parliamentary elections Mr Fernandes said “ here in goa the sentiments of congressmen are to go alone as congress has a mass base committee and cader’s in the state in place and therefore everyone in the congress feels that if ticket is given to congress then we can produce results and win both the seats in the state”

“I also feel that with the candidate we have in mind it would be a cake walk for the congress party to win the parliamentary seat in north goa specially and since south goa is our seat we have no problem to regain that seat once again with same candidate or the other candidate whichever is decided by the high command mr Fernandes said ”

26/05/2014 … A delegation of the members from the civil society led by fatorda independent mla vijai sardessai on Monday met the state director general of police t n mohan and appraised him over the police officials harassment towards the Young shipping professional Devu Chodankar who is facing arrest for his comments on Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on a Facebook forum

It may be noted in a post in March this year, Chodankar had in his facebook comment had stated that if Modi comes to power, he would unleash a ‘holocaust’, a post that the police claimed was later deleted.

Chodankar had posted the comment on March 23 and was summoned by Goa police on May 12. He has been booked under the contentious section 66A of the IT Act along with sections of 153(A) and 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code.

The FIR was registered by former chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries Atul Pai Kane.

But on last Saturday Goa Police’s attempt to arrest deu for making anti-Narendra Modi comment was opposed by members of the Civil society activists who believed police interest in a Facebook post was draconian after which even a protest was held outside the police headquarters in Panaji on Saturday.

Speaking to media reporters after meeting dig t n mohan fatorda independent mla vijai sardessai said the state police department were trying to selectively target mr chodankar since his comment was against prime minister narendra modi

Sardessai raised apprehensions on the comments made by sanquelim mla dr pramod sawant where in mr sawant had said that certain people who were taking side mf mr chodanakar might have written his face book comments

Meanwhile social activist advocate aires rodrigues said that he had also pointed out to dgp about the previous complaints which he had filed on the politicians and no action was taken till date no those by the state police department

15/02/2014 … The state congress party on Saturday accused the state bjp led government of using government funds for its party’s executive meet stay which was recently held in the state last year

Addressing media person’s congress president john Fernandes said that the state bjp party had defrauded goan exchequers while trying to install gujrat chief minister as its prime ministerial candidate of india which was first announced in the state when the bjp party had organized its central executive committee meet in goa last year

Commenting over the issue of the state bjp led government decision of transfer system for casinos operating in river mandovi Fernandes said it was illegal to give the right to transfer for the casinos which was highly immoral

Fernandes also stated that there were duplicities of law where mr Fernandes questioned as why no action was taken on the forest minister alina saldanha who had recently tried to block the highway at cortalim while the same government had arrested an activist tara kerkar for blocking the highway in canacona rape and murder issue