15-06-2013 …. After the state cabinet on Friday decided to relax total ban on fishing and permit canoes fitted with outboard motor of up to 10 horsepower capacity to carry out fishing trawlers owners from across the state of goa have raised up a question in front of the chief minister manohar parrikar asking as what is the meaning of uniform ban if fishing ban was relax to a sudden limit …

It may be noted that the state has ordered a 61-day-long fishing ban that came into effect from June 1 but with relaxation given to certain fishing community trawlers owners from goa have termed the decision of the state government as a u-turn decision and mentioned that the decision was totally against the uniform ban on fishing period

Chairman of mandovi fisherman marketing cooperative society limited menino afonso said that such relation given to certain fishing community which would create more difficulties for breeding of fish during the ban period as even the canoes fitted with outboard motor of up to 10 horsepower would net fish which the fishing trawlers would do …

Menino stated that with such decision the state government had put the fishing community in to a total mess

14-06-2013 … The state government on Friday allowed fishing permissions to below 10 horsepower boats with gill nets during the ongoing fishing ban in to the state of goa ….

 It may be noted that 61 days ban on fishing I the state of goa had commenced from June 15 and would go up to July 31

 Addressing press media after the cabinet meet chief minister manohar parrikar said that fishing ban would not be imposed no those who would use gill nets with a 10 horse power below boat to do fishing in the goan sea …

  Commenting over the status of regional plan parrikar said that the regional plan would be kept open in the first week of july and villages of the state would be allowed to decide on their own development

Subject to safeguards which would allow State projects to be out of the purview of village development.

 Meanwhile parrikar also informed about the two schemes such as foster care scheme and goa training to sex workers and sexual abuse women scheme 2003 being deferred to next cabinet for further comments over the schemes

12-06-2013 … even though the state bjp led government might have spent lakhs of rupees through advertisements on the recent concluded 3day bjp executive meet in goa there seems to be no money in to the coffers of the state government to pay monthly salary to around sixty staff attached to the institute of nursing education run by government of goa till date.

 The incident which was brought to the notice of the goanreporter team by one of the concerned staff member has once again raised questions on whether the present bjp led government is running out of cash and is not able to pay money to their staff salary in concerned departments like the institute of nursing education institute situated at bambolim ….

 According to the information available from the staff members there are around sixty staff working in to the institute at bambolim which includes driver’s, servants, cooks, ward sister’s, office staff, watchman and librarian who have not yet been paid their last month salary which the staff was supposed to get by the end of 31^st of may …

The staff members went and approached the principal carol noronha of the institute who mentioned to the staff members that she was busy in some other work at the moment and would talk after half an hour time

 When the issue was raised in front of the institute of nursing education principal informed goanreporter that due to electronic clearing system the salary to staff was delayed for few days and would be put in to their accounts by the end of this week

 Ligor said that it was said to note that they as drivers were also asked by his senior staff to do othet type of work in the institute

 Not only that while the issue of salary was brought to the notice of goanreporter team around four elder ladies who work as servants in the institute said that even after being working as servants they were given additional work as cooks too to cook for more than 200 students in the institute thus working for more than 12 hours in a day …

 Goanreporter  also tried to get in touch with the health minister over the issue but efforts went futile as the health minister cell phone was unable to reach        

11-0602013 …. Locals who had come to the panjim rto office situated at the ktc bus stand were forced to wait for more than an hour after one of the networking computer caught fire in a short circuit on Monday morning …

Locals which included elders as well as young were seen standing in a que for more than an hour which the technical section of the panjim rto department were least bothered to take a note for it but the same technical issue was identified as soon as the team of goareporter went to the site trying to know exactly as what was the whole issue about …

Later experts from the technical department of the rto office arrived at the site and got the things solved and locals who were standing in que got their things resolved

Meanwhile the rto office in panjim is also loaded with a number of registration certificates which seems to have been not collected for the last many years by those who have registered their bikes from the rto office in panjim …

Azavedo said it was sad to note that goans were not collecting their rc books from the rto office for years and the same were lying in his office

10-06-2013 … No sooner as the senior bjp leader lal Krishna advani resigned from all his bjp posts the state congress party were quick to comment over the issue stating that congress party was happy to know that the bjp party had appointed a person like narendra modi as his poll campaign chief who had already stated to divide his own party colleagues …

Addressing media person at the party head office in Panjim south goa mp Francisco sardinha said that there was no doubt that his party would once again regain power at the centre and that the bjp party could only dream of forming their government at the centre

Commenting over the special status issue for goa Sardinha said that the bjp party was ready to give any promise at the moment keeping in view the 2014 lok sabha elections and to come in to power at the centre

Commenting over the issue of dabolim-mopa sardinha said that he was with the people of south goa and if goans did not wanted mopa they he would go with the wish of the goans

Meanwhile general secretary and goa desk in charge of state congress party p sudhakar reddy asked the bjp party to look in to their own house as what was going on and what had happened after modi was being announced as bjp poll campaign chief for its 2014 lok sabha elections  

09-06-2013 … Putting an end to national speculation, Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced narendra modi  as the Chairman of the party’s Campaign Committee for 2014 general elections. Singh made the announcement at the end of the two-day executive meeting.

The announcement was made by party president Rajnath Singh at the end of the party’s two-day national executive committee, which saw heavy wrangling between a section backed by party patriarch L.K. Advani, who was opposing Modi’s ascent, and another group backing Modi’s candidature.

The BJP president was accompanied by Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar.

Addressing media outside the starred hotel in panjim bjp chief rajnath singh said that Coming Lok Sabha polls was a big challenge to his party and keeping in the campaign in mind the party had appointed Narendra Modi as the head of the campaign committee for the general elections Website Designing Company in Goa

Meanwhile reflecting the mood in the party ranks, Goa chief minister manohar parrikar said that there was need for a good administration for the country which the party wanted to take

 Other bjp carders from the state also welcomed the decision of the bjp party of being announced as the Chairman of the party’s Campaign Committee for 2014 general elections …

08-06-2013 …. Despite the absence of Bharatiya Janata Party veteran LK Advani, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s National Executive meet entered second day on Saturday.

The meet, which began at a five start resort on Saturday morning evolve a strategy for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls along with a possibility of discussing its prime ministerial candidate.

The other items on the agenda saw several resolutions ranging from issues related to national pride and security.

Among others there would be resolutions which would also be passed on the manner in which corruption and mal governance were eating into the national polity and how constitutional bodies were being tampered with to protect corrupt leaders in power.

Addressing media press conference party spokesperson prakash javdekar said that his party president rajnath singh had questioned as why the Coalgate report was changed in to the office of cbi and therefore prime minister dr manmohan singh had to resigned from his post on moral grounds taking the responsibility

Criticizing the central congress led government on various issues of scam’s, downfall of economic growth, food security, naxallites and false promises on control on inflation Javdekar said his president had urged the need of a new political revolution to avert the imminent multiple crisis which the country was facing today

Stating that the issue of giving special status to goa would be discussed on Sunday Javdekar also stated that that his party was taking the lead in the bjp rules states of the country to include life’s and works of swami viveknanda to be included in school and colleges curriculum of their states

07-06-2013 … Exclusive:  Even though there is a long way for the 2014 loksabha elections to go in the country efforts seems to be on from some of the national political parties in the state to convince one of the present ruling bjp led government mla to fight the next lok Sabha elections from the north goa seat …  

According to reliable sources goanreporter has learnt that the st andre mla Vishnu surya wagh who has been in the forefront to raise his voice against his own bjp led government on issues like the lusofonia games and legalizing of dhirio in goa has been approached by the nationalist congress party as his candidate for the north goa ok Sabha seat to fight the parliamentary elections against present bjp mp shripad naik

It may be noted that though there have been statements from the nationalist congress party leaders that the party would not hire any politician from any other political party for the upcoming lok Sabha elections it seems that the recent trends of wagh taking his own government on various issues have convinced the state and central ncp leaders to give wagh its party ticket to fight the lok Sabha elections in north goa …

When the same question was put forth before a senior leader of the state ncp party, the leader confirmed to goanreporter that there were talks between the st andre mla and the senior leaders of the nationalist congress party but nothing was yet finalized over the issue .

When asked about the recent developments of weather wagh was interested in fighting the upcoming lok Sabha elections from north goa st andre mla Vishnu surya wagh said that everything was depending on circumstances but at present he was the mla of st andre constituency and his premiere job was to look and raise the problems of my constituency though always his aspirations was to a member of parliament right than being a member of legislative assembly

Wagh said that if any circumstance prevailed then he would take his decision on such issue

Meanwhile commenting over the same issue north goa mp shripad naik said he was confident that his party would give him the north goa lok sabha ticket and such news were all rumours created by those who are unable to defeat him

06-06-2013 …. The state congress party on Wednesday once again accused the state bjp led government of being more corrupt who had revised a hotel project of around 280 acres of land in tiracol village thus creating eyewash towards the special status issue in the state …

Addressing media press conference at the party head office in panjim congress spokesperson and curtorim mla reginaldo lourenco alleged that the state bjp led government had revised a hotel project of leading hotels in tiracol where in even some of the tenants had been removed forcefully when the tenants themselves had opposed to the project

Reginaldo said that if chief minister manohar parrikar was really interested in the special status issue for goa then parrikar could adopt of taking a resolution at the national executive meeting schedule to take place in goa to stop the project at tiracol and show to the bjp leaders that the bjp led government was clean and zero tolerance to corruption