Construction of first India-made hovercraft for Coast Guard begins at Goa shipyard

Construction of first India-made hovercraft for Coast Guard begins at Goa shipyard

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The construction of the country’s first indigenously built Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) for the Indian Coast Guard kicked off on Wednesday with the girder laying and commencement of the erection ceremony at the shipyard of Chowgule & Company Pvt. Ltd. in Goa. The hovercraft, based … Read more

Rajasthan digital arrest scam: Key associate who duped 75-year-old of Rs 23.56 lakh arrested from Goa

Rajasthan digital arrest scam: Key associate who duped 75-year-old of Rs 23.56 lakh arrested from Goa

Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, July 28 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough, Rajasthan’s Cyber Crime Police Station has arrested a key accused in a high-profile digital arrest scam from Goa. The scam involved duping a 75-year-old Jaipur resident of Rs 23.56 lakh by posing as fake police and CBI officers. Superintendent of Police (Cyber … Read more

Mahadayi project row: Karnataka Minister accuses Goa govt of ‘misusing’ its position

Mahadayi project row: Karnataka Minister accuses Goa govt of 'misusing' its position

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 25 (IANS) In the wake of the escalating Mahadayi project row, Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries M.B. Patil on Friday charged the BJP government in Goa with misusing its position due to having the same party in power at the Centre. Interacting with reporters here, Patil … Read more

K’taka will begin Mahadayi project work soon, let Goa CM stop us: Shivakumar

K’taka will begin Mahadayi project work soon, let Goa CM stop us: Shivakumar

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 24 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday lashed out at Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, stating that the latter’s claim that the Centre will not grant forest clearance for the Mahadayi project is condemnable. “We will withdraw the petition we have filed in the Supreme … Read more

CM Chandrababu Naidu congratulates Ashok Gajapathi Raju on appointment as Goa Governor

CM Chandrababu Naidu congratulates Ashok Gajapathi Raju on appointment as Goa Governor

Follow Us on Google News Amaravati, July 14 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has congratulated Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former Union Minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju on his appointment as the Governor of Goa and termed it a great pride for the people of Andhra Pradesh. The TDP president took … Read more

ED conducts raids in Goa and Pune in Rs 10 lakh land grabbing case

ED conducts raids in Goa and Pune in Rs 10 lakh land grabbing case

Follow Us on Google News Panaji, July 5 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Panaji Zonal Office, carried out search operations at eight locations across Goa and Pune on July 4 in connection with an illegal land grabbing case. The raids were conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). … Read more

Gogi Gang operative who aided 2016 police attack nabbed in Goa

Gogi Gang operative who aided 2016 police attack nabbed in Goa

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested a proclaimed offender and a key member of the dreaded Jitender Gogi gang from North Goa. The accused, identified as Mohit alias Panchhi, was wanted in several serious criminal cases, including the audacious … Read more

ED attaches Rs 1.05 crore assets in Goa Co-op bank fraud case

ED attaches Rs 1.05 crore assets in Goa Co-op bank fraud case

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 1.05 crore in a major money laundering case involving the Sada Urban Co-operative Credit Society Ltd (SUCCSL) in Goa. The immovable properties attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, include a commercial … Read more

Tripura declared India’s 3rd fully literate state after Mizoram, Goa

Tripura declared India’s 3rd fully literate state after Mizoram, Goa

Follow Us on Google News Agartala, June 23 (IANS) In a significant development, Tripura was on Monday declared fully literate, with the state’s literacy rate rising to 95.6 per cent. Addressing a function here, Director (Adult Education), Union Ministry of Education Preeti Meena said that after Mizoram and Goa, Tripura became the third in India … Read more