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Goa CM Sawant slams ‘influencers’ for spreading wrong message: 'Hotels are full'
Goa CM Pramod Sawant was responding to claims by certain social media influencers that the coastal state was “empty” this holiday season.
Published on Jan 03, 2025 09:03 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Defamation suit against Sanjay Singh bid to keep him away from Delhi poll campaign: AAP
Defamation suit against Sanjay Singh bid to keep him away from Delhi poll campaign: AAP
Published on Dec 18, 2024 02:07 PM IST
PTI |
Goa: CM Sawant to file defamation case against AAP leaders in cash-for-jobs scam
He accused the Opposition of dragging him and his family in the scam without any proof as they were left with no issue.
Published on Dec 11, 2024 11:51 PM IST
PTI |
'Find scapegoat in me': X user's letter to Goa CM amid 'false' tourism data row
X user Ramanuj Mukherjee defends his viral claims about declining tourism in Goa after a complaint against him from the Goa Tourism Department.
Published on Nov 10, 2024 12:56 PM IST
Muskaan Sharma
‘If BJP commits same mistakes (as Congress)…’: Nitin Gadkari's word of caution
Nitin Gadkari said the Bharatiya Janata Party has been a party with a difference and that is why it has repeatedly won the trust of voters.
Updated on Jul 13, 2024 06:28 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
In tussle over Kalasa-Banduri canal project, Karnataka government hits out at Goa
The Karnataka government on Tuesday took a jibe at the Goa government and said the probe “exposed the lies” told by chief minister Pramod Sawant, a day after the inspection of the halted Kalasa-Banduri canal project on the Mahadayi River along the Goa Karnataka border in Belagavi district by a central body team, was completed.
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 07:52 AM IST
Hirekop Rajan SamuelGerard de Souza, Belagavi/panaji
‘We are on right track’: Pramod Sawant on Karnataka protests over PRAWAH visit
Kannada organisations have voiced concerns that the Mahadayi Progressive River Authority for Water and Harmony team would produce a biased report
Updated on Jul 09, 2024 05:21 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
How does Kejriwal explain journey from IAC to INDIA alliance, asks Goa CM Sawant
Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant, who is in Delhi to campaign for the May 25 election, asked how does Arvind Kejriwal explain his journey from India Against Corruption to INDIA alliance
Published on May 21, 2024 07:09 PM IST
Goa to request PMO to invite Pope Francis for St Francis Xavier’s exposition: CM
Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said his government will be writing to the Prime Minister’s Office who in turn will extend an invitation to the Pope to visit Goa for the exposition
Updated on Mar 16, 2024 01:11 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
Goa govt body withdraws ₹3 crore nod for institute linked to CM Pramod Sawant
The move is seen as an effort to cap the controversy around the decision of the foundation to sanction ₹3 crore to an institute linked to chief minister Pramod Sawant
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 06:59 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
In Goa’s Loliem, a proposed film city divides village, raises ecological questions
In Oct 2023, the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) issued an ad in newspapers asking that it is looking for 250 acres of land calling on private land owners to approach for the same
Published on Feb 19, 2024 11:41 AM IST
Gerard de Souza
Goa CM visits Ayodhya, hails Ram Temple as ‘Rashtra Mandir’
Sawant also announced a trip to Ayodhya for the people of Goa after April this year, under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Dev Darshan’ scheme of the state government.
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 06:28 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Goa: Sawant promises to save ‘legal houses’ in Arambol after HC demolition order
The high court cited material and expressed shock and agony at the level of illegal constructions in the no-development zone in north Goa’s Arambol
Published on Dec 29, 2023 04:42 PM IST
Casinos: Goa's trump card or bad bet?
Operators face twin trials of pending GST notices temporarily stayed by the HC and shifting political attitudes and laws. Meanwhile, the cash register's ringing
Published on Nov 27, 2023 11:16 AM IST
Gerard de Souza
Who is Vishwajit Rane and why is he a problem for the Goa BJP?
The minister tried to bring in large-scale changes which he was forced to retract after facing opposition. Even in his party, he is at loggerheads with his CM
Updated on Oct 31, 2023 08:38 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
Goa to ban aggressive breeds of dogs, says CM Pramod Sawant
The chief minister was speaking on the occasion of World Rabies Day, organised by an NGO Mission Rabies, through whose efforts Goa has become a rabies-free state where Sawant highlighted the threat Goa’s “rabies-controlled” status faced from dogs brought from outside the state
Published on Sep 29, 2023 12:32 PM IST
Goa CM Sawant pledges to donate organs as part of nationwide drive
On September 16, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya led the pledge for organ donation and called on others to do the same
Updated on Sep 28, 2023 08:10 PM IST
Shipping ministry to host India’s first lighthouse festival in Goa on Sept 23
The Union minister of ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal along with Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant will inaugurate the festival from Goa’s Fort Aguada Lighthouse in Panjim
Published on Sep 22, 2023 08:41 PM IST
Goa governor Sreedharan Pillai releases three books on nature, geopolitics
PS Sreedharan Pillai released three books at a function held at the Raj Bhavan on Friday.
Updated on Aug 19, 2023 09:56 AM IST
Goa CM promises action against IPS officer accused of misbehaving with woman
According to a report forwarded to Sawant, the woman was with her partner when the officer, who has recently been posted to Goa, allegedly touched her inappropriately
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 03:46 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
Existing flights at Dabolim won’t be allowed to shift to Mopa airport: Goa CM
Pramod Sawant was responding to a calling attention motion by south Goa legislators in the state assembly
Updated on Jul 20, 2023 05:54 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
Goa to make electric vehicles mandatory for all new rental services: CM
Chief minister Pramod Sawant also said that, going forward, all government purchases of light motor vehicles will only be electric vehicles
Updated on Jul 20, 2023 03:09 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
Doing everything to oppose Karnataka’s diversion of Mhadei waters: Pramod Sawant
Goa Forward Party lawmaker Vijai Sardesai questioned the state government’s failure in the matter as he raised it during the question hour in the assembly on Wednesday
Updated on Jul 20, 2023 08:36 AM IST
Gerard de Souza
Supreme Court to hear Goa’s plea on Mahadayi dispute in November: CM Sawant
In February this year, Goa approached the Supreme Court also seeking a stay on the Central Water Commission’s approval given to Karnataka to divert the river.
Updated on Jul 11, 2023 03:19 AM IST
ht_print | Gerard de Souza
Portuguese destroyed temples, wipe away their signs: Goa CM Pramod Sawant
Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant claimed the Portuguese began destroying temples and the practice ceased after they signed a peace pact with the Marathas.
Updated on Jun 07, 2023 04:58 AM IST
Gerard de Souza
Goa: State election commission announces polls in two municipal councils
The voting for the two councils will take place on May 5 and the counting and declaration of results will be on May 7, according to state election commissioner W V Ramanamurthy, who announced the polls at a press conference on Saturday
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 07:17 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
Farmers plan campaign against agri land bill, say it’ll sound death knell for Goa
Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant insisted the bill was introduced to prevent the sale of agricultural land to non-agriculturists
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 08:51 AM IST
Gerard de Souza
‘Incredible courage’: 10-yr-old boy who saved 3 friends gets ₹1 lakh from CM
Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao moved a congratulatory motion in the Goa assembly showering praises on the 10-year-old for his brave act and presence of mind
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 09:40 PM IST
Goa minister condemns attack on Dutch tourist, praises hotel staffer who helped her
The Goa Police have arrested Abhishek Verma, a 27-year-old from Uttarakhand capital Dehradun who worked as a bartender at the Yoga retreat resort in north Goa’s Mandrem, for the attack
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 03:53 PM IST
Goa tourists attacked with swords, knives; CM reacts as shocking video surfaces
Jatin Sharma, one of the victims, also shared a video of the shocking incident on his Instagram handle.
Updated on Mar 13, 2023 05:37 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi