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  COVID scare: Negative certificate, 100 pc vaccination must for parties in Goa, informs CM Sawant

  India | December 29, 2021 14:17 IST

  CM Sawant said that organisers of various events in the state would have to ensure that guests carry COVID certificates.

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  Goa elections 2022: Goa BJP chief hints at another heavyweight Cong leader joining ruling party

  India | December 10, 2021 10:41 IST

  In all, 14 Congress MLAs have joined the BJP since 2017, leaving the Congress party with just three MLAs in the 40-member Goa legislative Assembly.

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  Goa Assembly polls 2022: Arvind Kejriwal promises Rs 1,000 per month to every woman

  Elections | December 05, 2021 14:56 IST

  AAP has announced to contest all 40 seats in BJP-ruled Goa, where elections are due in next year.

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  Goa Elections: Congress promises law protecting land rights of locals ahead of polls

  Elections | December 05, 2021 13:38 IST

  Chidamdaram is the Congress' senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls due early next year.

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  PM Modi becoming more powerful due to indecisiveness of Congress: Mamata Banerjee

  India | October 30, 2021 15:52 IST

  Ahead of addressing the reports, Banerjee met Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai and discussed the matter to "walk together" to fight against the BJP.

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  Goa polls 2022: Congress' poll assurances not just commitment, but guarantee, says Rahul Gandhi

  India | October 30, 2021 14:08 IST

  Talking about the assurances made by Congress, Rahul said, "My credibility is important to me. Unlike many other leaders, when I say something here, I will make sure it happens."

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  BJP calls me anti-Hindu, but TMC also stands for temple, mosque and church, says Mamata Banerjee

  India | October 29, 2021 14:23 IST

  During her maiden interaction with TMC leaders in Goa, Mamata Banerjee accused BJP of defacing her posters in the state and said people of India will deface the saffron party. 

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  Launch aggressive poll campaign in Goa, ensure defeat of BJP: Rahul Gandhi tells Congress leaders

  India | September 25, 2021 10:02 IST

  Gandhi gave this direction during a meeting of party leaders, which he chaired in New Delhi on Friday, Congress's Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao said in a statement.

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  Goa CM sanctions COVID relief to affected people from unorganised sectors

  News | September 23, 2021 11:29 IST

  Goa Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant on September 22 distributed COVID-19 relief to marginalised and unorganised sectors and ex-gratia financial assistance to the family of the victims of coronavirus. He said, "We've started distributing Rs 2 lakh each to families with low income and who lost a family member due to COVID-19. We are also giving Rs 5,000/person who suffered a loss in their traditional business due to COVID. This will benefit nearly 50,000 people."

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  Goa CM Pramod Sawant reverses ban on priests visiting homes for Ganesh Chaturthi puja

  India | September 08, 2021 13:53 IST

  Congress on Wednesday slammed BJP-led coalition govt for the confusion ahead of state's most important Hindu festival, especially at a time when Covid cases have witnessed an increase in neighbouring state of Maharashtra.

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  Goa to get its own bullet-proof vehicles for VIP movement

  India | August 25, 2021 14:51 IST

  CM Pramod Sawant said that the state cabinet had cleared the files for outfitting two Toyota Fortuner cars with bullet proof gear.

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  Travel and tourism sector in Goa struggle for revival after ease in COVID restrictions

  News | August 13, 2021 11:20 IST

  Travel and tourism sector in Goa continues to suffer as tourist footfall remains low due to COVID pandemic. Goa Ports Minister, Michael Lobo said, "Tourists are visiting Goa with RT-PCR negative certificates. We welcome them but they have to wear mask and follow COVID protocols. We have to be careful and understand that it's a pandemic. Resorts have reopened but getting very few customers."

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  COIVD: Bars, restaurants in Goa reopens with 50% capacity

  News | July 06, 2021 11:23 IST

  With the cases of coronavirus dipping, the bars and restaurants in Goa reopened with 50 per cent seating capacity on July 05.

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  Goa ready to tackle COVID third wave: CM Pramod Sawant

  India | June 27, 2021 14:23 IST

  Speaking to reporters on Saturday, he said a pediatric intensive care unit and a neonatal intensive care unit have already been established with trained staff, while the task force headed by him was ready to purchase equipment as and when required.

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  Goa screening travellers from Maharashtra for Delta Plus variant

  India | June 25, 2021 13:38 IST

  "We have started screening people coming in from Maharashtra, especially from Sindhudurg. We have started isolating those who have suspected symptoms. We are also setting up labs (on the border)," Sawant told reporters. 

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  Goa government extends COVID curfew till June 21

  India | June 12, 2021 23:43 IST

  "Shops, including in panchayat and municipal markets, may open between 7 am to 3 pm. Marriage function with upto 50 persons have been permitted," he said on Twitter late in the evening.

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  COVID: Goa govt announces 'Tika Utsav 3.0' for 18-44 segment

  India | June 09, 2021 15:43 IST

  The state government has held two "Tika Utsavs" in the past involving all panchayats and municipal councils.

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  Goa to train paediatricians, nurses ahead of COVID third wave

  India | June 04, 2021 23:45 IST

  CM Pramod Sawant, who chaired the task force meeting here, said experts from state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital would begin training 120 paediatricians and a large number of nurses from Monday.

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  CycloneTauktae: Several trees uprooted in Panaji as heavy rains lash in Goa

  News | May 16, 2021 16:00 IST

  With Cyclone Tauktae wreaking havoc in the coastal and surrounding Malnad districts of Karnataka, four deaths have been reported in the state so far, officials said on Sunday. According to a situation report by Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority officials Sunday morning, 73 villages, 17 taluks in seven districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Kodagu, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan have been affected by the cyclone so far. Among the 73 villages affected, a maximum of 28 are from Udupi district.

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  Goa oxygen shortage claims 13 more; 75 dead in 4 days

  India | May 14, 2021 14:10 IST

  Thirteen Covid patients died at Goa's apex government hospital, the Goa Medical College, in the early hours of Friday owing to oxygen mismanagement.