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Topic: Goa government

‘What about Goanness?’: Goa taxi drivers resist govt proposal to bring in app-based cabs

While local drivers have opposed Pramod Sawant govt's draft guidelines, tourists have often complained about being overcharged by them, taxis not being available at all times & so on.

Our take on India-Canada fallout, Shinde cabinet rush, and Omar Abdullah’s leadership

ThePrint view on the most important issues of the week.

Canada becoming the new Pakistan for India is a choice Trudeau made

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Goa junks plan to add eggs to mid-day meals after ‘strictly veg’ parents, students oppose pilot run

State education dept says after egg proposal failed to gain traction, they opted to include ragi laddus, chikkis instead. Meanwhile, Maharashtra continues to offer eggs in mid-day meals. 

Trial court’s judgment in Tarun Tejpal case ‘fit for 5th century’, Goa govt tells Bombay HC

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Goa govt, stated before the bench that the victim of the 2013 rape case, in which Tejpal has been acquitted, was 'named & shamed'.

Manohar Parrikar’s son wants BJP ticket in 2022 Goa polls, says dad’s legacy has to be honoured

Panaji candidature decision may not be easy for BJP. Atanasio Monserrate, who won the ex-CM's seat after his death in 2019, has since switched from Congress to BJP.

The decline of Congress in Goa — from single-largest party in 2017 to divided house of 4 now

MLA & former CM Luizinho Faleiro resigned from Congress Monday. He is the 13th MLA to leave the party since 2017, when it had emerged as single-largest party in Goa's House of 40.

SC closes plea on trial in Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case

SC declared Monday that since the trial court in Goa had concluded the case with the acquitral of Tejpal, no extension is needed beyond the 31 March 2021 deadline it set last year.

Bombay HC to hear Goa govt’s appeal against Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in rape case on 29 July

A division bench of Justices M S Sonak and M S Jawalkar allowed the government to amend their appeal and serve a copy of the same along with all related documents to Tejpal.

Goa court’s verdict acquitting Tarun Tejpal like a ‘manual for rape victims’, says Bombay HC

The high court issued a notice to Tejpal and posted the appeal filed by the Goa govt against the sessions court's order acquitting him in the rape case for 24 June.

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The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?