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TopicPramod Sawant

Topic: Pramod Sawant

Rs 1,500 crore & counting: How ancestral lands were grabbed in Goa, one fake heir at a time

Using fictitious ancestors, forged Portuguese-era deeds & compromised officials, land-grab syndicates targeted the Comunidade. SIT, ED probes are exposing the extent of rot.

After nightclub fire, Goa issues guidelines—mandatory fire dept NOC, occupancy limits, certified wiring

Nighclubs, restaurants, bars, etc must ensure smoke detectors, sprinklers, hydrants & fire extinguishers are functional, appoint a Fire Safety Officer for each shift.

Jharkhand brothers, fellow chef from Nepal—migrant workers bear the brunt of Goa nightclub inferno

There is a visible tension among migrant labourers & chefs working in other hotels and eateries. Five individuals from nightclub management have been arrested, so far.

Goa health minister’s outburst at doctor adds to CM Sawant’s troubles amid power tussles in state BJP

Since assuming office for his second term, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has been facing the heat from what his ministers have been voicing & infighting.

Goa’s Pramod Sawant govt faces heat from within—files ‘handled in secret’, tribal bhavan in limbo

After Culture Minister Govind Gaude flagged irregularities in the Pramod Sawant-led tribal welfare dept, the Oppn has demanded a formal inquiry against the CM.

From graft charges to infighting, Goa BJP battles a host of troubles as CM Sawant toasts 6 yrs at helm

While town planning minister Vishwajit Rane has been accused of changing rules for sale of land to a private builder, BJP struggles to address lack of discipline within the party.

Kejriwal trying to fix Maliwal case, people of Delhi are with Modi now, says Goa CM Pramod Sawant

Sawant asks how Kejriwal will protect people of Delhi 'when he can’t protect his own MP’, claims BJP will win all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi and the assembly polls, too.

Never said Constitution forced on Goa, called for protecting Goanness — Congress’s Viriato Fernandes

South Goa candidate says Modi 'is lying' and he has challenged PM to a debate. Modi had called Fernandes' remarks, made at a public meeting, an ‘insult’ to Constitution & Ambedkar.

Goa CM Pramod Sawant is going all out for BJP, ally JD(S) in Karnataka. What he brings to table

Kumaraswamy & Sawant interacted several times & the two had met on few occasions in Goa allowing alliance talks to take shape, a senior JD(S) leader says.

Told to ‘sacrifice’, Goa BJP minister Cabral resigns to make place for Congress defector in cabinet

Aleixo Sequeira, one of the eight MLAs who defected from Congress in September last year, will be inducted into the cabinet Sunday evening.

On Camera

Price rise, worsening economy can be managed, but nation’s moral decline cannot: Jagjivan Ram

On 25 February 1981, Babu Jagjivan Ram delivered a speech in the Lok Sabha, underlining several issues plaguing the country — from communal riots, atrocities against Scheduled Castes to the condition of the working classes.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.