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  Goa Investment Promotion Board CEO quits, citing red-tapism

  India | September 11, 2019 11:55 IST

  Interestingly, the resignation comes a month before the state is scheduled to host 'Vibrant Goa-2019' a global expo and summit in Goa.

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  Goa schools closed on August 7 due to heavy rains: Pramod Sawant

  India | August 06, 2019 20:53 IST

  In a press conference on Tuesday, Sawant said: "In view of heavy rains, the Education Department has been asked to declare a holiday for students on Wednesday. The heavy rains are expected to continue for the next three days."

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  Kingpin of drugs trade in Goa yet to be identified: Pramod Sawant

  India | July 23, 2019 13:48 IST

  The investigation into the drug peddling in the state was based on the information provided by those arrested so far, Sawant said in the state Assembly. He was responding to a question tabled in the House by Leader of the Opposition Digambar Kamat, who said that an increasing number of Goans were being arrested for drug peddling in the coastal state.

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  Goa Cabinet Reshuffle: CM Pramod Sawant reshuffles cabinet, drops three GFP ministers

  National | July 13, 2019 16:43 IST

    Michael Lobo, who resigned as the deputy speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, and three of the 10 MLAs who had earlier this week joined the BJP -- Chandrakant Kavlekar, Jeniffer Monserratte, Philip Neri Rodrigues -- were sworn in as new ministers.  

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  Goa Cabinet Reshuffle: Three Congress rebels, one BJP MLA sworn in as ministers

  National | July 13, 2019 16:06 IST

  Congress rebels Chandrakant Kavlekar, Jennifer Monserrate and Filipe Nery Rodrigues have been sworn-in as Ministers in the Goa cabinet. Michael Lobo of the BJP who resgned as the Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly earlier in the day was also took the oath.

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  Goa government considering 5-year ban on registration of cash-credit societies

  India | July 09, 2019 14:02 IST

  According to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, the Goa government was exploring options to ban non-Goans from starting co-operative societies in Goa, especially those which promise to double money in quick time. He has also directed the state Registrar of Co-operatives not to permit non-Goans from setting up co-operatives in the coastal state.

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  Goa CM Pramod Sawant, Smriti Irani visit Amethi

  India | June 22, 2019 14:41 IST

  Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had adopted Barolia in 2015 as a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh.

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  Bureaucrats demanding money for jobs: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

  India | June 21, 2019 6:59 IST

  Sawant said that his office is in receipt of "two to three" complaints about bureaucrats demanding money in return for government jobs.

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  Goa mining issues to be resolved by July: CM Pramod Sawant assures industry dependents

  Business | June 20, 2019 11:53 IST

  Iron ore mining and transportation operations came to a standstill in Goa after the Supreme Court quashed 88 leases in February last year.

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  Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant offers midnight meal to flyers in delayed flight

  India | June 14, 2019 17:16 IST

  Sawant arranged for food from the Indian Kebab Grill restaurant, placating the frustrated passengers, who had started sloganeering in the airport departure area protesting the delay.

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  Former Goa RSS chief slams CM Pramod Sawant for backing casinos

  India | June 12, 2019 18:30 IST

  The former chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) of Goa, Subhash Velingkar, criticised Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's statement backing the casino industry in the state

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  Goa CM halts convoy, confronts man dumping waste in river

  India | June 11, 2019 14:44 IST

  In his tweet Sawant, also uploaded a photograph of him, advising the two-wheeler rider against throwing garbage into the Cumbharjua river.

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  Post Parrikar-era, Goa CM Pramod Sawant clears his first real test

  India | May 24, 2019 8:16 IST

  For Sawant, who was appointed CM in March this year, days after the Model Code of Conduct came into force, his real administrative innings as Chief Minister begins now, but not before the party conducts a post mortem of the causes behind the two electoral debacles.

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  Goa Assembly: New CM Pramod Sawant wins floor test, 20 MLAs vote in his favour

  India | March 20, 2019 13:45 IST

  Before the floor test, Sawant said the new government had sought a floor test on Wednesday to prove its strength in the Assembly. He exuded confidence that the BJP-led alliance would win the floor test and remain intact, adding the party's allies are backing him.

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  BJP saves Goa by appeasing allies, appoints two deputy CMs

  National | March 19, 2019 11:47 IST

  It took over 24 hours of marathon negotiations by Nitin Gadkari and two posts of deputy CMs to appease allies MGP and GFP to keep the ruling coalition together in the aftermath of CM Manohar Parrikar's demise.

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  Pramod Sawant sworn in as 11th Goa Chief Minister at 2 am

  India | March 19, 2019 11:47 IST

  Sawant, 45, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Mridula Sinha at a formal ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan in the early hours of Tuesday.

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  Meet Goa's next CM: Young and dynamic Pramod Sawant | Profile

  India | March 19, 2019 10:01 IST

  Even though the decision to appoint Sawant as the CM took some brainstorming, his name has been in the running for a few months now.

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  Filter rogue whistle-blowers, Manohar Parrikar asks media

  National | July 28, 2014 18:41 IST

  Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday asked the media to filter out rogue whistle-blowers from stories, while warning of a probe and a legislation against activists and NGOs indulging in blackmail.Parrikar was responding to