Taxi operators have denied that they have a monopoly in Goa and have said that taxi fares are based on the prices fixed by the transport department. They submitted a memorandum to the directorate of transport saying that the taxi business provides income to Goa’s unemployed youth. This comes in the wake of the transport minister Mauvin Godinho’s statement on bringing cab aggregators to Goa.
Goa: Misuse of state machinery, Congress accuses BJP
State Congress and Shiv Sena accused BJP of misusing government machinery to protect Sena’s rebel MLAs.
Goa: Return candidates’ money or will name names, demands GFP
BJP functionaries, middlemen and “agents” who took money from candidates for the 350 PWD junior engineers’ posts should immediately return the money, demanded GFP on Wednesday. The party said that it will address a press conference with the candidates and present evidence of the bribes taken if the candidates do not get their hard-earned money back.