Tag: Manohar Ajgaonkar

Tourism Minister tears into Goa CM over poor road, water, power scenario

The Tourism Minister also criticised a new national highway project passing through Pernem, saying the newly constructed highway has more potholes than roads, which has aggravated his neck problem.

October 1, 2021

Goa molestation scandal: Parents had demanded woman coach

Goa Police arrested Surajit Ganguly, after a 15-year-old national swimming champion accused him of molesting her.

September 10, 2019

Goa CM drops deputy from Cabinet after 2 MGP MLAs merge party with BJP

Sawant had taken oath as CM a little past midnight on March 19, along with Goa Forward Party’s Vijai Sardesai and MGP’s Sudin Dhavalikar as deputy CMs – a first in Goa.

March 27, 2019

In midnight drama, 2 MGP MLAs in Goa split from party, merge legislative wing with BJP

The mid-night political drama has increased the strength of the BJP from 12 to 14 in the 40-member House, bringing them on par with opposition Congress which has an equal number of MLAs on the floor.

March 27, 2019

Rapists should be hung, says Goa Minister

Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Monday said that rapists should be hanged till death, as was the case in Dubai. His statement came in the wake of the rape of a 20-year-old woman near the Dabolim International Airport by a taxi driver on June 28. “There will be no forgiveness. My opinion is that...

July 2, 2018

Goa ex-Minister’s beach ride: Whistle-blower’s kin demand security

A day after a video clipping showing a former Goa Minister driving an SUV on a beach and later abusing and threatening a water sports operator went viral, the latter’s family on Tuesday demanded police protection. Speaking to reporters, water sports operator Melroy Da Silva’s mother Fanny said she would hold the state government responsible...

March 13, 2018

Will chase away tourists who don’t respect Goan culture: Tourism Minister

A day after Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai called the 6.5 million domestic tourists arriving in Goa as “scum of the earth”, on Saturday a video surfaced that shows Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar threatening to chase away tourists who do not regard Goan culture. Ajgaonkar is seen speaking at the inauguration of the Goa Food...

February 11, 2018

Crackdown on nomads, hawkers on Goa beaches

The movement of Lamanis, members of a nomadic tribe, vagabonds and hawkers will be restricted on the state’s beaches so that tourists are not disturbed, the Goa Assembly was told on Wednesday. Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said this in answer to a question by Congress legislator Francisco Silveira about whether the government would restrict the movement...

December 13, 2017

‘Cooking in open by tourists groups banned in Goa’

After announcing a ban on swimming on Goa’s beaches after sunset, a meeting of tourism industry stakeholders chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday, ordered the police to crackdown on cooking in public by tourist groups, claiming it was unhygienic and resulted in garbage being strewn in public areas. Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said...

September 12, 2017

Law required to ban venturing into sea after sunset: Goa Minister

A day after two students of an Ahmedabad-based institute drowned in the sea, Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Friday said the teachers accompanying the students should be questioned. He added that a law was needed to ban beachgoers from venturing into the sea after sunset. Ajgaonkar called the twin drownings “unfortunate”, but also asked...

September 8, 2017

Goa may ban ‘drunken swimming’ off its beaches: Minister

The Goa government is mulling a law to ban “drunken swimming” off its beaches, state Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said on Thursday. “I will seriously take up the issue with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to enact a law that will act as a strong deterrent against those venturing into the sea for swimming while under...

September 7, 2017

Goa tourism department starts hop-on-hop-off tourist bus service

The Goa tourism department has launched the much-awaited `hop-on-hop-off' (HOHO) sightseeing bus service for tourists visiting the coastal state. Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar flagged off the buses, being operated by Pune-based private group Prasanna Purple, on Sunday. "Popularly called the hop-on-hop-off coach service, the red buses will take tourists to popular sightseeing spots in and...

May 14, 2017

Govt to crack down on all illegal activities along Goa beaches

In the backdrop of allegations that the state government was singling out a particular community for creating nuisance on Goa beaches, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar has said that all those operating illegally in the coastal destination, would face action. The state government will crack down on all those involved in illegal activities on the shoreline....

April 28, 2017

Goa Tourism Minister warns of action against hawkers pestering foreigners

Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Monday said the constant pestering of tourists by hawkers on the state's beaches has forced the state Tourism Ministry to come down on the menace. Speaking to reporters, Ajgaonkar said groups of hawkers physically grab foreign tourists and don't let go until they buy their ware. "Some hawkers… what...

April 17, 2017

Tourists binge-drink, cause chaos: Goa Tourism minister

Goa's Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Friday blamed tourists for binge-drinking and causing chaos in the coastal state and destroying the region's culture. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a government event in Panaji, Ajgaonkar said that liquor and music was a part of Goan culture. "The outsiders who come here, create chaos after...

April 14, 2017