Goa: Mopa airport to start domestic operations today
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval for naming Greenfield International Airport Mopa in Goa as 'Manohar International Airport--Mopa, Goa'
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval for naming Greenfield International Airport Mopa in Goa as 'Manohar International Airport--Mopa, Goa'
To fulfil the cherished aspirations of the people of the State of Goa, the Chief Minister of Goa had conveyed to the Centre a unanimous decision of the state Cabinet to name the airport ‘Manohar International Airport.
The renaming as Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) by the defence minister, who is the President of the Institute, follows the unanimous decision by the general body earlier this year to effect the change in the memory of Parrikar.
After four and a half years in political oblivion, however, Pacheco, a former seamster who specialised in stitching wedding gowns, is now tailoring an electoral comeback with the help of the Congress party, which he joined earlier this month.
The Congress' demand came two days after the Goa Lokayukta recommended an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Parrikar's successor and BJP leader Laxmikant Parsekar into the matter.
The former Union defence minister had been suffering from cancer; his condition turned "extremely critical" on Sunday
Sources, requesting anonymity told that Parrikar's blood pressure had dropped considerably on Saturday morning.
Chandrakant Kavlekar, the Leader of the Opposition in the 40-member state assembly, said that the Parrikar government has lost majority following the demise of BJP MLA Francis D’Souza.
Sources at the hospital however said, that Parrikar was being treated for internal bleeding.
According to the petition, the project had caused the destruction of the forested areas that and an ordinance was moved by the BJP-led coalition government to ensure fast-tracked facilitation of the resort.
