Goa minister slams taxi operators resisting app-based services, damaging tourism. Goa Miles & Goa Taxi App offered as alternatives. Panaji, Mar 9 (PTI) Goa Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho on Monday lashed out at the tourist taxi lobby for opposing app-based services, saying it was damaging the coastal state’s tourism reputation. The tourist taxi operators are…
Goa minister slams taxi operators resisting app-based services, damaging tourism. Goa Miles & Goa Taxi App offered as alternatives. Panaji, Mar 9 (PTI) Goa Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho on Monday lashed out at the tourist taxi lobby for opposing app-based services, saying it was damaging the coastal state’s tourism reputation. The tourist taxi operators are…
Indian Railways is considering an ambitious plan to launch a new Vande Bharat Express service between Yesvantpur (Bengaluru) and Madgaon (Goa), aimed at significantly improving rail connectivity between the IT hub of Karnataka and the popular coastal destination in Goa. The proposal — put forth by South Western Railway along with Southern Railway and the…
Kudos to Home Minister and co-op Minister Amit Shah for launching the govt-based co-op sector taxi platform ‘Bharat Taxi’ service in Gujarat and Delhi. The scheme, which promises to bring in a lot of benefits to taxi drivers, with 80% of taxi fares credited directly to their accounts, etc, is also expected to serve as…
For years, planning a holiday in India meant choosing between two familiar choices: beach or hills. Goa or Manali. Sand or snow.Not anymore.Today, the most searched destinations on travel apps are just as likely to be Ayodhya as Alibaug, Varanasi as Vagator, Ujjain as Udaipur. A generation that grew up posting sunsets from shacks and…
Goa govt received 3802 objections/suggestions on draft taxi aggregator guidelines. Measures to protect local taxi operators detailed in assembly. Panaji, Jan 15 (PTI) The Goa transport department has received more than 3,800 objections and suggestions to the draft taxi aggregator guidelines and has itself detailed a series of measures taken to safeguard the interests of…
Panaji: State Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho on Thursday in a written reply told the Legislative Assembly that the government has received more than 3,800 objections and suggestions on the draft Goa Transport Aggregator Guidelines, 2025, even as it detailed measures taken to safeguard the interests of traditional taxi operators in the state. Replying to a…
Congress activists burn an effigy of ED during a protest against the agency’s raid on TMC-linked I-PAC in Kolkata on Saturday KOLKATA: A Rs 20 crore hawala transaction allegedly changed hands six times to erase its trail before reaching political consultancy, Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)’s Goa office from Kolkata, Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged…
Like a road that keeps promising the sea but bends endlessly through construction cones, the Mumbai–Goa highway remains a journey of patience rather than pleasure. Mumbai–Goa Highway – A Decade of Expansion, Miles of Delay The Mumbai–Goa national highway, a crucial artery connecting the country’s financial capital to the Konkan region, continues to face prolonged…
NEW DELHI: Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, Goa, are being transported to Goa by the state police on Wednesday following their arrest at Delhi’s IGI Airport immigration. The brothers were deported to India from Thailand, ending a 10-day international search after the deadly fire at their…