viresh borkar

Panaji, March 23 Viresh Borkar, an MLA from the Revolutionary Goans Party, has moved a motion in the Goa assembly against Speaker Ganesh Gaonkar, alleging serious procedural violations and a "pre-determined" conduct of proceedings during the Budget Session, which was curtailed on March 16.The...

Panaji, March 13 Opposition MLAs protested in the Goa assembly on Friday after Speaker Ganesh Gaonkar disallowed them from introducing their private member's bills.The House was adjourned three times as Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, Congress MLAs Carlos Alvares Ferreira and Altone D'Cruz...

Panaji, February 26 Revolutionary Goans Party MLA Viresh Borkar called off his fast unto death on Thursday, seeking the repeal of Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act, after the Goa government agreed to cancel proposals sanctioned under it in his constituency.Borkar, the MLA from...

Panaji, February 26 Revolutionary Goans Party MLA Viresh Borkar and 28 others have been booked for allegedly stealing files and other items from the Goa Town and Country Planning Department office during a protest, an official said on Thursday.Borkar had led a protest at the office of Chief...

Panaji, February 26 The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Thursday expressed concern over what it termed as policy inconsistency and uncertainty in administrative decisions in the state, warning that any rollback of legally granted approvals could adversely impact investor...

Panaji, February 26 Opposition legislators in Goa met Governor P Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Thursday, requesting him to convene a special session of the assembly to discuss a controversial provision of the Town and Country Planning Act.MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) has...

Panaji, February 25 Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday extended his support to the ongoing agitation against alleged misuse of land-use rules in the coastal state, demanding their immediate abolition.Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar has been...

Panaji, February 25 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that RGP MLA Viresh Borkar has decided to continue his protest against the alleged misuse of land-use rules, despite requests from him to call off the agitation.The protest by the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) legislator entered its...

Panaji, February 24 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was unable to persuade RGP MLA Viresh Borkar to end his fast-unto-death demanding the repeal of a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act that allows the conversion of land in tribal areas into a "settlement zone."Sawant met the...

Panaji, February 24 MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the repeal of a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act, has been shifted to the hospital after his health deteriorated.Opposition parties, led by Borkar, have...

Panaji, February 23 Hundreds of people protested on Monday in front of the private residence of Goa Minister Vishwajit Rane, demanding the repeal of a section of the Town and Country Planning Act that allows the conversion of non-settlement zones into settlement zones, thereby facilitating...

Panaji, February 21 Police were allegedly seen dragging RGP MLA Viresh Borkar out of the Town and Country Planning office here along with several others on Saturday morning after they had been protesting there overnight against the conversion of a tribal area into a 'settlement zone', where...

Panaji, February 21 Police allegedly forcibly removed Revolutionary Goans Party MLA Viresh Borkar from the Town and Country Planning (TCP) office here along with several others on Saturday morning after they had been protesting overnight against the conversion of village land into a settlement...