Goa Bar Row

Activist Aires Rodrigues on Tuesday filed an appeal before the Goa Chief Secretary against an order of the Excise Commissioner in a case pertaining to the controversial 'Silly Souls Cafe and Bar' at Assagao.

The Excise Commissioner of Goa today heard the final arguments in connection with the issuance of licence to a controversial restaurant in the state, which the Congress had alleged was linked to Union minister Smriti Irani's family.

The Delhi High Court has sought response of Smriti Irani on Twitter's plea seeking certain clarifications in the court's earlier order by which it had directed social media giants to remove web links with objectionable material against the minister.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said they will present "a true and factual account" of the events before the court in the case filed by Union minister Smriti Irani against them after they accused her daughter of illegally running a bar in Goa.

Goa Town and Country Planning department officials will visit the restaurant at Assagao village, which is at the centre of a controversy, state minister Vishwajit Rane said and added the complaint filed against it will be handled professionally.

The court said that Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera, Netta D'Souza along with others conspired to "launch a tirade of false scathing and belligerent personal attacks" on BJP leader Smriti Irani and her daughter.

The Chief Minister versus Governor row in Maharashtra continued on the day of Dussehra, as Uddhav Thackeray hit back at Bhagat Singh Koshyari in his Vijayadashami address, advising him to follow the speech of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

Activist Aires Rodrigues on Tuesday filed an appeal before the Goa Chief Secretary against an order of the Excise Commissioner in a case pertaining to the controversial 'Silly Souls Cafe and Bar' at Assagao.

The Excise Commissioner of Goa today heard the final arguments in connection with the issuance of licence to a controversial restaurant in the state, which the Congress had alleged was linked to Union minister Smriti Irani's family.

The Delhi High Court has sought response of Smriti Irani on Twitter's plea seeking certain clarifications in the court's earlier order by which it had directed social media giants to remove web links with objectionable material against the minister.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said they will present "a true and factual account" of the events before the court in the case filed by Union minister Smriti Irani against them after they accused her daughter of illegally running a bar in Goa.

Goa Town and Country Planning department officials will visit the restaurant at Assagao village, which is at the centre of a controversy, state minister Vishwajit Rane said and added the complaint filed against it will be handled professionally.

The court said that Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera, Netta D'Souza along with others conspired to "launch a tirade of false scathing and belligerent personal attacks" on BJP leader Smriti Irani and her daughter.

The Chief Minister versus Governor row in Maharashtra continued on the day of Dussehra, as Uddhav Thackeray hit back at Bhagat Singh Koshyari in his Vijayadashami address, advising him to follow the speech of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.