Goa Gandhi Jayanti

The practice of bursting fire crackers during Gandhi Jayanti celebrations will be discontinued by the state government, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday.

Goa Congress leaders and its Seva Dal's volunteers on Tuesday offered roses to casino officials on Gandhi Jayanti and demanded that offshore casino vessels be moved out of the Mandovi river, off Panaji, to deep sea.

The Goa government today directed all the off-shore as well as the on-shore casinos in the state to remain shut for a day on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The BJP government in Goa has come under fire for allegedly scrapping the holiday given on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti -- the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The national holiday was not included in the official gazette for holidays, which is released in March.

Buckling under pressure from the opposition, the Goa government today ordered the closure of casinos on Gandhi Jayanti, in deference to Mahatma Gandhi.

The practice of bursting fire crackers during Gandhi Jayanti celebrations will be discontinued by the state government, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday.

Goa Congress leaders and its Seva Dal's volunteers on Tuesday offered roses to casino officials on Gandhi Jayanti and demanded that offshore casino vessels be moved out of the Mandovi river, off Panaji, to deep sea.

The Goa government today directed all the off-shore as well as the on-shore casinos in the state to remain shut for a day on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The BJP government in Goa has come under fire for allegedly scrapping the holiday given on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti -- the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The national holiday was not included in the official gazette for holidays, which is released in March.

Buckling under pressure from the opposition, the Goa government today ordered the closure of casinos on Gandhi Jayanti, in deference to Mahatma Gandhi.