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Aires writes to HC over CM's comments on casinos

Activist lawyer Aires Rodrigues has written to the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking that suo motu contempt proceedings be initiated against CM Parrikar for ‘demeaning' the majesty of the High Court.

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"The Chief Minister has malafidely and very high-handedly been repeatedly wrongly accusing the Bombay High Court at Goa of having directed that the sixth off shore casino owned by Golden Globe Hotels be allowed," Rodrigues said in his letter to the Administrative Judge.
"The official records clearly demonstrate that it was the Goa Government that has permitted the sixth casino after officially receiving Rs 44 crore," Rodrigues said.
"It is very inappropriate for the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who now stands cornered and exposed to attempt to push the buck and falsely blame this honourable court for a wrongful act committed by the BJP," Rodrigues said.
Rodrigues in his letter pointed out that in the past Parrikar had to apologise to the High Court with regard to a casual observation Parrikar had made about judges.

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Mega Cabs to drive into Goa and 19 other cities

Taxi service provider Mega Cabs is looking to invest Rs 500 crore in the next three years to expand its services to Goa and 19 other cities, betting big on airports, railway stations and other public points of transit. rnThe company, which ran into huge losses due to entry of aggregators like Ola and Uber, plans to revive market share with aggressive investment in technology and taking fleet size to 8,000 vehicles.

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Published Jul 25, 2017, 4:11 AM IST
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PTINEW DELHI"We feel by 2020 we will be in 20 cities with about 8,000 vehicles," Mega Cabs Chairman Kunal Lalani told PTI. The company is present in six cities, including Delhi and Bengaluru, with a fleet size of about 2,500 cars. When asked about investments, Lalani said: "Investment will not only be in vehicles but also in technology and over the next three years we would look at overall investment of about Rs 500 crore." On target customers and business model, he said…

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