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‘Onshore casinos are not really casinos’

Onshore casinos in Goa are not really casinos, leader of opposition and veteran Congressman Pratapsingh Rane said on Tuesday.

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Addressing a press conference, Rane said that he didn’t consider onshore casinos as casinos as the only thing that was there was slot machines.   
“They are not casinos. They only have slot machines,” Rane said when asked why the Congress party in his manifesto had targeted only off-shore casinos promising that they would be removed from the rivers of Mandovi and Zuari.   
“When we had allowed onshore casinos they were only for slot machines,” Rane said.   
When asked about the Congress decision to bring casinos in the State, Rane said “The way it is being implemented now is becoming a problem.”  
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Hema Sardesai resigns as election’s star campaigner

Well-known singer and Goa election’s special icon, Hema Sardesai, on Tuesday, filed her resignation from the post following a complaint against her for allegedly taking sides with BJP’s Manohar Parrikar.

The Goan Network
Published Jan 25, 2017, 5:15 AM IST
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PANAJI: CEO Kunal on Tuesday acknowledged the receipt of Sardesai’s resignation and said it was under examination, refusing to say whether or not she was removed from her post.   Sardesai along with five other personalities had received approval as state icons from the ECI, the basis for which was their non-allegiance to any political party. Adv Aires Rodrigues had in his complaint, however, said Sardesai had openly supported Parrikar on social…

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