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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Congress leader Girish Chodankar has asked why the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has not condemned to date two issues of creating communal discord in Goa, the utterances of former RSS leader Subhash Velingkar about St Francis Xavier as well as Hindu organisations appealing for economic boycott of minority Muslims. On the contrary, said CWC permanent Invitee and former President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC), the BJP Goa President Sadanand Tanavde has claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has commented on the Goan situation without knowing the facts. Chodankar observed that Gandhi addressed three pertinent issues:…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: An undertrial prisoner is accused of attempting suicide by self-immolation in the Colvale State Central Jail. The Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the event. The Inspector General of Prisons and the North Goa district magistrate have received letters from the Commission, which has started legal action. The officers have been instructed by the Commission to carry out an exhaustive inquiry into the incident and report back to the Commission by December 10. Raju Das, the prisoner, set himself on fire within the facility. in the moment, Das is being treated in…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Tenant verification is going on in full swing at Canacona, with over 1533 tenants verified their antecedents this year till Thursday. The rush of tenants, consisting mostly of migrants employed as daily wage workers and others, has made a big queue at Canacona police station since the beginning of this week. According to police sources, several migrant workers who stay in rented premises of the locals have queued up to file their prescribed form for verification of their tenancy locally. In most other cases, several non-residents who occupy rented houses also rushed up to submit their tenant…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa government has notified April 1, 2025, as the sunset date for the anti-profiteering clause in the GST law. Also, from October 1 all pending complaints under the anti-profiteering provisions will be handled by the Principal bench of the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), instead of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the GST policy wing of the government said in another notification. The Finance department released a notification regarding this. The notification read, “The Government of Goa, on the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council, hereby appoints the first day of April, 2025 as the date…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Crime Branch has taken up the case of 22-year-old Bashudev Bhandari from Gujarat, who is suspected of drowning after he unintentionally drove a rental automobile into the river at St Estevam, Tiswadi on September 1. The Crime Branch has started an inquiry into the incident. After Chief Minister Pramod Sawant received a letter from Bashudev’s family, the case was moved from the Old Goa police. Senior police officers from the Crime Branch team attended the St Estevam ferry port, where the car entered the river, to assess the circumstances. Prior to this, the police had employed…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has pledged to investigate the requests made by the Goa Association of Resident Doctors (GARD). “All of these issues need to be addressed, and the demands made by GARD are legitimate.” I will take my time talking to the Chief Minister, GARD, and the Dean about the legitimate demands, which I wholeheartedly support. Rane stated, “In the meanwhile, I will also ask the dean to expedite the consideration of all of these recommendations. He was addressing at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, during the newly elected GARD committee’s installation ceremony. GARD…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In addition to the usual amount for October 2024, Goa has also received an advance instalment of Rs 688 crore as part of the tax devolution fund. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi received appreciation from Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for the release of the tax devolution cash. “We shall be better equipped to drive Goa’s overall progress and growth,” Sawant declared, citing that the fund will greatly augment the state’s existing efforts to speed infrastructure development, strengthen social welfare programs, and undertake different projects. In a statement released on Thursday, Sawant stated, “I express my heartfelt gratitude…