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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Goa Konknni Forum (GKF) has resolved to demand government get in bill or ordinance to introduce Konknni in Roman Script in Schools from std 1 to the X std. in a phased manner. The Global Konknni Forum had its Executive Committee Meeting to review the progress of the Roman script movement of last month and to chalk out activities for the months to come. “The Global Konknni Forum has also resolved to prepare two Bills. which will be given to the CM and all MLAs of Goa. Bill to demand equal status for Roman Script along with…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: An Aadhar Enrollment Centre from 1st October, and consideration of a new Administrative Complex in Canacona were promised by Chief Minister Dr Promod Sawant in a meeting with Canacona taluka heads of all the government offices, before reviewing the status of all departmental buildings and giving directions to relocate and refurbish some of the Offices facing space-crunch and functioning in some private buildings as a temporary and stop-gap arrangements. Asking all the officers to speak and behave properly with the public, the Chief Minister also advocated to consider building a comprehensive and spacious Administrative Building to house…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Chief Minister says the government is positive to opt for the Central Government introduced Unified Pensioners Scheme (UPS) considered the Delhi government’s historic move for its employee’s welfare and extend the same for the retiring employees (pensioners) of the State. During his visit to Canacona to inaugurate Ravindra Bhavan, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant responding to a request for his statement on the possibility of the Goa government opting for the UPS, initially stated he is going to make a statement on it in Panjim added, ‘My Finance department has taken up top study that scheme (Central…

New Delhi: Australia has announced that it will be limiting its international student intake to 2.7 lakh in 2025 in a bid to tackle record levels of migration that has led to skyrocketing house rental prices. The limit includes higher education courses as well as vocational education and training courses, Australia’s Education Minister Jason Clare said today. The move is set to impact Indian students hoping to go abroad for higher education, especially those from Punjab which accounts for a large number of such students. “In June 2022, Australia capped the foreign student intake at 5.10 lakh. This number was…

New Delhi: K Kavitha, in jail since March over alleged corruption and money laundering charge in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, was released from jail on Tuesday evening, hours after Supreme Court granted conditional bail to the Telangana politician. BRS workers and supporters played drums and burst crackers as she stepped out of the prison complex. Ms Kavitha’s brother and BRS working president KT Rama Rao was also present. “We are fighters, we will fight it out legally and politically. They have only made the BRS and KCR’s team unbreakable,” said the combative leader in her first comments…

New Delhi: Hundreds of Indian student graduates have staged protests against a new federal policy in Canada that puts them at risk of getting deported from the country. Many international students, particularly those from India, dream of moving to the North American country in hopes of building a better life, but the announced immigration policy changes have left the future of more than 70,000 student graduates in uncertainty. Indian students have camped in front of the legislative assembly in Canada’s Prince Edward Island province, protesting the sudden policy change for more than three months. Similar demonstrations were also seen in…

New Delhi: The ruling NDA reached majority mark in the Rajya Sabha today as nine BJP members and two from allies were elected unopposed in the by-polls for the upper house. With the nine, BJP’s strength has reached 96, taking NDA to 112 in the upper house. Among the three others to get elected unopposed were one each from NDA allies NCP faction of Ajit Pawar faction and Rashtriya Lok Manch. The ruling alliance also has the support of six nominated and one independent members. One member of the Congress also got elected, taking the Opposition numbers in the Upper…