After Goa crossed the 1000 positive cases mark, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant admitted that the State has entered the community transmission stage and people need to be more alert. In his COVID19 briefings, Chief Minister said that the COVID cases are now reported from everywhere including rural areas. “Since cases are reported in rural areas, we cannot deny there is community transmission in the State,” Sawant said. He, further said that the people have to strictly follow the mask, sanitizer and social distancing rule. “I have asked the police to be very strict now. People must not unnecessarily move…
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Panjim: The Congress Party strongly condemned the attitude of the BJP government and demanded the Prime Minister must reveal the truth to the Nation on the actual situation at the India China Border demanded GPCC President Girish Chodankar. He was speaking at the “Shahido Ko Salam” programme organized by the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee at Azad Maidan today. Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat, MP Francisco Sardinha, former Minister Alex Sequeira, South Goa District President Joseph Dias, North Goa District President Vijay Bhike, Youth Congress President Varad Mardolkar, former Mayor of Panjim Surendra Furtado, Office bearers and workers of the Congress…
The Goa government on Friday reshuffled Superintendents of Police with four awaiting posting, given the charge. Amongst the four awaiting posting for more than a month after their promotion to the rank of SP, Sammy Tavares is posted at Konkan Railway while Mahesh Gaonkar is given the charge of Special Branch (Panjim) with additional charge of Anti Narcotics Cell, Serafin Dias is the new SP for Anti Corruption Branch with additional charge of Economic Offenses Cell and Lawrence D’Souza is the SP (CID). The posting order by the Department of Personnel incidentally comes after Goa Forward Party’s Vice President Durgadas…
The Government has not taken any decision to close the Sanjivani sakhar karkhana, it said in a press statement here. The government said that the Administrator has informed that the meeting was conducted today with farmers at factory for exploring the various options given by the farmers in respect of the said factory. Earlier in the day, the Sugarcane farmers in the State were shocked on Wednesday when the Administrator of Sanjivani sugar factory, Dr Tarik Thomas stated that the factory will not start operations in future. The development stunned around 1500 farmers, who were worried as to how…
by Smt. Gauri Prabhudessai, ZAO, Sanguem
(edited by Janhavi Savaikar, IA, DIP)
Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, in his letter to Chief Minister of Goa, expressed happiness that the State plans to provide 100% Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTCs) in rural areas by 2021. Launched by Prime Minister last year, Jal Jeevan Mission aims to ensure that every rural household has drinking water supply in adequate quantity of prescribed quality on regular and long -term basis at affordable service delivery charges leading to improvement in living standards of rural communities. To assist, empower and facilitate states in planning of participatory rural water supply strategy, water security & building water…
The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, Shri N. K. Singh including its Members today held a meeting with the Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and senior officials of his Ministry.
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