PANJIM: Bhagat Singh Koshyari today was sworn in as Goa Governor at Raj Bhavan. Koshyari has been given additional charge to his own duties as Governor of Maharashtra. Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court administered the oath of office to Bhagat Singh Koshyari at the Raj Bhavan. Koshyari took the oath of office in Konkani. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that it was a matter of pride for Goans, as the Governor took oath in Konkani. Koshyari to discharge the functions of the Governor of Goa in addition to his own duties as Governor of Maharashtra. Satya Pal…
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PANJIM: The National Green Tribunal yesterday (18.8.2020) passed a 24 page judgement bringing down the curtains on a petition filed by the Goa Foundation for finalization of the reports of Sawant and Karapurkar Committees in connection with identification of private forests in the State. (Copy of the judgement is enclosed). The Sawant and Karapurkar Committee (S&K) reports, identifying forests on private lands including comunidades, were completed by 2002 and submitted to the Goa government, following a direction given by the Supreme Court of India on 12.12.1996. Both Committees identified a total of 67.12 sq km of private forests in the…
PANJIM: Goa University (GU) has been ranked in the 26-50 band in the country in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements of the Ministry of Education. The ARIIA has primarily focused on six main parameters such as Programs and Activities on IPR, Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship, Pre Incubation & Incubation Infrastructure & Facilities to Support I&E, Annual Budget Spent on Promoting and Supporting I&E Activities, Courses on Innovation, IPR and Entrepreneurship Development, Intellectual Property (IP), Technology Transfer and Commercialization, Successful Innovation and Start-ups & Funding Innovation & start-ups. Ministry of Education, Govt. of India has initiated ‘Atal Ranking of…
DABOLIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant along with Speaker Rajesh Patnekar, Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat and DGP bid farewell to Governor Satya Pal Malik. Governor Malik took off for Meghalaya from the INS Hansa Navy base in Dabolim via an Indian Airforce aircraft. Two weeks after the Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik took on the Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant head on the COVID management issue, the Raj Bhavan resident has been transferred to Meghalaya. The order issued by President of India Ram Nath Kovind said that Shri Satya Pal Malik, Governor of Goa…
PANJIM: Goa University (GU) has dropped winter vacation for academic year 2020-21 for all its under graduation programmes. GU has infomred that the First term of new academic year will be from September 1 to November 30 while exams xams for 1st term will be held between 4th to 23rd December 2020. “First term of new academic year will be from 1st September to 30th November. Exams for 1st term will be held between 4th to 23rd December 2020.” states the GU circular Further it states that Second term for academic year 2020-21, will commence from 4th January 2021 to…
BENAULIM: NCP MLA Churchill Alemao and his wife today tested postive for COVID-19. While both of them are asymptomatic. According to sources, Churchill and his wife had a slight cold & cough upon which his daughter made them test for Covid-19 for which results came postive. “Even as symptoms are mild both of them will get admitted”. Souces said Churchill MLA is the fourth legislator after Sudin Dhavlikar, Nilkantg Harlankar and Clafasio Dias to test postive for the virus.
Shailesh Shetty, the co-partner of Percept Live which hosted the Sunburn Klassique, last year, has been arrested following two days of questioning by the Crime Branch. Shetty has been arrested in connection with the CB raid on rave party wherein 19 persons, including 10 foreigners were arrested. Sources said that the Shetty was the co-host of the party at Firangipani Villa and was also present for the party. The Crime Branch had seized drugs worth nearly 10 lakhs. Superintendent (Crime Branch) Shobhit Saxena confirmed the arrest but refused to give further details. “The case is still being investigated,” he said.