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On Wednesday, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, laid the foundation stone for the new Raj Bhavan and at the same function, Governor of Goa P.S Sreedharan Pillai announced that once the new Raj Bhavan comes up, the old will become a national monument. While the issue of the new Raj Bhavan is debatable, the decision to declare the old one a national monument needs to be applauded. The Raj Bhavan has seen the maximum number of government changes in independent India even though Goa got independence 14 years after India’s independence, which was in 1947. As Goa completed…

* To be open to the public once new complex is complete * President of India Ram Nath Kovind lays foundation stone for new Raj Bhavan Complex Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Governor of Goa P.S Sreedharan Pillai today declared the existing Raj Bhavan a national monument. President of India Ram Nath Kovind, in the presence of Governor P.S Sreedharan Pillai, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Union MoS for Tourism, Shripad Naik, Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar today Laid Foundation Stone for New Raj Bhavan Complex at Dona Paula, Goa. “Existing Goa Raj Bhavan declared as a national monument; the facility to be thrown open…

AERIAL VIEW The decision to fill up 10 lakh posts in the next 18 months means that the ruling BJP will have something solid to counter the criticism of the government on the issue of unemployment in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Why I say this sounds similar to what Dr Pramod Sawant did in Goa ahead of February 2022 Assembly polls. A good year before polls, Sawant went gaga, saying the government would recruit 10,000 posts, which created a hype but that promise only turned out a damp squib. Not that recruitments were not carried out.…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Nationalist Congress Party (Goa) president Jose Philip D’Souza expresses concern about the Goan families if the Casino ships are anchored across various parts of Goa. NCP Goa chief Jose Philip D’Souza warned the state government about the danger of anchoring casino ships in various parts of Goa. D’Souza pointed out that bringing Casinos to different parts of Goa will eventually destroy families and ordinary people. He said that before bringing up any policy or any decision, the stakeholders need to be consulted. The rich could easily cope with the Casinos, but the poor will suffer because of…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho says that Vaddem Lake’s second phase will improve the lake further with tidal waves. “I will get new estimates for the project,” he said. Dabolim MLA and Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho said that Vaddem Lake’s second phase work would be taken up soon. Fresh estimate for the project work will be prepared which is further improve the Vaddem lake’ he said. Godinho said that during the summer season, some dead fishes were floating in the lake; this happens due to the formation of gases and some people releasing sewage into the lake. He…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa govt today issued a public notice listing 7 unused govt primary schools which were available for use by non-profit institutions and social organizations for nominal fee. Seven Government Primary schools at – Bondirwada- Tuem- Pernem , Chivoi- Virnoda- Pernem , Farmagudi,-Ponda , Bondai- Betul-Quepem, Tulshimol-Valpoi-Sattari, Agapur No.1-Ponda , Vantem-Fatorpa-Quepem have been listed as available for use under the Scheme to provide unused schools land and buildings to the non-profit institutions and social organizations. Interested non-profit institutions and social organizations have been asked to apply within 15 days if they wish to use the premises. Preference will…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: ‘If the Western Constitutions are being drafted on the basis of the Bible in Christian-majority countries and on the basis of Quran-Hadith in Islamic countries, then why is it secular while drafting the Indian Constitution? The exact definition of ‘Sect’ and ‘Religion’ should be clarified in the Indian Constitution. In 1976, Mrs Indira Gandhi forcefully made the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution and forcefully inserted the words ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ into the Constitution. As this act is unconstitutional, the words ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ should be removed from the Constitution’; this demand was made at the second ‘Hindu…