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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On Friday, Town and Country Planning Minister Vishwajit Rane announced that the department will soon get the software to help the officials track the illegalities sitting in the office. “TCP should not only be about conversions but also focus on planning, which relies on a proper framework that takes into account the current and future needs of the state. Keeping this in mind, a review meeting was held with the TCP Department in the presence of Chief Town Planners, Deputy Town Planners and Member Secretaries of the PDA,” said Rane. He said that moving forward, the department…

AERIAL VIEW Now it has been almost 72 hours, and there has been no action from the State Government except for a few statements from the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant and the Tourism Minister, Rohan Khaunte. Khaunte tendering a public apology to tourists will not suffice, and neither will CM’s directing an inquiry going to help. Why have no arrests been made in the MPT Cruise terminal incident so far? What are CM and Khaunte waiting for? Unless the taxi drivers are punished for such rude behaviour, they will not fall in line. What is CM waiting for, an…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: MLA Krishna Salkar on Friday morning that he would not allow heavy vehicles moving to and from the port from the city and urged the transporters to use the Four-lane port connectivity road already in use. Salkar spoke to reporters after inaugurating the “Rajasthan Grameen Mela” at Tourist Hostel in the presence of Municipal councillors Shami Salkar, Girish Borker, Organiser Mahaveer Chellani and others. “We don’t want pollution in the city, and we have had many protests in the past to expedite the works of the port connectivity four-lane flyover, which is now ready. I don’t understand…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar tendered an apology for the unfortunate clash between taxi and tour operators at the cruise terminal. Amonkar addressing the media in Vasco, also took responsibility for the incident and assured that such incidents won’t be repeated in future. “This is a very sensitive issue that has happened due to some miscommunication and misunderstanding. The incident was wrong where a coach having 80 international tourists was sent back and sent a wrong message, and I feel that it was my responsibility equally as well that this should not have happened. I take full responsibility,…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: The Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar today has granted 30 days time to MLAs Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo to reply to the discussion petition filed against them. The petition has been filed by Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Amit Patkar. The first hearing on the petition was held today in the Speaker’s chamber. The Speaker has granted a month’s time to the MLAs to respond to the petition, after which the petition will be heard. MLAs Micheal Lobo and Digambar Kamat were not present for the hearing today. The Congress leadership in the coastal…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A day after the government faced criticism from the opposition over the announcement of a short winter assembly session, the Speaker, Ramesh Tawadkar, hit back, stating that he does not work under any pressure. “I do not work under any pressure under any circumstances. I assure you that the next assembly sessions, i.e. monsoon session, will be lengthy,” said Tawadkar. The Speaker said that he supports long Assembly Sessions. An our-day session of the Goa Legislative Assembly will be held from January 16, 2023. In an order issued on Thursday, Namrata Ulman, secretary Goa Legislative Assembly, informed…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: The streets of Panjim have come alive with the 9-day Serendipity Arts Festival that started on December 15. Much like its past editions, the fifth edition also promises to stay true to its core values of promoting arts and culture and ushering in public engagement. On opening day, the festival saw Pramod Pandurang Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa inaugurate SAF, Sunil Kant Munjal, Founder Patron SAF, and Smriti Rajgarhia, Director of SAF, speak on the occasion in the presence of various dignitaries and art innovators. Goa CM said, “We are glad that the festival is coming back…