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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: BJP tribal leader Ramesh Tawadkar today claimed that the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has assured to remove word “Bhumiputra” from the controversial Bhumiputra Adhikarani bill, which State Assembly passed, last week. Tawadkar said that Bhumiputra refers to the son of the soil and backward class community, including Kunbi, Gawda. However, the use of the word may put the very identity of these communities under threat. “I along with other leaders met CM Sawant to seek clarification on certain aspects of the bill. The word Bhumiputra is basically referred to son of soil and to backward class…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Daggubati Purandeswari today said that she was not aware of the Bhumiputra Adhikarani Bill and why there was such opposition and that the bill was brought in an attempt to protect Goan land. “I was not aware of the Bhumiputra Adhikarani Bill and why there was is opposition. I am sure the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will come out with the clarification on the same,” said Purundeswari She further said that she cannot comment any futher on the bill as she has not studied the same. “According to Goa Bhumiputra…

Gopemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has urged Governor o Goa Sreedharan Pillai to grant speedy approval to the Mining Corporation Bill.x On mining dependents Aam Aadmi Party highlighted that the mining belt held 3 lakh Goans who were dependent on the industry, that mining used to contribute to atleast 40% of the states economy and the setting up of the corporation should not be just a jumla. The party highlighted that AAP had proposed setting up of a state-run Corporation to resolve the imbroglio, however, successive Governments indulged in tenuous and lengthy legal battles in the Supreme Court.…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Krishna Salkar and Councilors Shami Salkar, Girish Borkar and other residents on Tuesday approached the electricity department over frequent power failures. Salkar and the others submitted a memorandum to Assistant Engineer Sanjeev Malshekar. They updated him about the frequent power cuts and requested him to take quick action to resolve the issue. Malshekar assured to resolve the issues of the entire area by November end Salkar speaking to the media, said that frequent power cuts were affecting the area, causing inconvenience to students attending online classes Salkar said that he had also written to CM for underground…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The State government has informed that is has granted permission for felling of bare minimum of 400 trees to various mega infrastructure project. “Every single tree is important. Continuous efforts are made to protect and conserve all of them. Utmost care is taken and due diligence is done before giving permission to fell 4A, any tree. Bare minimum numbers of 400 tree are recommended for felling for site ouble specific cases as per Goa Daman & Diu (Preservation of Trees) Act, 1984 & e; if so, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, in case ot, the of private land…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday took a delegation to visit the Honorable Governor of Goa to object to the misgovernance of the Sawant Sarkar. The Delegation was led by AAP Goa Convenor Rahul Mhambre. On top priority was the badly drafted and hurriedly passed Bhumiputra Adhikarni Bill. AAP Goa also shared with the governor the state of misgovernance in Goa caused by the Sawant Sarkar & highlighted issues faced by students, women and Mining dependents in the state. AAP Goa highlighted to the Governor that, the important monsoon session which is usually held for 3-4 weeks…

Goemkarponn desk VALPOI: Welcoming the government’s decision to bring out a Bhumpiputra Bill, the Sattari Bhumiputra said the Bill in its current form is unacceptable and needs amendments before it is implemented. Addressing a press conference, the Sattari Bhumiputra said they congratulate CM Pramod Sawant for bringing out the Bill to help the poor Goans. “But the Bill needs rectification. Bill is unacceptable in its current form,” Sattari Bhumiputra members said. Ganpat Gaonkar, Rajesh Gaonkar Ranjit Rane, Shridhar Kale Shivram Rane were present for the press conference. The members expressed fear that if the Bill is not amended, there could…