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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said that illegal hotels providing substandard services would be strictly dealt with as per law. “Illegal hotels provide substandard services, bring disrepute and also cause loss to the State Exchequer. This cannot be permitted and will be dealt with strictly as per law,” said Khaunte. He further said that Goa Tourism aims to provide the best tourism services to our guests. The minister said he had asked the tourism director to take action against these 11,000 hotels about whom the association has filed a formal complaint. The state tourism department has already asked…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Postponed several times for different reasons, the National Games will be held in multiple cities in Gujarat in September-October this year. The IOA decided after Gujarat Olympic Association and the state government jointly expressed their interest in hosting the Games. “The Gujarat government wrote to us that it backs the expression of interest of the state Olympic Association to host the Games, and we are happy to accept their proposal,” Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Secretary General Rajiv Mehta . “The Games will be held in five or six cities in Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, in September-October. The exact dates will be…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Following Goa’s request for special treatment for casinos, Finance Minister said that it was decided that GoM will give one more hearing for online games and horseracing as well. Minister said that the GoM will submit the report by July 15 and GST Council will hence meet again on this GoM’s agenda in 1st week of August. “On the basis of recommendation given by the 4th GoM, it will be left to the states to decide whether they will take the number or Aadhaar card, etc. of the vehicles involved in the movement of gold,” said FM…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The BJP Government in the Country is all out to manipulate history & destroy records of historic importance to create an impression that everything happened in the Country only after 2014. They started with the “Parivartan” agenda in 2012 and eventually transformed it into “Modification”. It is shocking that the most irresponsible Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant revealed almost after five years since he became the Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly that the important records of the speeches of tallest leader of the Bahujan Samaj and first Chief Minister of Goa Late Dayanand alias Bahusaheb Bandodkar and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With the upcoming month-long monsoon session of the state Legislative Assembly set to coincide with the election code of conduct, the Government today urged the Bombay High Court at Goa to grant time till September 12 to complete the process to conduct panchayat polls, which are overdue for 186 local bodies. The High Court of Bombay at Goa has reserved the order on the application of the Goa government’s plea to extend the time frame. While Government claimed that with the code of conduct, the functioning of the House would be affected, the petitioner objected to the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The State government cited flash floods and the cyclonic situation in Goa resulting from the monsoon as a major reason for holding polls to 186 panchayats in September, three months after the term of the elected members ended on June 18. Advocate General Devidas Pangam said that the state government was prepared to hold the elections on June 4, but due to the frequent queries raised by the State Election Commission (SEC), the polls could not take place before monsoons. Pangam said that Goa has experienced flood-like situations and cyclones in the past and the government staff…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The components of various Comunidades across Goa today met the Revenue Minister Atanasio Monseratte and submitted a memorandum objecting to the proposed amendments to the Code of Comunidades. The components present also placed before the Minister various difficulties experienced by the Comunidades in tackling encroachment of land and illegal constructions. They also appraised the Minister of the pending renovation work of the Administrator s offices in North and South Goa and exploring avenues to raise Revenues of these bodies as well as the Administrator s offices to make them self-sufficient, as well as improving the services to…