The State Secretariat Staff on Wednesday closure of the campus for three days in wake of rising cases of COVID19 in the Secretariat. The staffers met the chief Secretary with their grievance over rising COVID19 positive cases at Secretariat. The employees stated that despite rise in cases there has been no remedial action from the government. “Every department has cases but no action rom government despite requests. There is no response even to calls for 50 p.c staff to be called for work,” they said. They said that the staffers are siutting in close proximity and there is every chance…
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PANJIM: As the State Government failed to come up with the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plant (ISWMP) at Bainguinim in three years, the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) wants their 1.71 lakh sq mtrs of land, handed over for the facility, back. The CCP standing committee during its meeting held today decided to write to government to hand over back the Bainguinim land, which was transferred to Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) way back in 2017. The government has currently kept the proposed facility on hold in view of financial crisis as result of Covid pandrmic. Speaking to…
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday demanded explanation from Independent MLA Rohana Khaunte and Goa Forward party MLAs on their relations with accused Kapil Jhaveri, who is arrested in connection with rave party at Vagator. Addressing a press conference in the BJP headquarters, party spokesperson Dattaprasad Naik referring to press conference by Rohan Khaunte said that that Goa’ “Pablo Escobar” has been found at Porvorim. “We have found the Pablo Escobar of Goa as demanded by teh Porvborim MLA and we have also found that he has relations with one independent MLA and a regional party,” Naik said. The BJP…
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…
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…