Days after the salary fiasco in the Education department, the State government on Monday shunted the Education Director Vandana Rao as Additional Collector (I) North An order issued by Under secretary, Personnel, Shashank Thakur says the “Governor of Goa is pleased to appoint Smt. Vandana Rao, IAS, as Additional Collector (1) North in public interest with immediate effect.” Rao IAS shall hold the charge of Chief Executive Officer. Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board, it further says. Consequently, the order adds, Dashrath Redkar, Additional Collector (1) shall report to Personnel Department. Shashank Mani Tripathi, IAS, is appointed as Commissioner of…
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Goa continued to add fatalities to the COVID19 figures as one 29 year old man from Chimbel succumbed to the virus. On Monday, the State saw 196 COVID19 positive cases with 143 recoveries.. The victim today was a 29 years old male from Chimbel, who was admitted at ESI COVID hospital Margao with co-morbid condition, succumbed to the virus. Earlier, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane held a meeting to review preparedness and testing facilities at GMC in presence of Dr. Bandekar (Dean-GMC), Smt. Trupti B. Manerkar (Under Secretary-Health), Dr Savio (HOD-Microbiology) & Dr Wiesman & Dr Mallya. “I have given necessary…
Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Monday called on Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik asking for his intervention in release of Action Plan and White Paper on COVID management. In a memorandum submitted to Governor with series of recommendations and suggestions to the government to effective handling and management of Covid Pandemic, Kamat has also demanded that the new South Goa district hospital be put in operation with optimum use to reduce pressure on the government to accommodate Covid patients. He has also demanded immediate withdrawal of the order directing private hospitals to reserve 20 percent of ICU beds for…
The official of Public Work Department visited the Atal Setu bridge and its approaches today. During the visit it was noticed that the surface varying hotmix coat is laid over the concrete coat and due to dislodging of localised bonding the potholes were developed at few locations. The contractor viz., M/s L&T has already been intimated to rectify the same on priority basis by GSIDC. As per the contract conditions as there is a Defect Liability Period, the contractor viz., M/s L&T has to attend and carry out rectification/repair works at their own cost during the Defect Liability Period and…
In an interesting turn of events, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Goa Legislative Speaker Rajesh Patnekar and the two ministers Babu Azgaoinkar and Deepak Pauskar on the defection case filed by Sudin Dhavalikar. The two MLAs defected to the BJP from the Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party (MGP) in last MArch. Thereafter, Dhavalikar had filed a disqualification petition against the two under the Anti-defection law. However, till date, the Speaker has not taken any decision on the matter. The Bench of Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian also issued notices. The matter…
The office of the Home Guards and Civil Defence Organization, Police Head Quarters, Panaji has commenced a fresh drive, for enrolment of New ‘Civil Defence Corps/Volunteers’ in the Civil Defence Volunteers of Panaji Town and Mormugao town in the State. Any citizens may join the Civil Defence organization as ‘Civil Defence Corps/Volunteers’, to serve the nation including School and College students and Ex-NCC Cades and retired Government employees. The Candidates interested to enrol themselves should be a Citizen of India, should have completed the age of 18 years; which may be relaxed in the discretion of the…
PANJIM: Claiming that countries rich in iron ore mining have started interfering in Goa’s mining industry through funding, Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF) on Monday has demanded with the state government to throughly investigate the source of income of NGO Goa Foundation. Activist Claude Alvares’s NGO Goa Foundation petition in the Supreme Court had led to the closure of mining in the state. Addressing the media, GMPF President Puti Goankar said, “We have decided to launch a protest against Goa Foundations director Claude Alvares. He is the main person responsible for displacing the livelihood of three lakh people, who are…