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Panaji: Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte on Friday managed to get assurance from Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to immediately review the controversial notification, which was harassing Gun Licence holders. Sawant assured on the floor of the House to keep in abeyance, the rule, which mandated that the gun licence holder to undergo Firearm Safety Training while renewing their licences. Khaunte pointed out that there is anxiety and apprehension in the people of the state due to unwarranted firearm safety training course mandated during Gun Licence renewals. “Rule 24 of Arms Rule mandates the safety handling training to be undergone only for…

Panaji: Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte on Friday managed to get assurance from Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to immediately review the controversial notification, which was harassing Gun Licence holders. Sawant assured on the floor of the House to keep in abeyance, the rule, which mandated that the gun licence holder to undergo Firearm Safety Training while renewing their licences. Khaunte pointed out that there is anxiety and apprehension in the people of the state due to unwarranted firearm safety training course mandated during Gun Licence renewals. “Rule 24 of Arms Rule mandates the safety handling training to be undergone only for…

The Veej Andolan launched by Aam Aadmi Party is turning out to be a great success with not only a large crowd attending them and saying they want facilities like those provided to the people of Delhi but quite a number of them joining the party. AAP has been organizing five to eight meetings every day and large number of people are not only attending but also participating in these meetings as they speak on the high electricity bills they receive and even get the bills for the meeting. The speakers at these meetings besides explaining what the AAP government…

Porvorim: Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte said that his business related to disappearance of pre-liberation assets, issue of govt servant to the government servants and amendment to the Act disallowing change of surname and ban on sale of agriculture land to non agriculture purpose, could not come on the floor of the House during the last day on Friday. Khaunte said that he had two issues which were supposed to be taken as motion while there was a private Bill, which was not considered in the agenda of the House. Referring to the pre-liberation assets which were kept in Treasury of…

PORVORIM: Goa Forward Party (GFP) President Vijai Sardesai today alleged that super Chief Secretary (CS) has been working in the Chief Ministers office while allegding that the governemnt depends on consultants. Addressing the media, Sardesai alleged that a super CS had been seen working at the Chief Minister Pramod Sawants office and the same was seen at Paryatan Bhavan, i leave on you (journalists) to find out the same,” He said, “This governemnt only depends on consultants,” He further said that the state governemnt had only taken this session as a mark of formality and that that there was nothing…

Panaji: The CAG has pointed out that the delay in finalisation of tenders by Goa Medical College and Hospital for the rear 2016-17 resulted in avoidable extra expenditure of Rs 10.75 crore on procurement of medicines through local purchase. Mention was made in the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended 31 March 2015, Government of Goa regarding inordinate delay in finalisation of annual tenders for procurement of tablets, injectables, ointments, surgical items, chemicals etc, by Goa Medical college and Hospital (GMCH) and the Public Health Department (Department) during 2010-15, leading to merely 25…

Panaji: The Comptroller Auditor General has pointed out serious anamolies in the functioning of Goa Industrial Development Corporation including the allotment of plot, which the auditor says is being done arbitrarily. The CAG said that the follow-up Audit undertaken to assess the progress in implementation of recommendations of Performance Audit of Estate Management of Goa Industrial Development Corporation revealed failure in implementation of recommendations and lack of remedial action to address the underlying issues. “A comprehensive database on type of industrial units operating at industrial estates, their functional status and employment generation did not exist. Allotment of plots at industrial…