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Panaji: The controversial Goa Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by the House by a division of votes 23-7. The Opposition benches demanded that the Bill needs to be sent to select committee as there were over nine amendments proposed. However, the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that the government is in a hurry to appoint a Lokayukta as per High Court order and hence the Bill needs to be passed. Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat said that the instead of amending the law and weakening the institution, the government must scrap Lokayukta altogether. Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai said…

Porvorim: Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte teared into government over Mopa Airport construction he alleged was a huge scam. “The government has waived Rs 40 cr for construction licence. Only Rs 9 cr taken as license fee, which is a bad precedent,” he said. Khaunte also alleged scam in the post facto approvals at the Cabinet meetings for various expenditure. He demanded a white paper from the government on borrowings, which he says is become a burden for every Goan today. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that as per the Reserve Bank of India, Goa has taken minimum…

Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal speaking at the National Council meeting of AAP in Delhi announced that it will participate in the assembly elections scheduled in all six states including Goa within the next two years and urged party volunteers to strengthen the party organization to take the party to the people who are just waiting for it. “AAP governance in Delhi is by now known to all and people want the same kind of governance in their own States,” he said while telling party workers that it is their responsibility now to take the party to these people…

The Village Action Committee Against Doubling of the South Western Railway Track (VACAD) recently learnt from a local newspaper that the Southern Western Railway (SWR) has led Chief Minister Sawant to believe that there are a total of 12 passenger trains. VACAD reiterated SWR has been attempting to pass off non-daily trains (weekly or bi-weekly) as everyday passenger trains. These passenger train numbers came as a surprise, as on cross-checking with the timetable displayed at the Vasco railway station, it clearly establishes that in March 2020 (pre-pandemic) there were on average only seven trains (4 passengers and 3 express trains).…

Aam Aadmi Party today termed the assembly session to be total farce which was held for the personal benefit of the MLAs and not in the interest of the people as no substantial issues over which Goans in every nook and corner are agitating were discussed. AAP leader Valmiki Naik pointed out that the Assembly did not discuss the people’s protest against double tracking or road widening or the Goa Tamnar Transmission project or even the land issue faced by tenants all over Goa. “All that we witnessed is the government introducing the Lokayukta Bill which is aimed at diluting…

PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant assured the House that government has been considering draft rules banning Goans on casinos in the state. CM also said that the matter of shifting casinos out of River Mandovi is under consideration of the Government. “Department has allowed the Offshore Casinos to operate in the River Mandovi till 31/03/2021 or till an alternate site is notified by the Government, whichever is earlier, subject to the condition that such license is in force during such period,’ said CM Sawant The promise to ban Goans from entering casinos has been a long-standing one, former Chief…

PANJIM: Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant inaugurated the first public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging unit today, as part of the Green Goa Initiative. The EV charger has been installed by Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Service Limited (EESL) at the Assembly Complex of Goa Legislative Secretariat. It is a 142 KW fast charger and is first among the 12 public EV chargers to be set up by CESL. The Chief Minister also flagged off two Electric Vehicles — a Hyundai Kona and a Tata Tigor from Goa Legislature Secretariat, Assembly Complex, Porvorim. Speaking…