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PANJIM: The Dr Pramod Sawant led government introduced five Bills on the second day of the four-day Winter Session of Goa Legislative Assembly. The five Bills were – The Goa Staff Selection Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021, The Goa Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2021, The Goa (Regulation of House Advance) Bill, 2021, The Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and The Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Bill, 2021 The Bill seeks to amend section 2 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Act 7 of 1969) (hereinafter referred to as the “said Act”) so as to define the…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has assured the state legislative assembly that government will not be going ahead with the cannabis plantation project. “Govt not to go ahead with the proposal to legalize cannabis cultivation in the State,” assured CM He further said that the proposed amendment by the Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration, the Department of Excise shall regulate and control the cultivation of cannabis plant for medicinal or scientific use. Accordingly, based on the above proposal from the Office of Commissioner for Excise, the draft amendment the Rules of Goa Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic…

Pernem Police have registered an FIR against 02 persons for organising bull fights at Dandoswado, Mandrem Pernem Goa. As per PI Jivba Dalvi daily intelligence was being collected to curb bull fights in Pernem. Accordingly today morning information was received that bull fights were organised at Mandrem and one bull had died in the said bull fight. Police immediately swung into action and found out the details of the accused organizers. An offence under section 429 R/w 34 IPC and section 11(m)(ii)(n) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act was registered immediately and investigation was carried out. Intelligence was collected…

Panaji: The BJP Government has always adopted the approach of dictatorial governance by showing high handedness against all those who show dissent against the anti Goa and anti-people policies of the government. The BJP Government which made “Blunders” in governance has no moral right to call act of opposition to show placards during the shortcut address of the Governor as “Mistake” in the Goa Legislative Assembly stated Girish Chodankar. Chodankar was reacting to the statement made by BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade blaming the opposition MLA’s for showing banners during the speech of the Governor in Goa Legislative Assembly.…

Aam Aadmi Party today demanded that the rights to land be transferred back to the cultivators of it which the government had earlier transferred in the name of IIT and pointed out that while the government has scrapped setting up IIT at Melauli the land has not been transferred in the name of the cultivators. AAP spokesperson Adv Surel Tilve while speaking to media persons said as Goa has the land to the tiller act in force the land ought to be transferred in the name of the tiller which he said has not happened as yet and instead the…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: The Goa Forward Party today has suspected that the state governments intention to hold year long celebration to mark 60th Goa Liberation Day much in advance. Questioning the intention, Sardesai charged that the move is basically to divert Rs 100 crore, sought from center to hold celebration, into BJP state treasury ahead of 2022 elections. He further alleged that the money would be rooted to fund party’s election campaign. Speaking on the casino issue, Sardesai informed that the state government has not placed any regulatory body to regulate the casinos as they can claim money from the…

Minister for Water Resources, Shri Filipe Neri Rodrigues felicitated 10 eminent freedom fighters from Salcete Taluka posthumously for their contribution towards freedom Struggle of Goa, at a programme titled `Sangharsh Sanman` organized by Ravindra Bhavan, Margao in association with Department of Information and Publicity held at Margao, yesterday. The Family members of the freedom fighters received the honour on behalf of them. MLA Shri Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco; Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao Shri Damodar (Damu) Naik, and Member Secretary Shri Prasanna Acharya along with Information Assistant, Department of Information and Publicity Smt. Sanghamitra Faldessai, Former Minister Shri Eduardo Faleiro and…