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PORVORIM: The Directorate of Education (DoE) on Friday has withdrawn its circular directing school management to disburse the salary of their respective staff members for the current month from their own funds. “It is clarified that since all the staff members of the General Administration section of the department engaged in processing the salary bills of the aided schools have been placed under home quarantine, the work of preparation of salary bills has been hampered,” the circular by DoE states “Therefore it is informed to all concerned that the salary disbursal for the current month is likely to be delayed,”…

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Congress President Girish Chodankar has appealed to the President of India Ram Nath Kovind to instruct Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inform Goan’s, as to whom they should address their problems and issues  in this critical times of Covid pandemic after Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik publicly acknowledged that Goa CM Dr. Pramod Sawant is a liar. After loosing total control on administration and getting completely exposed on handling of Covid pandemic, Goa CM has now lost confidence of the Constitutional Head of the State after loosing confidence of people of Goa. The defects are now out in wide open.…

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PANJIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that whatever governor said is correct. This came in after Governor of Goa Satya Pal Malik dismissed CM’s statement regarding ”wrong information” by media. “Whatever Governor has said is correct,” Sawant told media persons after he was asked to comment on Governor who dismissed the Chief Minister’s claim. Earlier, Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik refuted the statement by Sawant, who said that the Governor has said that media is giving the “wrong information” regarding COVID management. “Wrong information is being circulated on social media, so we gave him (Malik) the right…

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PANJIM: The Bombay High Court at Goa on Friday issued notices to the Central and State Government on the approvals granted to three infrastructure projects passing through the protected areas of Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park. The notices are returnable by July 24. A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice M.S. Jawalkar issued notice today on a PIL filed by the Goa Foundation – on behalf of the wildlife of the state of Goa and its habitat – to challenge the approvals granted by the State and National Wildlife Boards…

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The Aam Aadmi Party has flayed the government for ordering management of aided schools to bear the salary of teachers and has sought the intervention of governor to ensure that teachers get their salary. In a letter to the governor AAP Convenor Elvis Gomes wrote: “Government has still not explained the need to call teachers to schools on a daily basis when SOPs issued by the ministry of Home affairs and Ministry of HRD allow teachers to work from home. Even though teachers as a community have been faithfully attending school regularly, a circular issued…

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PANJIM: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) General Secretary Amarnath Panjikar on Friday alleged that Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant is involved in theft and transportation of ore under the cover of Lockdown. “The illegal movement of trucks carrying mining ore on roads of Sanquelim-Bicholim was seen by all in Goa through the viral videos on various social media platforms.” said Panjikar He said, ” It is found that the trucks were registered outside Goa and the driver as well as the cleaner were non-goans. They did not carry any documents of mining ore transportation.” The government has announced three…

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Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte said that the CMO seems to have lost all credibility of Good Governence and has become an epitome of ludicrous Mismanagement, Corruption and Administrative failure. In his opinion on social media, Khaunte said, first, it was the Lokayukta who left Goa at God’s mercy citing the absolute corruption and coverups by the CM and his Collaborators, in-fact it’s the first time that the Lokayukta has made such sharply negative observations against any CM in India. “Then came the ED Action against the very person whom the CM had welcomed into the BJP fold despite already being…

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