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Commercial Tax Department has initiated action against those firms which are big tax defaulters and have been avoiding paying tax due to the Government. 77 such defaulter firms have been identified from whom around Rs. 120 Cr. is recoverable in the form of Tax, Interest and Penalty. These recoveries are outstanding under various Acts like VAT, CST, Luxury Tax, Entertainment Tax, Entry Tax etc. administered by the department. As a first step, various Bank Accounts of these firms have been frozen. The banks have been directed to deposit the amount available in those accounts to the tune of the liability…

Porvorim: Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte on Wednesday criticized the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) and the consultant for High Court building project for not conducting proper study before starting the project. The new High Court building project is taking shape at Porvorim, which has blocked the traditional access to one of the ward in Penha de Franca panchayat. Khaunte also pointed out that the consultant had not taken local panchayat into confidence besides they also did not do the study of impact on water supply to the local residents once the project becomes operational. The MLA was talking to…

Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Sugarcane farmers today announced that they have called off their ongoing agitation as CM Sawant and Dy CM Kavlekar have agreed to accept all their demands. Sugarcane growers association members announced the decision while speaking to media persons after meeting the CM. The farmers have been protesting for the past 5 days at Sanguem in support of their demands. CM has agreed to the demands of giving Rs 3,600 per tonne as compensation on standing sugarcane crop, considering highest tonnage of past 8 years by the farmer while deciding the compensation and making payment to the farmers…

Panaji: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that those who have taken law and order in their hands at Shel Melauli will be penalised. Chief Minister was reacting to law and order situation at Melauli where in villagers are protesting against the government’s plan of IIT project. “The villagers are wrong they have taken law in thwir hands, all those will be penalised,” he said. He says government will take action against all.

Panaji: Despite the massive opposition to the double tracking of railway line, the National Board of Wildlife has finally recommended the proposal for railway track doubling from Tinaighat-Castlerock at Karnataka to Caranzol in Goa with mitigation measures. Union Minister for Environment Prakash Javdekar tweeted “Happy to inform that in its 60th meeting NBWL has recommended the proposal for Tinaighat-Castlerock-Caranzol Railway doubling of South Western Railways, Karnataka with certain mitigation measures as advised by the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. #conservation #wildlife”. The National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) had in November postponed a decision on the proposed railway track doubling from…

Margao – Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat said the brutal lathi-charge and use of tear Gas on the protesting villagers of Shel Melavali is highly condemnable. “The Government cannot force any project on the people against their wishes. Entire Goa will gather at Shel Melavali if the BJP Government continues with Police Dadagiri against the villagers warned,” Kamat said. He said it is unfortunate that the Police resorted to lathi-charge and use of tear gas even on the elderly ladies who have shown courage to oppose the IIT Project at Shel Melauli. “The Chief Minister must immediately intervene and withdraw…

Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar today said that the Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu will be the Chief Guest for the ‘Legislator’s Day’ event on January 9. Patnekar said that the Vice President will be on ten-day visit to Goa. He said total five legislators including a present MLA will be felicitated at the hands of Naidu. Union Minister of State for External Affairs Eduardo Faleiro, former Chief Minister and sitting Congress MLA Pratapsingh Rane, ex MLAs Rohidas Naik, Chnadrakant Chodankar and Anil Prabhudesai are those to be felicitated. Speaking about the upcoming session of the state legislative…