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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…

PORVORIM:The House today witnessed uproar over Mhadei river water diversion issue, as opposition benches accused government of adopting lethargic and careless attitude towards Karnataka’s illegal diversion of water from Mhadei basin to Malaprabha. The WRD Minister Filipe Neri, however told House that the govt is determined to protect its future water security in the Mhadei basin by forestalling all diversion of water from the Mhadei Basin. He also said that Goa has vigorously and single-mindedly explored all avenues, legal and administrative to safeguard its legitimate interests in the Mhadei basin. No efforts have been spared in pursuing its objectives. He…

PORVORIM: Total number of 589 drugs cases registered have been registered in Goa under NDPS Act, for the period from year 2018 to 2020. In 2018 the total cases registered were 222 of which five have been convicted while 1 was acquitted. In 2019, 219 cases were registered of which two were convicted while 0 were aquictted. Further last year there were 148 cases registered in Goa under NDPS Act of which none have been acquitted or convicted. The South Goa Police have taken following steps to curb the menace of drugs such as Day and night Police patrolling is…

A part of the statewide joint effort between Department of New & Renewable Energy (DNRE), Govt. of Goa and CESL, newly established wholly owned subsidiary of EESL. The project will provide farmers day-time high-quality uninterrupted and cleanly generated power, replacement of in-efficient agriculture pumps and LEDs to rural households. Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a newly established wholly owned subsidiary of EESL, which itself is a joint venture of four PSUs, and Department of New and Renewable Energy (DNRE) Goa has commissioned a 1 MW decentralized solar project at Goa. The project is India’s first Convergence project in the State…

BICHOLIM: In a major boost to the farmers from Pissurlem in Bicholim the High court has directed the government to pump out water from the pits and supply to the agricultural fields in the village. The decision was given by the court on the PIL petition filed by the president of the Pissurlem Shetkari Sanghatna, Hanumant Parab. The court has directed the government to release mining pit water to 90 acre agriculture fields of 155 farmers who are dependent upon agriculture. It has been asked to release the said water to village lake and construction to be done for restoration…

PANAJI:Cinema halls and theatres will be allowed to operate with higher occupancy, the centre has announced in its revised coronavirus guidelines. The updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) that have been issued amid a steady decline in daily Covid numbers across the country, also allow the reopening of swimming pools for all. “Cinema halls and theatres have already been permitted upto 50% of seating capacity. Now they will be permitted to operate at higher seating capacity, for which a revised SOP will be issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in consultation with MHA (the Ministry of Home Affairs),” it…