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PANJIM Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant today held series of meetings with Union Ministers and others and discussed on various developmental works in the State. The Chief Minister today had meeting with Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel and discussed various matters related to tourism promotion in the State, especially cultural tourism with support from the Centre. Dr. Sawant Invited Patel for the forthcoming 60th Goa Liberation Day celebration. Later, the Chief Minister met Shandilya Giriraj Singh, Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and discussed various initiatives to scale up the production in fisheries and dairy…

PANJIM: Goa today reported 144 new COVID positive cases. While there were 232 recoveries and 4 deaths. As per DHS bulletin, a 77 year old patient from Marcel with COPD+Dementia, 77 year old patient from Sanguem with DM+HTN+CKD, 61 year old patient from Margao with DM+HTN And 72 year old patient from Porvorim with DM+HTN+IHD+CCF succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile the active cases are 1884, the deaths stand at 647 while samples tested today are 1403.

Aam Aadmi Party came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa for ignoring the voices and requests of Goan business owners but immediately granting demands made by Corporate/Casino lobbies, as seen with the announcement to consider grant a Rs. 277.08 crore waiver or ARF to the casino operators and restarting casinos in River Mandovi. Adv. Surel Tilve, pointed out that since March this year, small business owners of Goa have been struggling to survive due to the lockdown and have been asking the government for some kind of compensation or help but their requests have been falling…

Panjim The Congress party in Goa has threatened to disrupt the upcoming Indian Super League (ISL) matches in the State, if government fails to terminate various infrastructural contracts issued to non-Goan firms. The party has set four-days ultimatum to the government. Addressing a press conference,, GPCC general secretary Sankalp Amonkar alleged that the State government has issued ISL contracts including that of bus and taxi transport, groundsman, security, etc to non-Goans. “All this while, the sub-contractors were provided to the locals. But this time, nothing has been given to Goans,” he said. “We give four days time…

PANJIM: The state government today has announced bonus to its employees in Group C & all non- gazette employees in Group B. However, those drawing grade pay of Rs 4600 and above have been excluded from the benefit. “Group ‘C’ and all non-gazetted employees in Group ‘B’, drawing Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- and above (presently in level 7 of Pay Matrix of Seventh Pay Commission) as on 1st April, 2020, shall not be covered under the present scheme for payment of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus to State Government employees. The payment of the bonus to the other eligible employees…

Panaji: In a positive development and a sort of relief to the Goan Seafarers who had been debarred for 5 years in accordance to the rule 9(9) of M.S. (CDC) Rules, 2017 from applying to Indian CDC, Union Minister of State for AYUSH(IC) & MOS Defence Shri Shripad Naik, called on Union Minister of State for Shipping (IC) Mansukh Mandaviya to discuss and come up with positive output regards to issue pertaining to Goan Seafarers. Mansukh Mandaviya has said that the ministry has already started the process and has assured that the ban will be ended and application for…

Goa Cricket Association (GCA) kit distribution which began in Canacona a few months reached Mormugao Taluka on Monday (9/11/2020) with nineteen schools benefiting from the largess of the Association at a well attended ceremony at Almeida Hall, Vasco. The kits were distributed in the presence of Dr. Ravindra (Baban) Parulekar, Mr. Vipul Phadke – Hon.Secretary, GCA, Mr. Paresh Phadte – Hon. Treasurer, GCA, Mr. Sayed Abdul Majid – Hon.Jt. Secretary, GCA, Mr. Yatin Kamurlikar , Mr. Jamir Carol, Mr. Abdul Khan and Mr. Rupesh Naik amidst all the clubs of the Taluka.