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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…

NGT has directed all states/UTs to initiate drives to contain air pollution from all sources in view of potential of aggravation of COVID-19 “This direction is on the pattern of the direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in (2019) 13 SCC 523 which we are applying to areas moderately polluted or below air quality due to aggravated effect during Covid-19, as already noted. If nothing is specified by the State, timing will be 8 to 10 pm on Diwali and Gurupurb, 6 am to 8 am on Chatt and 11.55 pm to 12.30 am during Christmas and New year…

Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat today submitted a letter to the Governor of Goa Bhagat Singh Koshyari urging him to convene full-fledged Session of the Goa Legislative Assembly in this month of November & December. In his letter Digambar Kamat has said that considerable time has passed since a proper Session of Goa Legislative Assembly was held and issues pertaining to the State of Goa were discussed. The Government curtailed the full-fledged Monsoon Session which was originally scheduled between 27th July 2020 to 7th August 2020 to a Single Day Session on Monday 27th July 2020 due to break…

Old Goa: Unknown persons committed theft of cash and electronic from the historic Se Cathedral Church at Old Goa on Saturday. Police sources said the theft was committed between 5.30 am and 8.00 am on Saturday. The miscreants have taken away cash of Rs 55000, CCTVs and DVR box. Sources revealed the thieves gained entry through a window. Old Goa police are investigating the case.

PANJIM: Former Union Environment and Forest Minster Jairam Ramesh has extended his support to the people of Goa in their protest against the Centre’s clearance for felling of around 55,000 trees to facilitate three projects in the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mollem National Park. “The PM has waxed eloquent on his love for nature while at the same time making moves to destroy the Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park. This is sheer hypocrisy. The green lungs of Goa must be saved. #SaveMollem,” Ramesh tweeted Goa is set to lose around 185 hectares of the pristine…

A Sancoale resident has been arrested by Verna police for allegedly threatening and seeking ransom from Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho. Godinho had filed complaint with police after he recieved threat and ransom messages from an unknown person. Police said that they are now verifying whether the same accused is also involved in sending threatening messages to the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and two others. Police said that the investigation is on.

PANJIM: The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) has appealed to the Chief Minister of Goa to ban the sale of Chinese fire crackers and fire crackers having pictures of Hindu Deities and National heroes on the occasion of Diwali. The HJS has mailed a memorandum in this regards to the Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Samant. The HJS further says in the memorandum that, the pictures of national heroes and Deities are printed on the covers of some crackers and when these crackers are burnt the torn pictures get strewn all over. They are trodden by the passer by’s, they lie in…