Porvorim: With the opposition legislators repeatedly disrupting the proceedings of the legislative assembly on Monday, a furious speaker Ganesh Gaonkar warned legislators that he would not tolerate any ruckus in the House.“To resolve people’s issues, we must properly raise the issues and take the answers from the ministers and then discuss the issues. We must…
Porvorim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday informed legislators that the state cabinet has decided to regularise the employment of all contractual employees in the education sector who have completed 10 years of service, including Samagra Shiksha teachers.Sawant told the legislative assembly that even those teachers working under centrally sponsored schemes will be considered for…
Porvorim: Chief minster Pramod Sawant told the Goa legislative assembly in a written reply on Monday that consumers across Goa are being supplied E20 petrol at 90 fuel stations, with a large number of retail outlets dispensing the ethanol-blended fuel. Sawant’s response was to the question tabled by Aldona MLA Carlos Ferreira on the issue…
Porvorim: Responding to concerns over unhygienic food preparation and storage, chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said he would direct food and drug administration (FDA) to inspect departmental canteens and eateries at schools, hospitals and other public institutions.“I will ask the FDA to re-inspect all the canteens which have been issued licenses,” said Sawant in…
Porvorim: A total of 16 govt Bills were introduced on the first day of the monsoon session on Monday, including the Goa Prisons and Correctional Services Bill, 2026, which proposes a sweeping overhaul of the state’s only prison at Colvale.The proposed prison legislation provides for dedicated enclosures for transgender prisoners, tighter surveillance to curb organised…
The nightclub after the fire Panaji: Supreme Court on Monday upheld Bombay high court’s order cancelling bail granted to Birch by Romeo Lane co-owners Gaurav Luthra, Saurabh Luthra, and Ajay Gupta in connection with last year’s Arpora nightclub fire that killed 25 people.“We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and order of…
CM Pramod Sawant In assembly Porvorim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday told the assembly that the Porvorim shootout case has been transferred to the crime branch for further investigation.“The investigation is on. We have shifted the case to the crime branch, which will conduct a thorough probe. I am confident those responsible for the…
Porvorim: Goa govt on Monday decided not to introduce its proposed anti-conversion bill in the assembly during the monsoon session.There were concerns among BJP MLAs over politicisation of the issue among minority voters and the opposition gaining a strong issue ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.“We will not introduce the bill,” chief minister Pramod Sawant…
Several khazans in Goa are currently in a dilapidated condition Porvorim: Goa govt has proposed a Rs 476 crore Khazan Land Rejuvenation Programme to restore 1,490ha of protected khazan land to cultivation by strengthening bunds and sluice gates and desilting water bodies and drainage channels.The proposal, prepared by the directorate of agriculture and submitted to…
The direction came in connection with the deadly nightclub fire in Arpora, Goa, that killed 25 people last December GOA: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed pleas challenging the Bombay High Court’s order that set aside the bail granted to three accused in connection with the 2025 Goa nightclub fire that claimed 25 lives.According to…
