Newly launched 53-seater semi-luxury buses are currently operating on existing intra-state shuttle routes Panaji: The Kadamba Transport Corporation’s plans to expand interstate bus services, particularly towards Karnataka, have been delayed due to a shortage of drivers and conductors. Newly launched 53-seater semi-luxury buses are currently operating on existing intra-state shuttle routes as the corporation works…
Porvorim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday assured that PWD minister Digambar Kamat will review the highway expansion works through Chinchinim, where locals are protesting the widening. His assurance came after opposition MLAs rushed to the well of the House to protest over the issue, after it was raised by Quepem MLA Altone D’Costa during…
The Bill provides measures to address difficulties that may arise in implementing the proposed legislation Panaji: State govt on Monday introduced the Goa Special Courts (Land Grabbing) Bill, 2026, in the assembly to designate one or more courts of session as special courts for the exclusive and expeditious trial of land-grabbing cases.The Bill states that…
Porvorim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant told the assembly on Monday that govt will release pending salaries of around 450 teachers in schools run by the Diocesan Society of Education (DSE), after seeking a legal opinion.The assurance followed sharp criticism from legislators over an order by education director Shailesh Zingde. Sawant also promised to sanction and…
Porvorim: Indicating deft financial management, the state govt has succeeded in not taking fresh loans from open market borrowings this financial year, said chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday. Sawant said that while avoiding fresh fiscal liabilities, govt managed to repay Rs 1,103 crore of principal and interest towards outstanding loans.Sawant made the disclosure in…
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…
