Ashutosh Gowariker appointed Iffi director | Goa News

Panaji: Union ministry of information & broadcasting has appointed filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker as the festival director for the 57th edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), to be held in Goa in Nov.“I feel privileged to have witnessed the evolution of this festival. From attending it in 1984 to continuing my association over…

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Workers in state protest 12-hour shifts, poor wages | Goa News

Panaji: Labour Day was marked by demands for better working conditions in the state. The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Christopher Fonseca criticised govt for overlooking the eight-hour workday system and instead forcing workers to work 12-hour shifts.AITUC has called for scrapping the contract labour system and demanded a minimum monthly wage…

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Cost Overrun Threatens Cuncolim Women’s Hostel Project: GIDC’s Urgent Decision Needed | Goa News

Margao: A 130-bedded working women’s hostel being built at the Cuncolim industrial estate under a central govt scheme faces an uncertain future after the Goa Industrial Development Corporation’s (GIDC) board flagged a sharp cost escalation and asked state govt to consider either scrapping the project or shifting it to an alternative location.The project, funded under…

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Goa constitutes panel for national manuscripts survey | Goa News

Panaji: To systematically identify, document, digitise, and scientifically conserve manuscripts across the country, many of which remain scattered in private collections, temples, institutions, and archives, Goa govt has constituted a state-level standing committee that will facilitate the implementation of the national manuscripts survey. With this move, Goa joins other states across the country in operationalising…

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Over 1,500 local representatives have failed to declare assets: Lokayukta data | Goa News

Panaji: As many as 1,584 public representatives, including zilla panchayat members, councillors of the City Corporation of Panaji (CCP), municipal councillors and village panchayat members, failed to submit mandatory statements of assets and liabilities for 2023-24 to the Lokayukta. In contrast, all MLAs filed their disclosures for the same period.Pratibha Dessai, registrar at the lokayukta,…

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