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Updated: Share Article AAA The State government on Sunday appointed new district in-charge Ministers by making a few fresh appointments and enacting reshuffle for six districts, including Belagavi, Kolar, and Chikkamagaluru, which did not have in-charge Ministers. The absence of district in-charge Ministers had come under sharp criticism from the Opposition nearly a fortnight ago during the all-party meeting convened by Governor Vajubhai Vala. Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol has been given the charge of Belagavi district, which had fallen vacant following the resignation of Ramesh Jarkiholi. Incidentally, the district, with among the highest political representation in the State, has four Ministers, of whom none have got the charge. Mr. Karjol is from the neighbouring Bagalkot district. ....
Goa s popular beach villages to go in for partial lockdown? By IANS | 2 Views Goa s popular beach villages to go in for partial lockdown. Image Source: IANS News Panaji, April 28 : Goa s most popular coastal strip, the Calangute-Candolim beach stretch extremely popular with beachgoers and tourists may go for a partial lockdown, in the wake of increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the area. According to Ports Minister and local MLA Michael Lobo, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant late on Tuesday, gave the go-ahead for the district administration, local elected representatives, health and police officials to meet on Wednesday afternoon to finalise the plan for a partial lockdown of the beach villages of Candolim, Calangute and parts of Arpora, in a bid to stem the Covid tide. ....
Calangute, Candolim and some parts of Arpora-Nagoa are witnessing a steep increase in COVID-19 cases. Committee to announce closure of all non-essential businesses and services from 1 p.m. to 6 a.m. Panaji: Goa`s most popular coastal strip, the Calangute-Candolim beach stretch, which is extremely popular with beachgoers and tourists, may go for a partial lockdown, in the wake of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the area. According to Ports Minister and local MLA Michael Lobo, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant late on Tuesday (April 27), gave the go-ahead for the district administration, local elected representatives, health and police officials to meet on Wednesday (April 28) afternoon to finalise the plan for a partial lockdown of the beach villages of Candolim, Calangute, and parts of Arpora, in a bid to stem the COVID-19 tide. ....
Goa politicians condemn local police after major drug seizures by NCB By IANS | Published on Tue, Mar 9 2021 20:03 IST | 0 Views Narcotics Control Bureau.. Image Source: IANS News Panaji, March 9 : A day after a Mumbai-based Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team swooped into Goa and arrested two Africans and an alleged drug dealer from Madhya Pradesh linked to a drug probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, politicians in Goa targetted the state police for not doing enough to rein in drug trade on their own turf. Did the NCB team in Maharashtra dream that drugs were available in Goa before the raid? How did they know about it and the Goa Police did not? Police in Goa only arrest people with minor drug possession, sometimes even down to one gram. The NCB has tarred the image of the Goa Police by carrying out this big raid, Sanjay Barde, general secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party in Goa said. ....
Lobo s comment is the first instance of a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party leader publicly blaming the former Defence Minister for the current impasse in Goa s mining industry, which has been largely non-functional since 2012. ....