The Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa, in collaboration with the West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur, Rajasthan is organising a six days water colour camp “Dharohar” in Goa from September 10 to 15, 2022 at Sanksruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji, Goa. The camp is a creative thought to illustrate the heritage sites of the State by inviting various practising artists from all over India and Goa to execute the artworks during the camp.

The inaugural ceremony will be held on September 10, 2022 at 11.30 a.m. at the Multipurpose Hall, Sankrsuti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji, Goa in the presence of Smt. Kiran Soni Gupta, IAS, The Director of West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur along with the other dignitaries and all the artists from Goa and other states of India, as informed by Department of Information and Publicity.

North Goa District Magistrate has ordered for strict compliance of the following directions by the owners or operators of all Cyber Cafes in the entire North Goa District.

The owner or operator of the Cyber Cafe shall prohibit the use of Cyber Cafe by any unknown person whose identity has not been established by the owner of the cafe before allowing him to use the Cyber cafe. He/She shall maintain a register for identity of each of the visitor/user in the Cyber Cafe. He/She shall make the entry in register in the handwriting of the visitor/user mentioning time, name, residential address, telephone number and identity proof. The visitor/user shall also sign the register kept for this purpose.

The identity of the visitor/user shall be established only through any of the Government Identity Cards like Voter Card, Driving Licence, Smart Card, Passport, Aadhar card etc.

Activity server log should be preserved in the main server and its record should be preserved for atleast six months.

If any activity of the visitor appears to be suspicious nature, the owner of Cyber Cafe shall immediately inform the nearest Police Station and the Police Control Room (P.C.R.) or No. 100.

The Records shall maintained about each of the specific computer used by each visitor/user.

CCTV camera shall be installed by the owner at the enter point of each cyber cafe to cover every person entering the Cyber Cafe.

This order shall come into force w.e.f. September 8, 2022 and shall be effective for a period of 60 days that is upto November 6, 2022 (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier, as informed by Department of Information and Publicity.

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North Goa District Magistrate ordered that all the owners of the houses, buildings, flats and other residential accommodation and the owners/management of all hotels. lodging and boardings, shacks, private guest houses, paying guest accommodation of religious bodies etc in the whole of North Goa District should verify the bonafides of the persons through their proof of identity such as Election Card, Driving License, Aadhar Card, Passport etc and should fill in the Tenant,/Visitor/Guest Verification Form in respect of their Tenants/Visitors/Guests before such persons are allowed to resides/stay in their premises and furnish the same to the local police station for further certification and record. The order is apply to the owners of such premises who have so far not furnished the verification forms in respect of their Tenants/Visitors/Guests who are already occupying their premises.

The order has come into force w.e.f September 8, 2022 and shall be effective for a period of 60 days that is upto November 6, 2022 (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier, as informed by Department of Information and Publicity.

Government has made available adequate infrastructure for the industry sector for operating their industries in the State. The onus to provide and avail employment opportunities to eligible local youth lies upon the stakeholders industries. IT industries in collaboration with the Government through the TIP cell of Directorate of Higher Education have strived to provide employment to Goan youth, said Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant after officially inaugurating Training, Internship & Placement ( TIP ) Cell of Directorate of Higher Education at a function held at Patto in the City today.

The Chief Minister said the creation of the Training, Internship & Placement (TIP) Cell with tagline “Inspire to Aspire”, an initiative under New Education Policy by the Directorate of Higher Education, has an objective to provide jobs to Goan youth in the industry sector.

The Chief Minister underscored the need to develop a culture where a child learns to decide about his career and begins to work at an early age. He congratulated the aspiring graduates of Bsc. Computer Science students who are fortunate to receive placement in IT industries when they were in their final year.

The Chief Minister further said the Directorate of Higher Education from the last three years has endeavored to conduct placement drives for Bsc. Computeri Science Students of various colleagues which resulted in recruiting around 40 IT Students for IT industries in Goa. He appreciated the representatives of various IT industries for providing employment avenues for Goan IT students.

The 40 students who received placement from IT industries in Goa and who are already employed were given offer letters at the hands of the Chief Minister.

The Director of Higher Education Shri Prasad Lolyenkar IAS in his welcome address informed that under TIP initiative students pursuing IT courses from various colleges were invited to attend the placement drive and as a result 40 students were directly recruited and issued offer letters today. He appreciated the Stakeholders of the IT industry sector for extending cooperation during training and placement drives.

IT Industry Association Representative, Shri Milind Anvekar in his address informed that there require around 300 IT graduates for IT industries in Goa. Earlier they were struggling to get IT graduates for IT industries, he said and added that the Goa Government helped them through the TIP cell for which he thanked the Government. He said the IT industry particularly in Goa is very high. Four IT companies in Goa have employed more than 1300 students from Goa. There is a big demand for IT graduates for the IT industry and the demand is much more than the supply he informed.

DHE TIP Cell, Co-ordinator Shri Neon Mashon presented the report of TIP cell.

Secretary, Education, Shri Ravi Dhavan, IAS TCS, CSR Head Miss Swapnal Chakravarty, State Higher Education Council Member Smt Vandana Naik and others attended the function.

The flying squad shall comprise of Mamlatdar and Executive Magistrate of respective taluka, Police Inspector of concerned Police Station or any Police Officer authorized by him not below the rank of Asst. Sub-Inspector, 2 Police Constables, Official as authorized by the Directorate of Mines and Geology, Assistant Engineer or any such Officer as authorized by the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD), Asst. Motor Vehicle Inspector or any such officer as authorized by the Transport Department and Directorate of Settlement and Land Records(DSLR), survey staff attached to the office of the Mamlatdar.

Complaints received by any Department/Offices pertaining to illegal quarrying shall be referred to the respective flying squads.

The flying squads shall inspect and initiate action within 48 hours of receipt of the same/intimation thereof. FIR shall be filled against the person/s found carrying illegal extraction/ transportation and the respective landowners. Action taken report shall be forwarded to the Collector and District Magistrate with copy to Director of Mines.

The machinery, equipment and vehicles used in extraction and transportation shall be sized and kept in the custody of Police Department.

The PWD shall make necessary arrangement to carry the seized machinery, vehicles and other equipment to the respective police station.

The District level 24×7 helpline set up for sand extraction complaints shall also be extended for receiving complaints of illegal quarrying. Proper records of complaints received by the help lines shall be maintained by the Collectors of the respective districts and the complaints shall be immediately communicated to the flying squad.