Panaji : February 14, 2019 :::“Social work is the base of politics and therefore one must be a good social worker before entering politics. A leader takes the community forward, and strive to become a good leader,” said Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly Dr. Pramod Sawant during the inaugural function of Students’ Parliament Competition, 2019 held at PAC Room, Assembly Complex in Porvorim today. The competition is an annual event held by the Goa Legislature Secretariat since 1990.

Speaking further Dr. Sawant said that Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi says that one must always believe in ‘Antyodaya’ i.e. to help the needy and poor. Students’ Parliament Competition creates leaders for tomorrow and students must make the best use of this platform to open up about problems and issues faced by them and the people in the state in general. Imbibe conviction and consistency in yourself to be a good leader,” Shri. Sawant urged the students.

Earlier,  Shri. Nilkanth Subhedar, Secretary of Goa Legislature Secretariat welcomed the gathering and briefed about the competition. Judges of the competition Ex-MLAs Shri. Victor Gonsalves and Shri. Mohan Amshekar, Shri. John Fernandes and Shri. Sadanand Malik were also present on the occasion. Shri. Mohan Amshekar also spoke on the occasion and conveyed his best wishes to the students. The competition will go on till February 21, 2019, with 18 colleges participating in it.

Panaji,  February 13,  2019 … The Prevention of Insults to national Honour Act, 1971’ and ‘Flag Code of India, 2002’ governs display of National Flag, and is made for strict compliance of the provisions contained in the Act and the Flag Code.

This is called the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and it extends to the whole of India.

Whoever in any public place or in any other place within public view burns, mutilates defaces, defiles, disfigures, destroys, tramples upon or *otherwise shows disrespect to or brings into contempt (whether by words, either spoken or written, or by acts) the Indian National Flag or the Constitution of India or any part thereof, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

The expression, ‘Indian National Flag’ includes any picture, painting, drawing or photograph, or other visible representation of the Indian National Flag, or of any part or parts therof, made of any substance or represented on any substance.

The disrespect to the Indian National flag means and includes a gross affront or indignity offered to the Indian National Flag; or dipping the Indian National Flag in salute to any person or thing; or, flying the Indian National Flag at half-mast except  on occasion on which the flag is flown at half-mast on public buildings in accordance with the instruction issued by theGovernment  , using the Indian National Flag as a drapery in any form whatsoever except in state funerals or armed forces or other para-military forces funerals; or # using the Indian National Flag:-  1) as a portion of costume, uniform or accessory of any description which is worn below the waist of any person; or 2) by embroidering or printing it on cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, undergarments or any dress material; or putting any kind of inscription upon the Indian National Flag; or using the Indian National Flag as a receptacle for receiving, delivering or carrying anything except flower petals before the Indian National Flag is unflured as part of celebration on special occasion including the Republic Day or the Independence Day; or using the Indian National Flag as covering for a statue or a monument or a speaker’s desk or a speaker’s platform; or allowing the Indian National Flag to touch the ground  or the floor or trail in water intentionally; or draping the Indian National Flag over the hood,  top and sides or back or on a vehicle, train, boat or an aircraft or  any other similar object; or using the Indian National Flag as a covering for a building: or,  intentionally displaying the Indian national Flag with the “Saffron” down.

            Prevention of singing of National Anthem Whoever intentionally prevents the singing of the Indian National Anthem or causes disturbances to any assembly engaged in such singing shall be punished with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three years, or with fine , or with both.

Minimum penalty on second or subsequent offence:- whoever having already been convicted of an offence under section 2 or section 3 is again convicted of any such offence shall be punishable for the second and for every subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term, which shall not be less than one year.

Panaji, February 12, 2019 …The District Magistrate, North Goa has ordered that all the owners of the houses, building, buildings, flats and other residential accommodation and the owners / management of all hotels, lodging and boarding, 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/Visitors/Guest Verification Form in  respect of their Tenants/Visitors/Guest before such as persons are allowed to reside/ stay in their premises and furnish the same to the local Police Station for further verification and record. This order shall also 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.

This order will come into force with effect from February 12, 2019 and will be effective for a period of 60 days that is upto April 12, 2019 (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier. As the notice cannot be served individually on all the concerned, the order is hereby passed ex-parte. Any person contravening this order will be punishable under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.

Panaji, February 11, 2019 … In order to ensure free, fair and peaceful conduct of Bye Elections in the North Goa District, the District Magistrate, North Goa impose complete ban for carrying of all types of Arms and fire arms and lethal weapons within the North Goa District, to ensure a free, fair, peaceful and orderly conduct of the Election process and to prevent any sort of obstructions, annoyance or injury to any person lawfully employed or for conduct of election to prevent any danger to human life, or safety, or disturbance of public tranquility or riot, of any affray during the electioneering period.

          Therefore all the Arms License holders in North Goa District are directed to deposit all their fire arms at the nearest Police Stations of their respective Jurisdiction immediately, on or before February 13, 2019. All the firearms deposited will be returned to the license holders after five days from counting i.e. after the election process is over.

          It is also made known that, if any person has a real threat to his or her person/property, he/she should approach the Director General of Police for providing necessary security by the Police, but under no circumstances will any person be allowed to carry his own personal firearm/s license or otherwise except with special permission from the District Magistrate and DEO, North Goa District, Panaji.

          The above restrictions will not apply to Public Servants/Police/Defence Personnel and Security Personnel on duty / Sports persons who are members of National Rifle Association of India and to those members of the community who are entitled to display weapons by long standing law, custom and usage, unless they are found to be indulging in violence or posing a threat to the maintenance of law and order and peaceful conduct of elections.

Panaji, February 11, 2019 … “Education is a medium which determines a persons’ future,” said Minister for Ayush, Shri Shripad Naik (Independent Charge) while speaking at the Foundation stone laying ceremony for New Building for Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education at the Board Office in Porvorim, today. Shri Naik added, “Goa is becoming one of the states known for its quality education.

This new infrastructure will create a good environment for education. My Ministry has always done its best to help the State especially in the two important sectors namely Education and Health.” Shri Naik added that, “Along with deriving educational qualifications, the purpose of education should be to bring about a good change in a person,” Shri Naik said.

Minister for Revenue and IT and the MLA of Porvorim, Shri Rohan Khaunte said that Porvorim is on its way to becoming a hub for education in Goa. Shri Khaunte said, “To help the cause of education in Goa; a strong support system is required in terms of having good infrastructure. Goa is moving towards becoming a knowledge economy. Our emphasis is also on creating a policy for inclusive education.”
Present on the occasion were Zilla Panchayat Member, Penha De Franca, Shri Gupesh Naik, Sarpanch, Penha De Franca, Shri Swapnil Chodankar, among others.

 The proposed building which is being constructed by Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation will be located on a plot of 8100 sq. mts and will have ample provision for parking and other modern amenities.

Panaji. February 10, 2019 … Eighth batch of total 203 Security Guards successfully completed 3 months rigorous training at Police Training School  Valpoi in Sattari recently.

An impressive passing out parade to mark the culmination of the training was held at PTS ground, during which Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Dr. Pramod Sawant inspected the ceremonial march past and took salute.

The Security Guards were imparted training on various aspects including indoor and outdoor operations. It is the eighth passed out batch of  Goa Human Resources Development Corporation.   Speaking on the occasion the Speaker advised to the trainees to upgrade their education and knowledge for better future. He said, on lines of reserved quota kept in Home Department especially for Home Guards, similar sought of reservations should be there for Security Guards who are working under Human Resource Corporation, he opined.

Dr. Sawant further said under the unique ideas of visionary Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar who brought the idea of formation of Human Resource Development Corporation. He said more than 1500 goan origin Security Guards and more than 600 housekeeping attendants have been recruited in various Government Departments.

Appreciating the recruits for their impressive parade, Dr. Sawant exhorted them to maintain discipline they had learnt during the training throughout their life.

Shri Madhukar Phal, Managing Director of Human Resource Development Corporation also spoke on the occasion.

Best recruits such as Shri Vishal Velip (Best in outdoor), Shri Yogesh Naik, (Best in indoor), Shri Shubham Naik, (Best All Rounder) were awarded medals by the Speaker.

 Earlier Shri Bosco George, Superintendent of Police and Principal of Police Training School welcome the guests. Shri Gurudas Gawade, Vice Principal proposed vote of thanks.

Other Present were General Manager of Human Resource Development Corporation Shri Austine Collaco (Retd.).

Panaji,  February 09,  2019 … The Directorate of Fire and Emergency services has conducted a session on the safety measures, and demonstrated the practical training by using fire safety equipment’s in case of emergency.

Shri Ravi Naik, Station Officer, explained to the staff of Directorate of Archives and Archaeology about various measures to be taken at the time of emergency for the safety of people and also demonstrated the use of fire safety equipments. Smt. Blossom Medeira, Director of Archives and Archaeology,  was also present on the occasion.

A Fire safety drill was also carried out in order to create awareness about evacuation during emergency.

The Directorate of Archives and Archaeology is the custodian of historical as well as public records and is one of the oldest Archives in South Asia. Safety of these records is an utmost task to preserve it for posterity.

Panaji,  February 8,  2019 … “The artist must showcase their regional styles and take up the graph of the Art work to the heights by using latest technology”, stated Shri Mahesh Vengulekar, Principal Collage of Art. He was speaking as a Chief Guest on the occasion of concluding function of Chilrankan- Contemporary Painters’ Camp which was organized by the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa in joint collaboration with West Zone Cultural Centre, Udiapur.

Shri Gurudas P. Pilarnekar, Director, Art and Culture, Shri Ashok Parab, Dy. Director, Art and Culture and Shri Hemant Mehta, Programme Officer of West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur where present on the dais.

Director of Art and Culture, Shri Gurudas P. Pilarnekar welcomed the gathering and highlighted the reason behind organizing such types of camps which helps artists from all over the country to share their experience.

Shri Mahesh Vengurlekar along with other dignitaries visited the Art gallery of the Sanskruti Bhavan were the art works of the participants were displayed. He congratulated all the participants for their efforts. Certificates and mementoes were presented to the participants at the hands of Chief Guest.

In total eighteen artists were participated in this camp along with two Goan artists. They are Shri Kanwal Pan Singh and Ms. Gurmeet Goldiee from Patiala, Ms. Supriya Amber and Dr. Mallikarjun C. Bagodi from Nagpur, Ms.Taslim Jamal, Shri Chaitatanya Patel, Shri Durshit Bhaskar, Shri Premjit Baria, Ms. Suhani Jain and Shri Kiran Shekhane from Udaipur, Ms. Shubha Agrahari and Shri Kaushlesh Kumar from Allabad, Shri S. Sivabalan and Shri S. Pugalenthi from Thanjavur, Ms. Dipali Saha and Shri Raban Saha from Kolkota and Shri Vitesh Naik and Ms. Sonia Rodrigues Sabharwal from Goa. Each artist created two art works during the said camp.

The Chitrankar Camp was organized from January 25, 2019 to February 1, 2019 for eight days at Sanskruti Bhavan, Panaji. The concluding function of the said camp was held on February 1, 2019 at Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto.

The comparing of the concluding function was done by Shri Pradeep Naik, Shri Hemant Mehta, Programme Officer of West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur also expressed his view on the occasion and Shri Ashok Parab Dy. Director of Art and Culture gave vote of thanks.

Panaji: February 07, 2019 … As a part of Traffic Safety Week, employees of Department of Information and Publicity were enlightened with Traffic Safety rules and measures towards controlling road accidents.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Shri. Dharmesh Angle delivered lecture on Traffic Safety wherein he urged the gathering to follow rules and regulation regarding road in order to ensure safe road transport.

Shri. Angle informed about various types of accidents and measures to be taken to ensure safe driving. Shri. Angle insisted that pillion riders should also be aware of road so that in the situation of accident he can be able to escape from grievous injury. Many a times pillion riders remain busy talking to rider and have no idea of exact situation on road, which may cause him danger in the case of accident, Shri. Angle further stated. He also lamented on importance of helmet wearing and explained how helmets have played significant role in reducing fatal accidents in last year.

Director, Information and Publicity Shri. Narayan S. Navti spoke on importance of implementation of traffic safety measures and urged to follow the rules to ensure safe driving.

Information Officer Shri. John Aguiar earlier welcomed and introduced the guest speaker to the staff. Joint Director, Information and Publicity Shri. Ramesh Naik and Information Officer Shri. Prakash Naik were present on the occasion. Information Assistant Smt. Janhhavi Savaikar proposed vote of thanks.

Panaji,  February 6,  2019“Craft has always been one of the most important and ancient art in Indian culture and tradition. It was always present and prevalent in some form or the other throughout history. Sospeso is not a widely known art and one can make good livelihood if this art is taken seriously. Today’s world demands novelties. And this can be a good novelty craft in the Indian markets,” said Chief Guest  Shri  Mahendra Chodankar, well-known artist, retired HOD of Painting department from Goa college of Fine Arts, while addressing the participants at the concluding function of the ‘Sospeso Art workshop’ held at Sanskruti Bhavan Patto- Panaji.

The Directorate of Art and Culture organized a ‘Sospeso Art workshop’ for five days at Sanskruti Bhavan. Earlier Shri. Ashok Parab, Deputy Director, Art and Culture welcomed the participants. He congratulated the participants for their work and wished them success in this field. He also briefed the gathering about various activities of Art and Culture Department.

Resource Person, Ms. Alpana Kale appreciated all the participants and assured to have an advanced workshop in this particular art. She also shared her experience in the field and also assured participants of continued support in case of any difficulties as far as Sospeso art is concerned.

Certificates were distributed at the hands of the Chief Guest Shri Mahendra Chodankar. Mementoes were presented to Resource Person and her assistant. Participants Ms.Rita D’Souza and Ms. Exalta Rodrigues expressed views on behalf of all the participants. Ms. Siddhi Upadhye compered the programme and Assistant Cultural Officer Sidhi Thali proposed vote of thanks.