Panaji: August 22, 2015 …. The North Goa District Consumer Protection Council meeting discussed various problems of consumers and emphasized the need of effective public grievances redressal by Departments in order to avoid litigations in North Goa Taluka.

The meeting was held in the Conference Hall of the Collectorate, North Goa District, Panaji-Goa recently.

 Additional Collector and District Magistrate Mr. Swapnil Naik who presided over the meeting has taken keen interest to take cognizance of the various Government department issues that were raised by the Residents & Consumer forum representative of their concerned area on behalf of the North Goa District Consumer Protection Council. The Dy Collector Shri Vinayak Volvoikar was also present for the meeting.

 Representatives of various Government Departments like Police, FDA, Commercial forces, Transport, etc and also of Central Government Department like BSNL, AIR, Doordarshan were present for the meeting. Members of various consumer councils were also present.

 Shri Roland Martins, GOACAN, stated that the minutes of the meeting will be sent to all the concerned officials of the Government Offices who have attended the meeting and also who have not attended the meeting, within 8 days to resolve the issues discussed in regards to the welfare of the public needs during the meeting in order to comply the Action Taken Report to the North Goa District Consumer Protection Council.

 Mr. Martins also stated that the Information which is generated is not reaching the people. Further, one of the members of the Council complained that the Advertisement fonts published in the newspaper are small and therefore the senior citizen find it difficult to read.

  The North Goa Council asked the concerned Officials to send the awareness report to the Department of Information whenever issues were raised during the meeting in regard to publicity for publication in the newspaper.

  Shri Martins explained in a simple way by giving example to the concerned officers of the respective departments/ offices in order to sort out the problems of the consumer/citizen at their respective local/district in North Goa at the earliest.  

Panaji: August 22, 2015 … The Commercial Taxes Department in association with National Informatics Centre, Goa is organizing a workshop /seminar for the dealers registered with Mapusa and Bicholim Ward and the Tax Practitioners, Chartered Accountants, etc practicing within the said jurisdiction, in order to address the queries / difficulties faced by dealers while filing returns in amended Form VAT-III, especially with regard to the Annexures appended to the said Form VAT-III.

The workshop/seminar would be organised today from 10:00 a.m. onwards at Seminar Hall, Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa.

All concerned are requested to make it convenient to attend the same.   

august 21, 2015 …. well known photographer from Mumbai Shri Shirish Karale lauched  www.photographia.in a photographers website  to commemorate the World Photography Day at Kala Academy yesterday.

Speaking  on the occasion Shri Karale congratulated Shri Navdeep Aguiar for his initiative and said that the boy is energetic and eager to take up challenges. He the Goan environment is very conducive for photography and keep in mind the latest technology in the Photography there is wide scope for new entrants in the field.

Complimenting Navdeep for launching the website he said that it was a very good thing for Goa as even in Maharashtra there is no such website,

Fashion Photographer Shri Prasad Pankar said that Navdeep was a ambitious and would not leave until the things that are in his mind are accomplished.

President of Photo Journalist Association Shri Souri Komarpant said that photographers are eyes and ears of the society and that they have to be alert 24 hours like a soldier on the border.

20/08/2015 ….Digital Goa will host a Seminar on ‘IT for Hospitality’ with experts from the IT Industry speaking on an array of subjects relevant to the Hospitality Industry from 25^th to 27^th of August 2015.

The Seminar will be held on the sideline of the Hospitality Industry Expo to be held at the Shyamaprasad Mukharjee Stadium, Bambolim. The sessions will be held everyday from 25^th to 27^th  between 4pm to 6 pm.

 The primary objective of these sessions is to expose businesses to state-of-the-art technology so that they can leverage it to their business advantage. The seminar will also have one  session each on Corporate Training and Hospitality. 

Details of the event are as follows. Mr. Gurpreet Singh , Co-founder & CEO, Browntape will speak on  -E-commerce, Mr. Tyrone Dsouza, Managing Director & Partner at Mobobeat  will speak on – “Mobile Marketing – The Future!’ , Mr. Prajyot Mainkar, Director – Androcid Media Pvt. Ltd   will speak on ‘To App or Not to App’,  Mr.Pranav Pai Vernekar, Founder ,Inventrom will speak on  Internet of Things (IoT) for Hospitality Industry,  Mr. Pravin Sabnis, Corporate Trainer , Unlearning Unlimited will speak on Branding and Mr. Anil Desai will speak on Commercial Catering.

There are no registration fees for the seminar but prior registration will ensure a guaranteed seat. For further details contact Email :- di*********@gm***.com

Panaji: August 19, 2015 …  The Directorate of Art and Culture in collaboration with Foundation for Indian Art and Education, Goa is organizing Dinanath Dalal Memorial Lecture Series, “Art Talks” on Visual Art by prominent Indian personalities in field of art.

  The second talk of the series will be delivered by Prof. Indrapramit Roy artist and art educationalists from M.S. University, Vadodora on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 4.30 p.m. at the Lecture Hall, Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji.

  Prof. Indrapramit Roy a renowned artist and a Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU of Baroda since 1995 will give a lecture on the topic “Designing Art: The Process and the outcome.

  The talk will be followed by a Question and Answer session with the artist.  The artist and art enthusiast of Goa are cordially invited to attend the talk.  The program will be open to all and free of cost.

Panaji, August 18, 2015 … Konkan Railway has decided to run following Suvidha Express special trains on Konkan Railway route to clear extra rush of passengers during feast of Our Lady of Good Health at Velankanni festival between Vasco-Da-Gama & Velankanni in co-ordination with South Western Railway.  The details are as under :-

 Accordingly, Train No. 02715 Vasco – Velankanni Suvidha Express special train will leave from Vasco at 10:30 hrs on 27^th (Thursday)  August and on 02^nd (Wednesday) September 2015.  The train will reachVelankanni at 12:30 hrs on next day.

 Train No. 02716 Velankanni – Vasco  Suvidha Express special train will leave from Velankanni at 20:15 hrs on 28^th (Friday) August and on 03^rd (Thursday) September 2015.  The train will reach Vasco at 21:10 hrs on next day.

 The train will halt at  Majorda, Madgaon, Karwar, Kumta, Bhatkal, Kundapura, Udupi, Suratkal, Thokur, Mangalore Jn., Kasargod, Kannur, Kazhikkode, Shoranur Jn., Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Tiruchchirapalli, Tanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapatinam stations. The train will 16 coaches.

 Train No. 02717 Vasco – Velankanni Suvidha Express special train will leave from Vasco at 13:30 hrs on 30^th (Sunday)  August 2015.  The train will reach Velankanni at 13:00 hrs on next day.

 Train No. 02718 Velankanni – Vasco  Suvidha Express special train will leave from Velankanni at 20:15 hrs on 31^st (Monday) August 2015.  The train will reach Vasco at 21:10 hrs on next day.

 The train will halt at  Majorda, Madgaon, Karwar, Kumta, Bhatkal, Kundapura, Udupi, Suratkal, Thokur, Mangalore Jn., Kasargod, Kannur, Kazhikkode, Shoranur Jn., Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Tiruchchirapalli, Tanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapatinam stations.  The train will 16 coaches.

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Panaji: August 17, 2015 …  The Department of Information & Publicity has announced entries under the Goa State Photo Contest and Exhibition Scheme-2014.

 Competition will have two sections with two different subjects. Colour prints to be submitted in 12 x 8 size. Entrants can send maximum number of 4 different photographers in each section. There is  no entry fee, No age bar and No qualification required for participating in the contest. The last day for submission of  entries are up to August 30, 2015. The prizes to the winners will be presented at the National Press Day function on November 16, 2015.  

The topic in the category-1 Exploring the unknown locations-Goan Scenic Beauty, Monuments, Waterfalls, beaches, Religious sites, film shooting locations. The topic in category-2 Goa Marching towards an advanced state. The Development that has taken place in Goa.  

  Each entry should carry author’s name, nationality, postal address, mobile number, telephone nos, e-mail address on the back of the photographs in Block Letters. Technical details such as Camera used, should be sent along with the entry. Mobile images will not be considered for the entry. A brief of the photograph and bio-data of the photographer not more than 100 words each should be attached with the entry. A certificate that all photographs are the work of original nature and taken by the entrant himself/herself is to be enclosed by the entrants. Entrants are required to send a soft copy along with photograph of high resolution.

 The entries should be super scribed  with the words: “Entries for The Goa State Photo Contest and Exhibition” and to be addressed to the Director of Information & Publicity, 3^rd Floor, Udyog Bhavan, Panaji, Goa. Entries received after the closing date will not  be entertained.

  Cash prizes amounting to Rs. 53,000/- will be distributed among the winners and the best entries. First prize of Rs. 10,000/- in each category, second prize of Rs. 8,000/-, third prize of Rs. 6,000/- while five consolation prizes of Rs. 500/- each will; be presented. Certificates will be presented to the best entries. (b) Three Judges will be given honorarium of Rs. 2000/- each.

          For details contact: Shri Lawrence Fernandes, Videographer  Mobile:  9822988022

          Individuals who are born and residents for 15 years in Goa will  be given preference under this Scheme does not bar others, who are residents of the State of Goa at least 15 years prior to the application under this Scheme.

          The photographs will be  used for exhibition and other publications of the Department and Government of Goa. Latest residence certificate will be the proof document  which will be required to be submitted by the entrants.

Panaji: Aug.16, 2015 …   The Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Shri Rajendra Arlekar unfurled the national flag to mark the celebration of Indias 69^th Independence Day organized at Pernem today.

            Speaking on the occasion Shri Arlekar stressed on the need to recall the supreme sacrifice of our great leaders who laid their lives for the liberation of our motherland. We have derived legacy of freedom from our freedom fighter fighters who dreamt about the progress of this country. He said that it is our bounden duty to fulfill their expectation which will be a true tribute to them.

            Shri Arlekar further speaking appealed to the people to do away with controversies and clashes in the society and work to foster brotherhood. This is an occasion for us to asses and introspect and rededicate ourselves to the welfare and prosperity of our state and country at large he added.          

            Earlier Shri Arlekar witnessed mass PT drill by various school students from surrounding areas and reviewd  guard of  honour. During the function the students of St. Joseph High School, and Pernem High School presented patriotic songs. 

          Shri Narayan Gad, Deputy Collector and SDO,   received the Speaker at the function.

 Shri Rajesh Ajgaonkar, Mamlatdar, Miss Amaliya Pinto Jt. Mamlatdar, .Dr Vassudev Deshprabhu, Chairman PMC, other councilors, freedom fighters, prominent citizens, Officials from various Governmental Departments like Fire Force, Police Department, PWD, Electricity and others attended the function. 

            Shri Ramdas Davre welcomed the guest and compered the function.