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Marathi agitators have blocked the road at the Mandovi Bridge entrance from the Panaji side, with several supporters sitting on the road as part of the ongoing protest. Heavy police presence is in place at the spot. • MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco says the Anti-Conversion Bill will not come up during the ongoing Assembly session, claiming that all MLAs, including ruling party legislators, opposed the bill at a meeting with CM Pramod Sawant this morning. • Chief Minister Pramod Sawant says the investigation into the Porvorim shootout is underway and assured that the culprits will be arrested soon. Police are probing the firing incident reported near the casino premises • Several supporters of the Marathi Rajbhasha Nirdhar Samiti have gathered at the Panaji KTC Bus Stand ahead of their proposed morcha to the Goa Assembly, demanding official language status for Marathi. Heavy police presence is in place • Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai has moved an adjournment motion under Rule 68 of the Goa Legislative Assembly, seeking a discussion on the “serious deterioration and virtual collapse” of law and order in the state amid rising incidents of murders, shoot-outs, assaults, robberies, thefts and drug-related crimes. • Michael Lobo says the Anti-Conversion Bill will not come up in the Assembly, stressing that the proposed legislation needs to be studied thoroughly and all stakeholders taken into confidence. He also said every religion is important and must be respected. Marathi agitators have blocked the road at the Mandovi Bridge entrance from the Panaji side, with several supporters sitting on the road as part of the ongoing protest. Heavy police presence is in place at the spot. • MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco says the Anti-Conversion Bill will not come up during the ongoing Assembly session, claiming that all MLAs, including ruling party legislators, opposed the bill at a meeting with CM Pramod Sawant this morning. • Chief Minister Pramod Sawant says the investigation into the Porvorim shootout is underway and assured that the culprits will be arrested soon. Police are probing the firing incident reported near the casino premises • Several supporters of the Marathi Rajbhasha Nirdhar Samiti have gathered at the Panaji KTC Bus Stand ahead of their proposed morcha to the Goa Assembly, demanding official language status for Marathi. Heavy police presence is in place • Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai has moved an adjournment motion under Rule 68 of the Goa Legislative Assembly, seeking a discussion on the “serious deterioration and virtual collapse” of law and order in the state amid rising incidents of murders, shoot-outs, assaults, robberies, thefts and drug-related crimes. • Michael Lobo says the Anti-Conversion Bill will not come up in the Assembly, stressing that the proposed legislation needs to be studied thoroughly and all stakeholders taken into confidence. He also said every religion is important and must be respected.