No life certificate required for DSS & Griha Adhar beneficiaries, only 6000 people who were not traced need to give life certificates: CM Sawant   |   Casinos can start operations from November 1, govt has granted them permission; Six month extension granted to contractor installing GBN in govt offices; Biodiversity Board handling action plan for climate change: CM Sawant   |   Crime Branch apprehends Brijesh Kumar n/o Jaunpur, UP with 5kg Ganja in Mapusa worth Rs 5 lakh; the accuse has confessed that he got the Ganja for the upcoming tourist season in Goa   |   Tense situation at Neasai- Sao Jose de Areal after NGO Goyant Kollso Naka tries to stop ongoing double tracking work of railway line, asks local panchayat to show work permission, police at site; work starts under heavy police protection   |   Health Bulletin: 215 new COVID-19 positive cases, 345 patients cured, 2384 active cases, total deaths 585, Covid deaths reported today 3, samples tested 1961, positivity rate 10.96%   |   Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) issues SoP’s for Diwali festival, says ban on fire works, DJ music and entertainment programs   |   Panaji MLA Babush Monserrate meets CM Sawant & DMA over St. Inez Crematorium construction issue, says CM has called contractor & DMA to discuss works; Bainguinim garbage treatment plant will come, tender already out   |   Goa reports 3 Covid-19 deaths today, 1 death reported at GMC, 1 death reported at ESI, 1patient brought dead to Hospicio hospital tested positive for SARS- COV 2 on postmortem   |   Schools should re-open, almost 10 to 12 constituencies are covid-19 free; expert committee preparing report about infrastructure facilities to implement new Education Policy, identified 50 institutions that have 1st std to 12th Std, 60-70 institutions do   |   Goa Forward President Vijai Sardesai declares former Tivim MLA Kiran Kandolkar as working president of the party