town and country planning act

Panaji, March 17 The Goa Congress launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led state government on Tuesday, accusing it of using the Model Code of Conduct as a pretext to curtail the assembly's budget session, thereby denying Goans their right to accountability.The Goa budget session was...

Panaji, February 26 Revolutionary Goans Party MLA Viresh Borkar called off his fast unto death on Thursday, seeking the repeal of Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act, after the Goa government agreed to cancel proposals sanctioned under it in his constituency.Borkar, the MLA from...

Panaji, February 26 Revolutionary Goans Party MLA Viresh Borkar and 28 others have been booked for allegedly stealing files and other items from the Goa Town and Country Planning Department office during a protest, an official said on Thursday.Borkar had led a protest at the office of Chief...

Panaji, February 26 The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Thursday expressed concern over what it termed as policy inconsistency and uncertainty in administrative decisions in the state, warning that any rollback of legally granted approvals could adversely impact investor...

Panaji, February 26 Opposition legislators in Goa met Governor P Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Thursday, requesting him to convene a special session of the assembly to discuss a controversial provision of the Town and Country Planning Act.MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) has...

Panaji, February 25 Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday extended his support to the ongoing agitation against alleged misuse of land-use rules in the coastal state, demanding their immediate abolition.Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar has been...

Panaji, February 24 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was unable to persuade RGP MLA Viresh Borkar to end his fast-unto-death demanding the repeal of a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act that allows the conversion of land in tribal areas into a "settlement zone."Sawant met the...

Panaji, February 24 Viresh Borkar, an MLA from the Revolutionary Goans Party, rejoined the protest on Tuesday against the alleged misuse of a section in the Town and Country Planning Act to convert a tribal area into a "settlement zone".The agitation, which began on February 20, is now in its...

Panaji, February 24 MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the repeal of a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act, has been shifted to the hospital after his health deteriorated.Opposition parties, led by Borkar, have...

Panaji, February 23 Hundreds of people protested on Monday in front of the private residence of Goa Minister Vishwajit Rane, demanding the repeal of a section of the Town and Country Planning Act that allows the conversion of non-settlement zones into settlement zones, thereby facilitating...