PANAJI
State Election Commission on Wednesday notified OBC reservation for panchayat polls. SEC modified the notification to include OBC ward reservation in 185 panchayats which are likely to go for polls on August 10. The Commission had already notified SC/ST and Women Reservations before. The OBC reservations are in compliance with Supreme Court mandated Triple test guidelines, as per SEC.
Sagarmala projects only for passengers, tourism: CM
PANAJIChief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday assured that projects under the Sagarmala scheme would only be used for passengers and tourism purposes and not to transport materials.Speaking in the Assembly, Sawant implored people to stop opposing such projects.“Some people are fuelling agitations by making statements that the Sagarmala projects will be used for coal transportation, but it is not true. Because of opposition from locals, work has been halted on three…
