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PM meeting Pope historic, says Guv

PANAJI

Governor of Goa PS Sreedharan Pillai welcomed the visit and the meeting of the Prime Minister of India and Pope Francis on October 30 at the Vatican, which is an occasion fit for the history books and is a great step forward towards peace, harmony and inter-faith dialogue.  

Pillai said "Both the leaders, in their own ways, have focused on removing human suffering as well as poverty.  They are also very passionate about climate change, a topic that needs great bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation."  

 The Governor expressed happiness that he took the initiative in January 2021 for arranging the first-time meeting of the three Cardinals of India with the  Prime Minister of India on January 19, 2021 and one of the demands raised at that time, is going to be fulfilled now.

 With the meeting of  Prime Minister Modi and Pope Francis, India will surely march ahead on the path of development and of course declaring the traditional commitment of this country which believes in ‘Sarva  Dharma Samabhava’ and ‘Vasudaiva Kuddumbakam’, he added.

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HC stays North Collector’s order on land conversions

Disallows cutting of trees till next date of hearing

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Oct 31, 2021, 12:15 AM IST
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PANAJIThe Bombay High Court at Goa has stayed the operation of a clause of an office memorandum issued by the North Goa Collector which ruled that for lands less than one hectare, no forest permission will need to be issued before the land conversion can be issued.The High Court took cognizance of a petition filed by the Goa Foundation, which alleged that taking advantage of this office memorandum, people were subdividing large plots into smaller plots of less than one…

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