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Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
9-year-old girl injured in pit bull attack at Chimbel
Panaji: A 9-year-old girl was injured after she was attacked by a pit bull at Chimbel. SP (North) Rahul Gupta said that Old Goa police had arrested the owner of the pit bull for allegedly attacking the minor girl. 'He is in police custody. We have applied the children's act to make it a non-bailable offence,' Gupta said. Shamshir Davangiri, a resident of Indiranagar, Chimbel, in his complaint, said that Riyaz Mallur, the pit bull owner, negligently left his dog freely without taking any precautions, due to which it attacked and bit his minor daughter and caused her bodily injuries. Police said Mallur told them that the dog was always chained at home, but when he wasn't at home, the chain accidentally opened, and the dog ran out of the house. Police said that the minor girl, who lives in the neighbourhood, was playing in the open space, and when the pit bull saw the girl, it attacked her. Police said that the girl was shifted to GMC for treatment. With a rise in dog attacks on people, often resulting in serious injuries, state assembly passed the Goa Animal Breeding and Domestication (Regulation and Compensation) Bill, 2025, to prohibit the domestication and breeding of ferocious animals and ban the import of such breeds.
Hindustan Times
24-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
3-month jail if you keep ‘ferocious' animal as pet: Goa passes bill, CM citing Rottweilers and Pitbull dog breeds
Citing cases of Rottweiler and Pitbull dogs biting children, the Goa assembly has passed a legislation that gives the government powers to declare any such breed ferocious, and lists three months of prison if someone violates rules that prohibit the breeding and domestication of such animals. There is also provision for compensation to people injured or the families of those killed by such animals.(Representative image/Pexels) When the Goa Animal Breeding and Domestication (Regulation and Compensation) Bill, 2025, was introduced, Opposition members, including Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, Goa Forward Party MLA Vijai Sardesai and Congress legislator Carlos Alvares Ferreira, demanded a detailed discussion. But Chief Minister Pramod Sawant defended the move and said it was brought keeping in mind the safety of people. Passed by the House on Wednesday, the bill empowers the state government to declare any breed or class of animals as ferocious through a notification in the official gazette. Once notified, the breeding, keeping or importing of such animals in the state will be strictly prohibited, PTI reported. It mandates that owners of such animals report them to the Directorate of Animal Husbandry within 30 days of such a notification and sterilise the animal within 60 days. Violations would attract a minimum imprisonment of 15 days, which may extend up to three months, along with a fine of ₹50,000 and compulsory community service, says the bill which will become law once the governor signs it. In certain cases, courts may allow community service in lieu of jail term, it says. There is also provision for compensation to people injured or the families of those killed by such animals. Claims can be filed within six months of the incident and must be resolved by the competent authority within three months, the PTI report said. The Director of Animal Husbandry will keep a register of such ferocious animals. In 2024, the central government imposed a ban on the import, sale, and breeding of 23 'ferocious' dog breeds, including Pitbull Terrier, Tosa Inu, American Staffordshire Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, Dogo Argentino, American bulldog, Boerboel, Kangal, Russian Shepherd, Tornjak, Sarplaninac, Japanese Tosa and Akita, Mastiffs, Rottweiler, Terriers, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Wolf dogs, Canario, Akbash dog, Moscow Guard dog, and Cane Corso, which are considered to be a 'threat to human life'.
Time of India
23-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Bill tabled to let industries boost working hours to 10
Porvorim: Goa govt has introduced an amendment to the Factories Act, 1948, to increase the daily working hours to 10 from the current nine hours, in addition to permitting more overtime hours for employees. Minister for factories and boilers Nilkanth Halarnkar introduced the Factories (Goa Amendment) Bill in the assembly on Wednesday. 'To reform and simplify regulations and procedures to facilitate the ease of doing business, the Factories (Goa Amendment) Bill seeks to amend Section 54 of the Factories Act, 1948, to enhance the daily hours of work from nine hours to ten hours,' Halarnkar said. He said, 'The bill also seeks to amend Section 65 of the act to enhance the total hours of overtime in any quarter from 125 hours to 144 hours.' The bill will come up for a discussion in the coming days. Goa is following in the footsteps of Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, the House also passed the Goa Suits Valuation Bill, 2025, with 31 MLAs voting in its favour. The opposition opposed the bill on the grounds that it will increase the cost of litigation in property disputes. The Goa Animal Breeding and Domestication (Regulation and Compensation) Bill, 2025, was also passed by the House. Congress MLA Carlos Ferreira said that the bill will conflict with the Centre's Dog Breeding and Marketing Rules.
Time of India
20-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
15-day Goa assembly's monsoon session to see 4,000 questions, 16 bills
Panaji: The 15-day monsoon session of the state assembly, beginning on Monday, is likely to be hectic and acrimonious, with govt facing over 4,000 questions. The opposition is all set to corner govt over various issues, including unemployment, Mhadei, deteriorating law and order, and land conversions, among other issues. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now During the session, govt will answer 789 starred questions that require oral replies and 3,330 unstarred ones. Govt will introduce 16 bills in the assembly, and 15 private member resolutions will be discussed. The general discussion on the budget will take place from Monday to Wednesday. Demand for grants will be taken from Thursday to Aug 8. State govt is likely to introduce bills to regularise illegal structures on comunidade land and govt land. Govt, through the bill, will empower the administrator of the comunidade to decide on the application — bypassing the comunidade — to regularise the illegal structures on the respective comunidade, not exceeding an area of 300sqm. With a rise in dog attacks on people, often resulting in serious injuries, state govt will introduce the Goa Animal Breeding and Domestication (Regulation and Compensation) Bill, 2025, to prohibit the domestication and breeding of ferocious animals and ban the import of such breeds. Govt will also introduce the Factories (Goa Amendment) Bill, 2025, seeking to increase working hours in factories from the existing 9 to 10 hours. The opposition said that govt 'declared an undeclared 'emergency' in the assembly' after speaker Ramesh Tawadkar did not allow the opposition's demand to put more questions for the question hour and have more calling-attention periods during the monsoon session. The opposition alleged that Tawadkar is in a hurry to become a minister. It had walked out of the business advisory committee (BAC) meeting to finalise the business for the monsoon session of the House.
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Time of India
Goa law to bite owners of ferocious dog breeds with jail, Rs 50,000 fine
Panaji: With a rise in dog attacks on people, often resulting in serious injuries, state govt will introduce the Goa Animal Breeding and Domestication (Regulation and Compensation) Bill, 2025, to prohibit the domestication and breeding of ferocious animals and ban the import of such breeds. Any person who contravenes this law will face imprisonment of up to three months, a fine of Rs 50,000, and community service. The bill will be introduced in the upcoming monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly. The bill empowers govt to declare any breed or class of animals to be ferocious. Before issuing a notification under the bill's Subsection 1, govt shall issue a public notice inviting objections from the general public to the proposed notification. After the expiry of 15 days and after considering the objections and suggestions under Subsection 3 of the bill, govt may issue a notification. As for the prohibition on the domestication and breeding of ferocious animals, the bill says, 'No person after the issuance of notification under Section 3, shall domesticate, breed or cause to breed any animal of the breed or class specified in the said notification issued under Subsection (1) of Section 3.' The bill says, 'No person after the issuance of the notification under Section 3 shall bring or cause to bring into the state of Goa, an animal of the breed or class as specified in such notification.' The owner of an animal declared to be ferocious under Section 3 shall be solely responsible for the actions of such an animal, and shall also be liable if the animal injures any other human or animal. 'Whoever domesticates, breeds or causes to breed any breed or class of animals in contravention of any of the provisions of this act or the rules made thereunder, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a period which may extend to three months but shall not be less than 15 days, a fine of Rs 50,000, and community service,' the bill says. The owner of such a ferocious animal, which has been notified under Section 3, shall within 30 days from the publication of the notification, inform in writing to the authorities about the existence of such an animal, with such details and in such form as prescribed by the rules. The owner of such a ferocious animal shall, within 60 days from the issuance of notification under Section 3, sterilise or cause to sterilise such a breed or class of animal. Upon an application from the owner, a certificate will be issued confirming that the ferocious animal has been duly sterilised. 'Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this act for which no separate penalty is specified in this act, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a period up to one month, a fine of Rs 50,000, and community service,' the bill says. 'Provided that the court may, in its discretion, having regard to the nature of the offence, the background of the accused, and the circumstances of each case, order the accused to render community service in lieu of imprisonment. ' With regards to compensation, notwithstanding anything contained in this act or any other law for the time being in force, any person who is injured, and in the case of death, the legal representative of such a deceased person, may file a claim for compensation against the owner of any animal which caused such injury or death. 'The claim shall be filed within six months from the date of the incident before the competent authority having jurisdiction over the region where the incident causing injury or death took place,' the bill says. The competent authority shall, after conducting a summary inquiry as provided under Order XXXVII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), decide such a claim within three months. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the competent authority may file an appeal with the administrative tribunal of Goa within 60 days from the date of the decision of the competent authority. Provided that the administrative tribunal may, for sufficient cause, condone the delay in filing the appeal for a maximum period of one year. The order passed by the administrative tribunal shall be final and shall not be called into question in any original suit, application, or execution proceeding, and no injunction shall be granted by any court or other authority in respect of any action taken or to be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under this section.
