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Team Goemkarponn Panaji: The Supreme Court is expected to hear on Tuesday a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Congress leader Girish Chodankar challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to uphold the Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker’s ruling. The Speaker had dismissed Codankar’s plea seeking the disqualification of eight Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) who defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Chodankar’s petition argues against the Speaker’s order, contending that the eight MLAs, by joining the BJP, violated the anti-defection provisions and should therefore be disqualified. However, the High Court had previously rejected this challenge, affirming the Speaker’s authority…

Team Goemkarponn Margao: South Goa District Magistrate Egna Cletus, IAS, convened a meeting to assess the law and order scenario in the district and instructed police and revenue officials to enforce strict penalties against those violating the ban on entering waterfalls and abandoned stone quarries. Officials reviewed the current situation, including preparations for the upcoming Saptah festival in Vasco and Independence Day events, emphasizing the need for enhanced security and crowd control. Following the meeting, the District Magistrate informed the press that two FIRs have been registered against individuals who breached the prohibitory orders related to restricted areas near waterfalls…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar donned his farming hat on Sunday, quite literally stepping into the muddy fields to sow paddy seedlings in a symbolic yet practical move aimed at reviving paddy cultivation in fallow farmlands across the taluka. Leading by example, Tawadkar—joined by his wife and Poinguinim Sarpanch Savita Tawadkar—took part in the transplantation of paddy seedlings in a field in Cotigao, already prepared using a power tiller. The Speaker was also seen operating the tiller himself, loosening and leveling the land before sowing began. The effort was a community-driven one. Alongside…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: The Loliem-Polem Communidade has postponed its scheduled land survey, which was to take place on Sunday, July 20, due to the ongoing heavy rains lashing Canacona—the southernmost taluka of Goa. Communidade President Vishwajeet Warik confirmed the development, stating, “The survey has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions. We will announce a new date for the identification and verification of any remaining houses or encroachments on communidade land after consulting with the Administrator of Communidade (South).” The survey was aimed at identifying further encroachments following a recent High Court directive concerning illegal structures on communidade lands. Warik…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: In a vibrant celebration of Goa’s culinary and ecological heritage, the 3rd Ranbhaji Festival held in Canacona on Saturday saw an unprecedented display of over 550 unique dishes made from 43 different types of monsoon-grown wild vegetables, including both vegetarian and non-vegetarian preparations. The festival was inaugurated by Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar, in the presence of Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar, BJP State President Damodar Naik, Padma Shri Awardee Chaitram Pawar, and CMC Chairperson Sara Naik Desai. Organized by the Shree Balram Charitable Trust in association with the Goa Biodiversity Board, Department of Agriculture, and Department…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: Amidst a relentless downpour across the region, Chapoli Dam—Canacona’s sole lifeline for drinking and irrigation water—began to overflow on Sunday, marking a significant development in the taluka’s monsoon timeline. Receiving the highest recorded rainfall in the state on Sunday, Canacona saw its primary water source reach full capacity, with the reservoir level touching 38.75 RL (Reduced Level) by the afternoon. The consistent rainfall over the dam’s extensive catchment area, particularly connected with the Chapoli River, triggered the dam’s concrete spillway to discharge excess water by Sunday evening. According to local sources, the dam level was hovering around…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) president Manoj Parab has raised alarm over what he described as unchecked and large-scale land conversions across Goa, demanding that the state government scrap the Regional Plan and impose an immediate freeze on all land use changes. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Parab alleged that in the past two and a half years alone, more than 2.5 million square metres of land had been converted, largely in Goa’s rural villages, which he claimed were being systematically eroded by this trend. “Our villages are being dismantled in the name of development,” Parab…