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New Delhi: India has ambitious plans to set up nuclear reactors across the country, especially in states where thermal power plants have either completed its life, or where access to coal is a challenge. With its focus on clean energy, India aims to reduce its dependence fossil fuels, and for this, the central government has now asked states to set up nuclear power plants. India’s Power Minister, Manohar Lal, on Tuesday chaired the Conference of Power Ministers of States & Union Territories where he asked states that are distant from coal resources to set up nuclear-based power plants. The move…

NEW DELHI: The Executive cannot replace the Judiciary and legal process should not prejudge the guilt of an accused, the Supreme Court said today, taking a tough stand on the issue of ‘bulldozer justice’. The bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan delivered its judgment on petitions challenging bulldozer action against people accused of crimes. This trend, which has caught on in several states, is referred to as ‘bulldozer justice’. State authorities have, in the past, said only illegal structures were demolished in such cases. Justice Gavai said it is a dream of every family to have a…

The recent scandal involving the so-called “Cash for Jobs” scheme in Goa has escalated into a significant controversy, culminating in the arrest of BJP member Shruti Prabhugaonkar. This situation has led to the detention of nearly 18 individuals as law enforcement zeroes in on a vast operation that allegedly defrauded numerous citizens of their aspirations for government employment. The scam has raised alarms across the state, as many individuals reported falling victim to fraudsters who promised lucrative government jobs for a fee. The lure of stable employment in government positions is a powerful draw, especially in a region where job…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The accused, Priya Yadav, has been charged by the Bicholim police for defrauding a Bicholim resident under false pretenses of offering a job, stores, and real estate. According to SDPO Jivba Dalvi, Ashok Somnath Panigrahi of Bordem-Bicholim filed a complaint alleging that the accused Priya Yadav of Kolhapur deceitfully persuaded him to give her roughly Rs 18 lakh in various locations and on various occasions between 2017 and 2023. The accused is accused of citing a number of reasons, including purchasing landed properties, selling stores in Kolhapur, and giving the complainant’s son a position in the railway…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Mohammad Sadiq Shaikh was detained by the Panaji police on suspicion of cheating a woman out of Rs 5.5 lakh by pretending to sell her a government job and a housing board property. After a 43-year-old Pilar housewife named Nassrin Banu filed a complaint accusing Shaikh of posing as a Goa Housing Board officer in Porvorim, the 43-year-old accused from Bhatlem was taken into custody. Her allegation claims that he used the guise of selling her a Porvorim plot to persuade her to send Rs. 3.3 lakh. He presented her with a fictitious plot design, allocation letter,…

Team Goemkarponn CHIMBEL: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant declared that the government would seize the properties of the accused involved in the multi-crore jobs-for-cash scam in order to start the process of returning crores of rupees to the victims that were stolen under the guise of government jobs. No one would be spared, regardless of their political membership, Sawant told reporters on the fringes of an event. He pleaded with the opposition not to use this as a chance to disparage the BJP and its leaders. “There will be no one spared…Regardless of their political affiliation, we take this seriously and…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar claimed that he had been depicted as a “villain” at the United Tribal Associations Alliance (UTAA) event in Farmagudi. He called the attacks “unfair” and attempts to “tarnish” his reputation, and he threatened to step down if ministers or even the chief minister did not respect the Speaker’s position. Tawadkar said in a statement, “I will be forced to leave the position if the ministers continue to disregard the Speaker’s position or if the head of state or even the party condones such a behavior.” He emphasized the value of respect for one another,…