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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa’s state representative on the GST Council since 2017 has been Minister Mauvin Godinho. He has been replaced as a permanent member by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. The CM’s nomination for the GST Council is mentioned in a June 14 communiqué from the Department of Finance to the Joint Secretary (GST Council Secretariat) in Delhi. In accordance with clause 2(1)(iii) of the Procedure and Conduct of Business Regulation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, the Goa government has determined that Pramod Sawant, the chief minister and finance minister, will serve as the state’s permanent representative…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A petitioner seeking a stay on the construction of tower foundations for the High Tension Transmission Line under the Tamnar project was denied interim relief by the Bombay High Court in Goa. However, the court stated that the tower construction would be contingent upon the petition’s final outcome. The High Court dismissed a petition filed by a person named Yeshwant Hari Gawas, stating that there was no basis for temporary relief, particularly since the petitioner had not contested the Collector’s order citing the Indian Telegraph Act in relation to the survey numbers that they owned. In their…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Morjim Villagers today have petitioned the Special Investigation Team (SIT) Land grab against two companies for allegedly grabbing 1.80 lakh land. As per the information, the two companies have been identified as GCA GHAI Ingram Ltd and M/S IRAP LLP. As per villagers, the two companies GCA GHAI INFRA Itd and M/S IRAP INFRA LLP grabbed 1 lakh 80 thousand 925 square meters of land and started plotting and construction in Morjim keeping the land owners in the dark. “Both of the companies have begun plotting and the owners are not aware. This is injustice. CM Sawant…

NEW DELHI: Has the NEET (UG)-2024 row been fanned by coaching institutes that stand to lose due to reduced syllabus and easier question papers this time? Sources in the government are pointing towards this, claiming coaching Institutions whose students performed poorly this time are at the forefront of the uproar. The Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it has decided to withdraw the grace marks given to 1,563 candidates who will now have the option of appearing in a retest being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The counselling process has not been stayed by the Supreme…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) demolished a house structure with two Rooms for violating CRZ norms on Agonda beach shore in Canacona on Thursday. South-Goa Demolition Squad carried out the demolition of the structure house situated in survey no. 118/8 in the presence of Canacona Mamlatdar Jeetendra Bugde, Agonda Panchayat Secretary Amol Naikgaunkar, A Field Surveyor (representative of GCZMA), A LDC from Dy. Collector & SDO and a strong pose of police personnel. GCZMA is an order to Dy. Collector & SDO, Canacona has directed to execute the demolition order within one month and submit compliance.…

GUWAHATI, India – At least six people have been killed this week and around 2,000 tourists stranded in India’s Himalayan state of Sikkim in landslides and floods after incessant rainfall, officials said on Friday. Another four people have been killed in Nepal’s Taplejung district, which borders Sikkim, after a landslide following rains swept away the house in which they were sleeping, officials there said. Heavy rains triggered landslides at several locations in Mangan district, which covers north Sikkim and lies about 100 km north of the state capital Gangtok, the local government of the northeastern Indian state said. “It’s been…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear petitions seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET on July 8. The court has asked Centre to submit a response by then over allegations of question paper leader and other irregularities in the exam. A huge row broke out after the National Testing Agency (NTA) awarded grace marks to some aspirants due to the a wrongly printed question, torn OMR sheets, or delay in the distribution of OMR sheets. The Centre and the NTA had yesterday told the Supreme Court they had cancelled the grace marks given…