The Panaji Smart City project, a vision aimed at transforming the capital city of Goa into a modern, sustainable, and efficient urban centre, has instead turned the city into a war zone. The entire city dug up for sewerage and other works gives a picture of a conflict zone. With the monsoons already at the doorsteps, Panjimites fear their worst nightmares could come true. While the IPSCDL has assured the May 31 deadline for completion of works to the High Court it seems to be struggling to meet the deadline set by the High Court to complete all works by…
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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: As a result of the victim’s petition to revoke his conditional anticipatory bail due to infractions, the Bombay High Court has summoned the accused rapist to appear on June 10. Judge Jitendra S. Jain, the vacation judge, gave notice to both parties during the hearing, asking them to explain why the current application, which aims to revoke the bail granted, should not be heard by the same court that granted bail in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling. Lezio Fernandes of Agonda-Canacona was granted conditional anticipatory bail, but the petitioner has prayed that it be revoked because…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The yellow alert has been extended for an additional two days by the Meteorological Centre Goa. For the next six days, from May 25 to 30, both North and South Goa are expected to see light to moderate rain, along with lightning and thunder. It’s likely that Goa will see a few locations experience the light showers. The Meteorological Centre Goa has issued a thunderstorm warning for the North and South Goa districts, accompanied by lightning and winds reaching 30 to 40 kmph in some isolated locations. The dates of this warning are May 25–26. No weather…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The State level Celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2024 (IDB 2024) was held recently. It was observed by Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) in association with National Biodiversity Authority on 22nd May 2024. The theme adopted this year is “Be part of the plan”, which is a call to action for all stakeholders to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by supporting the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also referred to as ‘The Biodiversity Plan’. Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, Non-Governmental organizations, lawmakers, businesses, and individuals are encouraged to highlight…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The 10th episode of the Founder’s Club, titled “Direct Asks to Enhance Performance,” took place on the 5th Floor of the EDC Complex, signifying another major milestone in Goa’s startup journey. Organized by the Startup & IT Promotion Cell, Department of IT, Electronics and Communications (DoITE&C), Goa, the event focused on exploring strategies for business growth and innovation. The panel discussion, moderated by Mr. Kishore Shah, featured prominent startup founders, including Mr. Abhishek Mawai, Founder of Neokul, Mr. Apoorv Bamba, Co-founder of Neokul, and Mr. Ryan Prazeres, Founder of OneBoard. Opening the discussion, Mr. Kishore Shah emphasized…
Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: The creation of the Master Plan for Margao was referred to as a massive scam that cost the public coffers, according to harsh accusations made by citizens and the Shadow Council for Margao. Shadow Council Convener Savio Coutinho made the accusations, which were supported by information gleaned from GSUDA (Goa State Urban Development Agency) through RTI requests. Coutinho claims that StudioPOD Design Private Ltd.’s contract for preparing the master plan expired in February 2023. In spite of this, it is purported that GSUDA paid Studio POD over 68 lakhs for the Margao Master Plan, despite the fact…
Goemkarponn Desk VASCO: A heated argument between a couple ended in murder when a civil contractor is alleged to have murdered his wife at their home in Shantinagar-Vasco. At approximately 2:30 pm, Chaloba Kesarkar (42), a resident of Shantinagar who is originally from Belgaum, got home and got into a furious fight with his Karwar-born wife Vaishali (39). Chaloba had been having intense arguments with his wife on a regular basis and had been suspecting her of adultery. Vaishali had even reported her husband to the Vasco police for allegedly harassing her at some point in the past. When Chaloba…