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Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: Youth Leader Prabhav Naik paid tributes to 23 Martyrs massacred by Portuguese troops on this day, 21st September 1890 near Holy Spirit Church, Margao for demanding to perform their democratic right to vote in elections. This day needs to be commemorated officially by Government & included in academic syllabus, stated Youth Leader Prabhav Naik. Such events should be observed to pay homage to the innocent citizens who were demanding to perform their democratic rights. But, at the same time, we must ensure that acts of supression of democratic rights should not be repeated again, said Prabhav Naik.…

DELHI: An Indian-born entrepreneur, who is a Norwegian citizen, has been allegedly linked to the pager blasts that have left at least 12 dead and thousands more wounded in Lebanon. Kerala-born Rinson Jose hails from Wayanad and holds a Norwegian passport, having settled with his wife in Oslo, Norway. Jose is reportedly the owner of Norta Global, a company registered in Bulgaria and is believed to have supplied the pager explosives to Lebanon. While the pagers were manufactured by a Hungarian firm, BAC Consulting, under the trademark of Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo, they were purportedly acquired through Norta Global. There…

Chennai: India vs Bangladesh 1st Test, Day 3: Day 3 of the 1st Test between India and Bangladesh, from Chepauk, Chennai! Team India declared its second innings at 287-4, setting a 515-run target for Bangladesh. After Ravichandran Ashwin’s scintillating hundred and Jasprit Bumrah’s artistry with the ball, the Indian youngsters take charge to hurt the visitors from Bangladesh. Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant cantered to fluent centuries as India’s second-innings lead went past 500 runs on the third day of the ongoing Test match Rishabh Pant scored 109 off 128 balls, including 13 boundaries and 4 sixes before falling prey…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that the agricultural policy will be unveiled next month and will be kept open for public scrutiny. “I am happy to inform you that the state agriculture policy has been formulated under leadership of Ravi Naik. It will be unveiled after the end of the Pitru Paksha.” said Sawant He further said that his government has enacted The Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural Land Act, which aims to prevent misuse and restrict non-agricultural activities on farmland. He said the conversion charges have been increased to discourage the conversion of all land…

Goemkarponn Desk VALPOI: The Gram Nyayalaya at Valpoi was inaugurated today by the Principal District & Sessions Judge and Chairman of the North Goa District Legal Services Authority, Shri Irshad A. Agha. The event, organized by the District & Sessions Court of North Goa in collaboration with the District Legal Services Authority, was held at the Administrative cum Commercial Building, Valpoi. Shri A. Agha emphasized that the purpose of the Gram Nyayalaya is to deliver speedy justice at the grassroots level. “Criminal and civil cases will be addressed through a mobile vehicle that will travel to various locations,” he explained.…

Goemkarponn Desk TALEIGAO: Days after the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant questioned the Goa University reasons behind its consistent drop in NIRF ranking, the Varsity said that they are in no position to recruit qualified professors and associate professors due to government’s domicile mandate. The GU said that posts of professors and associate professors are vacant in the University for close to four-five years and due to 15 years domicile mandate, they are in no position to fill it. The Varsity’s Executive Council met on Friday to deliberated over consistent drop in the ranking at National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). Goa…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has warned for heavy fines fand confiscation of vehicles for roadside garbage dumping while instructing police impose fines and enforce strict measures. CM Sawant was addressing the Swachhta Hi Seva program via Video conferencing. “Government will impose heavy fines and confiscation of vehicles for roadside garbage dumping, instructs police to impose fines and enforce strict measures. I also urge citizens urged to click photos of offenders,” said Sawant He further said that contractors collecting garbage from hotels and industries must register the waste they collect and its disposal location through Panchayat or…