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*Later rescued with the help Life Savers, released back to Sea *Forest Rescuers expects mother flapper to come back & lay eggs tonight Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA- A female Turtle trapped in a fishing net nearby to Galgibaga shore is rescued by Dhristi’s Life Savers and later released into the sea early Saturday morning. According to Forest Departments rescuers at Galgibaga, an Angler who has gone for fishing on rocks between Galgibaga and Talpona shore, saw a turtle struggling to break free from a Fishing net (Maag) spread by fishermen previous day, and alerted the Forest Rescuers at Galgibaga Turtle Rehabilitation…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A day after meeting Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that Election Commission of India (ECI) will complete the process of setting up Delimitation Commission before the Code of Conduct (CoC). “Before CoC comes into force ECI would complete process of setting up Delimitation Comm; confident that before 2027 polls, ST will get political reservation,” said Sawant According to the Chief Minister, as per the Census 2011, the population of Scheduled Tribes communities is 1,49,275, which is 10.23 per cent. Scheduled Tribes communities in the State are receiving reservations in…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: After a thorough search, the 38-year-old casino employee Javed Sadekar’s lifeless body was discovered floating in the River Mandovi early on Saturday morning. Javed was hurled into the river in the Thursday night accident, which happened after his oncoming bike and a rent-a-cab collided on a bridge. His body was discovered drifting close to the casino, across from the Old Secretariat. Ankit Triparti, the accused offender from Odisha, was discovered to be intoxicated in addition to driving the rental automobile carelessly. He was arrested by Panaji police on suspicion of culpable homicide and drunk driving. Sections 504…

A Russian national allegedly molested a 6-year-old girl during a camp in North Goa on February 4 and 5. He has now fled the country. Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: A 6-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a Russian national in Goa. The incident took place during an overnight camp organised by the man Ilia Vasulev in North Goa on February 4 and 5. The girl, who was participating in the camp along with other tourists from India and abroad, was allegedly molested by Vasulev. The traumatic experience came to light when the girl confided in her parents about the ordeal a…

Goemkarponn Desk NARVEM: In a joint operation, the Bicholim police and the Directorate of Mines and Geology raided a laterite stone mine in Narvem-Bicholim and seized equipment used for cutting laterite stones. Authorities also filed a criminal complaint against unidentified individuals for stealing laterite stones by unlawfully extracting them without authorization from the government. Assistant Geologist Nitin Atoskar of the Directorate of Mines and Geology has filed a complaint in this regard. Sections 21 of the Mines and Minerals Development Regulation Act, Section 62(2) of the Goa Daman and Diu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, and Section 379 R/w 34 IPC…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: In order to discuss giving Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities reservation in the State Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and a delegation of leaders from ST communities visited Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday in New Delhi. Sawant made the following statement on X, formerly Twitter: “Called on Hon’ble HM Shri Amit Shah Ji,…I express my sincere gratitude to the Honorable HM for guaranteeing a prompt resolution. President of the BJP Goa, Sadanand Seth Tanavade. The Chief Minister was accompanied by Minister Govind Gawde, MLAs Ganesh Gainkar and Antonio Vas, and a delegation of leaders from…

Byju’s said the resolutions taken at the shareholders’ meeting were “invalid” since its founders were not present. New Delhi: Crisis-hit edtech star Byju’s has contested Friday’s decision of its shareholders to oust its founder as the chief executive officer. The company said the resolutions taken at the shareholders’ meeting were “invalid” since its founders were not present. “The resolutions passed during the recently concluded extraordinary general meeting – attended by a small cohort of select shareholders – are invalid and ineffective,” Byju’s said. The company said at least one founder-director must attend the meeting to form a valid quorum, but…