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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Citing a current shortage of 18 judges, the State government has backed off from committing to establish special Family Courts in each taluka. Minister for Law and Judiciary Aleixo Sequeira promised the Assembly that efforts would be made to expedite the resolution of pending cases and start counseling among aggrieved parties during a discussion on a private member’s resolution. “I completely concur with the House’s view that family courts are urgently needed. But with 12 talukas to staff, we will require 12 judges specifically for these courts, as we presently lack 18 judges, according to Sequeira. “We’ll…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that all of Goa’s abandoned mining quarries will be fenced by the upcoming monsoon season in an effort to prevent drowning incidents. He also stated that the government is raising awareness about people’s safety, including that of tourists, at various tourist destinations like beaches and waterfalls. Sawant went on, “We regularly issue orders to prevent people from visiting the waterfalls and going to swim in the beaches.” Lifeguards have also been stationed at beaches and in close proximity to a few waterfalls. “But people find more recent waterfalls,” he said, arguing that…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Legislation has been proposed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to audit and demolish the State’s unsafe older structures. In response to a private members’ resolution put forth by MLA Krishna Salkar, the chief minister also voiced apprehension about ordering the owners of dangerous private buildings to force their occupants out without providing adequate relocation provisions, all of which will be outlined in the proposed bill. In order to guarantee resident safety, the resolution—which had bipartisan support—requested that government organizations, in particular the Public Works Department, promptly carry out a structural audit of all single-family and multi-family buildings…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: United Club Verna entered into the quarterfinal by defeating CurtorimGymkhana 2-0 in the inter-village football tournament organised by the St. Sebastian Union Club at Dando ground, Benaulim. From the outset, United club Verna dominated, with Eusebio and Clive Fernandes orchestrating play and creating numerous scoring opportunities. Despite their dominance, United club Verna’s forwards struggled to capitalize, while Curtorim Milagres Fernandes’s shoot from the edge of the box missed the frame. The first half concluded goalless draw of 0-0 The breakthrough came in the 42nd minute when Clifton Rebelo of United Club Verna capitalized on a rebound after…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that a chief minister would land in a jail if followed Aam Aadmi’s model of development. In an apt reply to AAP MLA Venzy Viegas raising questions over the government’s career guidance model, Sawant said that if one listens to the AAP model then the CM would land in jail. “If we listen to his (Venzy’s) model, then chief minister gets jailed. One fellow has already fallen inside,” he said. Capt Venzy during the discussion today said that he tried to do a root cause analysis of why unemployment is happening.…

New Delhi: Team India is ready to face Sri Lanka in a white-ball series, which will kick-start from Saturday with a three T20I matches. After the retirement of skipper Rohit Sharma from the shortest format, there was a lot of chatter regarding a perfect replacement for the captaincy. As it appeared, all-rounder Hardik Pandya was looking like an obvious choice but the newly-appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar named batter Suryakumar Yadav as the captain for the T20Is against Sri Lanka. After the announcement, some discussions are going on about star pacer Jasprit Bumrah not being…

Paris: France’s high-speed rail network was hit by “malicious acts” including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF said Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation told AFP the attacks were coordinated acts of “sabotage”. “This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network,” SNCF told AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled. “SNCF was the victim of several simultaneous malicious acts overnight,” the national train operator said, adding that the attacks affected its Atlantic, northern and eastern lines.…