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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) along with Bhoma residents today petitioned the ST & SC Commissioner against the authorities for atrocities committed against residents of ST communities during Bhoma NH road demarcation. The locals have filed complaint under Section 3 of the ST & SC Prevention of Atrocities Act. “We have told the ST commissioner to visit the location and address their issues. We also have given official representation. ST Commissioner has assured us that he will visit the spot with his team,” said RGP Chief Manoj Parab. He further said that they are old people and the…

New Delhi: India received consular access on three occasions to Nikhil Gupta, who has been in a jail in the Czech capital of Prague following the US accusing him of involvement in a foiled plot to kill a Khalistani terrorist on American soil. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also said India is extending necessary consular assistance to Mr Gupta. “An Indian national is currently in the custody of the Czech authorities pending a request for extradition to the US. We have received consular access at least on three occasions,” Mr Bagchi said at his weekly media briefing in response…

New Delhi: Leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc are all set to hold a protest in the national capital against the suspension of 146 opposition MPs. Members of Parliament, who have been suspended from the Winter Session of Parliament, which was adjourned sine die on Thursday, will protest at the Jantar Mantar at 11 a.m. The Congress Party has also scheduled a nationwide protest at all district headquarters today. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, one of the suspended lawmakers, said on Thursday that the INDIA bloc’s Friday protest will take place in all states. “It’s appropriate to…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief guest at the Bastille Day or French national day celebrations in Paris in July this year New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to be chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26, making him the fifth French leader to be accorded the honour, people familiar with the development said on Friday. The development comes after the US was unable to accept India’s invitation for President Joe Biden to be the chief guest for the Republic Day. This will also be the sixth time that a French head of state…

Details are scarce but sources suggest Mr Gandhi and Mr Kumar spoke about the fallout of Wednesday’s INDIA meet, at which Mallikarjun Kharge was proposed as a PM candidate. New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reached out to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday evening, amid talk of yet more rifts in the INDIA bloc ahead of next year’s general election. Sources have told NDTV Mr Gandhi could not speak to the Janata Dal (United) boss since he was in a meeting, but the two are expected to talk later today. While the agenda is not known, there is speculation…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has granted bail to Sachin Kurup, the car driver who rammed into the reception counter of a hotel at Vagator killing the 57-year-old hotel owner lady on the spot. He has been released on conditional bail with PR bond of Rs 50,000 and one solvent surety in the like amount. He was charged of culpable homicide. 42-year-old Pune native Kurup and a resident of Assagao had rammed the Haryana-registered SUV he was driving into the reception area of the hotel, killing hotel owner Remedia Albuquerque, who was on the phone…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has enlisted the help of the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), a CSIR lab, to conduct noise mapping in an effort to reduce the threat of noise pollution in the coastal state. In this context, the GSPCB and CRRI organized a workshop on Noise Mapping, Hotspot Identification, and Mitigation Measures on Thursday in advance of the Sunburn electronic dance music (EDM) event, which begins the following week. The workshop covered a range of topics related to noise, including mapping the noise and locating noise hotspots throughout the state. At the…