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Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa Congress leader Girish Chodankar said on Sunday that the Pramod Sawant-led BJP government in the state is going all-out to destroy the environment and has “allowed illegal activities” on the bank of Mandovi river in North Goa’s Reis Magos. “Be it three linear projects, selling of agricultural green zones or the illegal activities at beach areas. This government is making money from all sides, so their leaders in Delhi can use Goa as an ATM to purchase MLAs and destroy the opposition,” Chodankar said. “I am surprised that the government has not taken any action on…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: The Comunidade of Anjuna’s extraordinary general body meeting on Sunday decided against allowing Sunburn to play electronic dance music (EDM) at Vagator on December 31. President Domingos Pereira of the Comunidade of Anjuna governing committee said that that the gauncars in attendance at the meeting determined that the Sunburn event would only be permitted for three days, from December 28 to 30. “We just have three days to give them the space. Not on the 31st of December. Not at all. Everybody in the area is against it. We cannot accept terms that the organizers set,” stated…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said raised concern over younger generations falling pray to cybercrimes, as he urged parents to be alert. “Today a lot of youngsters are falling pray to cybercrimes. Today a lot of students have mobile phones and sometime or the other they are falling in such traps,” said Sawant. He further said that today we have started education with a mobile phone. Automatically, there are other side effects. “That has already started. That is one thing. Now there is cybercrime among students, youths, adults and senior citizens. We are receiving so many cyber…

Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: The Supreme Court today delivered its verdict on a highly anticipated case with far-reaching consequences: the legality of the Centre’s 2019 decision to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Here are the 10 big quotes from the hearing: Supreme Court upholds the validity of the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. The Supreme Court cannot sit in appeal over the decision of the President of India on whether the special circumstances under Article 370 exist. History shows the gradual process of constitutional integration was not going…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A guy from Goa has been detained by the Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch of Airport Special Cargo Customs in Mumbai. He is suspected of being involved in the importation of plant goods that were mistakenly identified as marijuana fruiting tops. Sources claim that on December 2, Customs got information about an import cargo that included lowering or fruiting tops of a plant product that was allegedly marijuana or ganja. After that, on December 4, a parcel with an Arambol, Goa consignee address was seized and examined, leading to the recovery and confiscation of fruiting tops totalling…

Goemkarponn esk MULGAO: People of Mulgao-Bicholim have threatened not to allow operation of mining lease until their houses are removed from the lease area. In a largely attended public meeting at Mulgao today, villagers demanded that 164 hectares land consisting of houses and temples should be removed from the lease area before mining starts in this mining block. There are 230 houses, 14 temples, 4 schools and 3 lakes coming under the lease area auctioned by Goa government as per villagers. The villagers said highlighted the dire threat faced by the 16,000 sq meter lake, highlighting its role in sustaining…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa; Shri Shripad Naik, Union Minister of State for Tourism, Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Shri. Sadanand Shet Tanawade, Member Parliament (Rajya Sabha) attended the live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with the beneficiaries of central government schemes from across the country, at Ucassaim panchayat hall, Bardez, today, 09 December, 2023. The event was held as part of the ongoing Vikasit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) which received warm welcome in the village panchayat. VBSY is being undertaken across the country to attain saturation of flagship schemes of the government…