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TEAM GOEMKARPONN PANAJI:  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) will be celebrating the 83rd Foundation Day of the CSIR on its campus at Dona Paula on September 26, 2024. The event will be held at the NIO auditorium from 09.30 AM to 03.00 PM. As part of the celebrations, the NIO has invited students and the public all over Goa to be part of the event and get to know more about the scientific endeavors in ocean research being carried out by the institute. The students will get an opportunity to visit an exhibition on marine…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: IMA Goa State today has strongly condemned the violent attack on one of our doctor colleagues on duty at the emergency wing on September 21 at Goa Medical College. IMA Goa State President Dr Sandesh Chodankar said that the culprit has been booked and is under remand for 14 days. “Goa medicare service personnel act needs to be revoked against this culprit with punishment deemed fit as per the provision of the act after necessary investigations,” said Chodankar. He further said that doctors have been a soft target for public rage at times for no fault on…

TEAM GOEMKARPONN CANACONA: The body of the missing angler, one amongst the three anglers who were thrown off a rock by strong waves while fishing, was recovered from the sea waters at Cabo-de-Rama on Monday. Two others swam back to the shore at the same time, while a search was launched for the missing person since the incident of Sunday afternoon. According to Cuncolim police, the dead body of Shaba Velip S/o. Bhikru Velip, age 53yrs a resident of Kuddem, Cola, is fished out from the sea waters off Cabo-de-Rama coast by local people and fishermen. Velip along with two…

Thane: The father of the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case approached the Bombay High Court on Tuesday, requesting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the alleged killing of his son by the police. Anna Shinde, in a petition filed through advocate Amit Katarnaware, alleged that his son was killed in a “fake encounter.” He requested the formation of an SIT to probe the killing, with the high court overseeing the investigation. “The accused was in custody when he was shot dead in a fake encounter. This is a cold-blooded murder by criminals in uniforms,” stated advocate Katarnaware.…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today closed proceedings against Karnataka High Court Judge Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda, following his public apology for controversial comments made during court sessions. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, leading a five-judge bench, stated that the decision was made in the interest of justice and the dignity of the judiciary. Justice Srishananda during a recent court hearing. Justice Srishananda, while addressing a landlord-tenant dispute, referred to a Muslim-majority area in Bengaluru as “Pakistan” and made a misogynistic comment involving a woman lawyer. His comments, which went viral on social media, prompted the Supreme Court to seek…

TEAM GOEMKARPONN CANACONA: In an exclusive all-women’s meet, Agonda panchayat had its first-ever Mahila GramSabha on Tuesday where the women members sought enhancement of Rs.1500/- received by women under the Griha Aadhar scheme. ‘It’s been some years now, and the government though sometimes delays occur is providing us with Rs.1500/- only as Griha Aadhar, which helps a lot to tide over escalating day-to-day costs in running our households. We request our government to increase this amount of Rs.1500/- paid to us as Griha Aadhar’, pleaded the women at the meeting with the Sarpanch, who assured to inform the government about…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justices M.S. Karnik and Justice Valmiki Menezes — presently hearing PIL challenging section 17(2) of the TCP Act, 1974 — has issued notice on a fresh PIL challenging the vires and rules of Section 39A of the same Act. The matter is posted for interim relief on October 3, 2024. New section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, which went into force on 22.02.2024, seeks to allow once again entirely ad-hoc and arbitrary conversions of privately owned plots in the Regional Plan and notified Outline Development Plans…