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Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: Based on the closure report that the CBI filed with the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panaji, as well as the complaints dated February 22, 2008 and March 1, 2008, the South Goa Sessions Court granted Revenue Minister Atanasio Monserrate permission to cross-examine prosecution witnesses in the Panaji police attack case. Nonetheless, the Revenue Minister’s request for the CBI to provide a copy of the closure report to the trial court was denied by the court. In his cross-complaints against certain police officers in the case, the Revenue Minister had applied to the Sessions Court for an…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: A 62-year-old man from Kudne-Bicholim died while attending the BJP’s public meeting at Mapusa addressed by Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday evening. Babuso Verekar had participated in the BJP public meeting, but felt uneasy while the meet- ing was in progress. He was immediately shifted to the Mapusa District Hospital in a 108 ambulance, but doctors declared him dead on arrival. It is believed that he may have died of a heart attack. After the public meeting ended, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant went to the District Hospital and ex-pressed condolences over the demise of Verekar.

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The amended plan specifies mechanisms for noise mapping, monitoring, penalties for violations, remedial actions etc. The notification lists out application processes for procuring related permissions, rules governing the monitoring processes, penalties, timings for permitting loudspeakers, rules related to bursting of firecrackers, Noise limits applicable for vehicles of different types etc. Although, the plan which is notified is termed as ‘Amended Noise Action plan’, very few changes…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: INCOIS – Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, has cautioned the States of Goa, Maharastra West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshwadeep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands of total suspension of operational recreational activities at beach or near shore regions on the coastal States both on the east and west on May 4 and 5. This is because of the possibility of swell surges and rough sea conditions associated with the effect of high-period swell waves that are approaching from the distant southern Indian Ocean, states a release by INCOIS an autonomous organization of the Government…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor urged the people of Goa to vote for INDIA bloc candidates in the Lok Sabha elections “to protect democracy, diversity, stop corruption and ‘washing machine politics'”. “Is it democratic to freeze accounts of opposition parties, BJP has done it to us. Is it democratic to lock up the opposition party leader, who is a chief minister of a state, they did it to Arvind Kejriwal,” said Tharoor He further said that it is democratic to selectively raid opponents’ helicopters, to check if they carrying money? Why don’t they raid helicopters, planes or cars…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: Home Minister Amit Shah said that the mining activity in the state will commence with full steam in the next two years. He further said that CM Pramod Sawant relentlessly followed the mining issue and we got the mines auctioned. “One mine has already commenced operations and remaining mines will be started within two years, he added. Congress always neglected small states like Goa. It was BJP that brought in real development in the state of Goa,” said Shah “It is not going to happen and it’s not possible even in a dream, but God forbid, if…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: PM Narendra Modi has assured that Goa will not fall short of funds for development. BJP has granted ST status to the Gawda, Kunbi and Velip communities. Our request is for political representation for the ST community in 2027, and we have faith that it will be granted. CM Dr. Pramod Sawant stated this while addressing a public gathering of the NDA in Ponda, advocating for Mrs. Pallavi Dempo, the BJP’s candidate for South Goa. From 2004 to 2014, Congress claimed to have a double engine government both at the national and state levels. However, neither of…