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Goemkarponn desk COLLEM: Abdul Rafique, a 62-year-old Bengaluru visitor, vanished on Thursday afternoon while travelling to Dudhsagar in a jeep. Rafique and his wife were visiting the well-known Dudhsagar waterfalls in Goa when the event happened. Around 1:30 PM, the jeep they were riding in broke down next to a river in the thick jungle. At this point, Rafique’s wife and other travellers realised he was absent. They immediately searched the neighbourhood, but Rafique was nowhere to be found. His fellow travellers quickly alerted the Collem police, who then began a thorough search of the region after they were unable…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: With rising temperatures becoming a major concern, water scarcity also raised its ugly face in several parts of Canacona, while PWD had already begun to service these affected areas with water tankers. Water is being supplied through Water Tankers to the areas of Polem and Shellim (in Loliem-Polem village), Avali, Bordem, Yedda and a few other areas in Khotigao village, besides some parts of Khola village in Xelpem, Vagon and Saleri, where the groundwater resources have already dried- up. Besides there are a few pockets in Gaondongrim where tankers meet water requirements’, informed JE Deepraj Madkaikar in…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) Leader Vikas Bhagat has slammed Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar for his ‘Kattappa’ remarks. Reacting to statement Bhagat termed MLA Borkar as “Bhallaladev”. “RGP MLA Viresh Borkar is “ Bhallaladev”. After filing Nomination at North and South Goa , RGP attacks INDIA Alliance on the directions of their Father “BJP”.,” said Bhagat He further said that MLA Borkar has not seen the film Bahubali while stating that Kattappa was a loyal soldier. “Kattappa always stayed loyal till the last,” he added Bhagat said that RGP has been targeting our Leader Vijai…

If you don’t vote, then you have “no right” to question or blame the government, the Supreme Court has observed. The candid admission of an activist seeking a blanket order to remove encroachments in the country and saying he has never cast his vote did not go down well with the apex court leading it to make the observation. Observing that the court cannot pass a sweeping order on encroachments in a matter involving all states, the bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar in 2017, said “One can’t blame the government for everything. If a person does not…

PANAJI: Goa’s additional chief electoral officer has referred to the Election Commission of India (ECI) a complaint against the state government for signing a mining lease deed with Vedanta Ltd on March 22 allegedly in violation of the model code of conduct (MCC). “It is observed that the mining lease deed executed by the department, though may [seem to] be part of the same contractual commitment, however, it is an independent agreement and since it was executed during the MCC period, it is binding on the part of the department to obtain prior permission of the Election Commission of India…

Box Details of the Violations and Expected Outcomes The Commission has highlighted several breaches of the Buildings and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996: ·       Unsafe Living Conditions: The children and families were found living in makeshift accommodations amid hazardous materials and without basic utilities. ·       Absence of Creche Facilities: The site blatantly disregarded the requirement to provide creche facilities, crucial for the welfare of the children of construction workers. ·       General Safety Violations: The overall safety at the site was compromised, with no measures in place to prevent injury or ensure basic sanitation. The hearing will address these issues comprehensively. The responsible parties are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao has issued a circular urging people to vote for a secular party, thus he has actually extended his support to the BJP itself, the saffron party said. “In the last 10-12 years, the BJP has done more work for the minority community compared to the Congress. It was during the tenure of the BJP government that the work of the Minority Commission at the Centre and in the state was going on in full swing. Our manifesto is not on the issue of caste and religion like other parties. The BJP is a truly…