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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) today has expressed strong opposition to the recent 3.5% hike in power tariffs, which came into effect on June 16, 2024, following the approval by the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC). “This tariff increase places a totally unwarranted financial burden on the residents of Goa, who are already grappling with the high cost of living in the state. The,, Electricity Department’s rationale for this hike-reducing reliance on budgetary support is unjustified,” said GFP President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai. He further said that the JERC appears to be treating the electricity department like…

Goemkarponn desk DONAPAULA: In a shocking twist, Anjuna Police today have arrested a real estate agent from Donapaula for his involvement in the case of the Assagao house demolition. As per the information, the real estate agent has been identified as Arshad Khawja, a 51-year-old resident of Donapaula. The complaint claims that Sharma and her unidentified companions stole Agarwadekar’s husband and son and caused damage to her home. According to police sources, Sharma used illegal means to force out the current occupants, who have been staying on as caregivers, even though she has all the paperwork to prove it, including…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The State government has increased the retirement age of the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers from 60 years to 62 years. “ Ex-Post Facto Approval of the Government is hereby conveyed to enhance the retirement age of Anganwadi Workers / Helpers from 60 to 62 years w.e.f. 01/05/2024” states an order issued in this regard by Director and Ex-Officio Joint Secretary, Women & Child Development. The order further states that Anganwadi Workers/Helpers those who would have retired on 30/04/2024, are subject to the clearance of medical fitness beyond the age of 60 years,”

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A notification of zone change issued under the recently amended section 17(2) of the Town and Country Planning Amendment Act, which had “rectified” a paddy field into settlement, was stayed by the Bombay High Court in Goa. The High Court granted interim relief to Gaurav Bakshi, who had filed a petition challenging the notification regarding a 6,000 square meter paddy field that had been “rectified” and represented as a settlement in the notification. The petition also requested a stay on the notification regarding the plot located in Cujira village of Tiswadi taluka. The petitioner’s advocate informed the…

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to officially change the state’s name to ‘Keralam’. The Assembly passed the resolution for the second time because the Union Home Ministry, which reviewed the first resolution, suggested some technical changes. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who moved the resolution, wanted the union government to change the southern state’s name from “Kerala” to “Keralam” in all languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of the country. Moving the resolution, the CM said the state was called ‘Keralam’ in Malayalam and that the demand to form a…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has disposed of a suo motu contempt petition related to police parading and posing with accused persons and circulating the photographs to the media after the 6 police personnel to whom notice was issued in this regard tendered unconditional apology. DGP Goa also told the court via an affidavit that police personnel have been sensitised in this regard. Pangam informed the bench that the police had been made aware of the situation and that no such photos had been shared or published following the filing of the petition. The DGP…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Police believe he may have been crushed beneath the wheels of a large vehicle based on the tyre marks. In addition to looking for the car, police are attempting to identify the victim. Three people lost their lives on Goa’s deadly roads last night in Mollem, Margao, and Lotoulim, respectively. Tanvesh Rivonkar, 35, of Collem passed away last night in an accident at Sukhtali, Mollem. On Mollem Highway, he is said to have lost control of his bike and crashed it into a parked truck. The truck broke down and had been parked there for the last…