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Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a lawyer, which sought to ensure that President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates the new parliament building instead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The petitioner contended that the Lok Sabha secretariat and the central government were “humiliating” the president by failing to extend her an invitation to the ceremony. The petition’s filing coincided with the huge controversy surrounding the dedication of the new parliament building by PM Modi on Sunday. At least 20 opposition parties have decided to skip the ceremony in protest of what…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte today held a meeting with the senior officers of the government departments regarding pre-monsoon preparedness. During the course of discussions, Khaunte instructed the authorities of the panchayats and the Water Resources Department (WRD) to undertake the work of desilting drains, gutters and nullahs before the onset of the monsoon. The issues pertaining to the works to be carried out by PWD, electricity, fire, emergency services, and other concerned departments were discussed during the meeting. Further, the minister directed all the concerned departments to gear up their machinery and take all the necessary precautions…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM14) and 8th Mission Innovation (MI8) meetings will be held in Goa in July this year, officials said. These meetings will be conducted between July 19 and 22, they said. The theme of these meetings is ‘Advancing Clean Energy Together’, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a release. Scheduled on the margins of the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting, these meetings will bring together governments, international organisations, private sector, academia, innovators, civil society, early career researchers and policy-makers featuring high-level ministerial dialogues, global initiative launches, award announcements, minister-CEO roundtables and a…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Goa Forward Party has invited the attention of the government over the pathetic condition of the KTC bus stand. Goa Forward leader Durgadas Kamat wrote to the Chief Secretary of the Goa Government, inviting attention to the pathetic condition of the KTC Bus Stand. The commuters travelling from Ponda KTC Bus have stood crying for the government’s attention for the past year, but sadly, despite this, the authorities have ignored this issue. Kamat demanded immediate and decisive action to rectify this appalling situation. “The renovation of the Kadamba Bus Stand and its pathetic roads must be completed…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has said that the recent victory of the Congress party in the Karnataka elections will not be a big concern for the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Lobo spoke to reporters after inaugurating the works of hot-mixing of the road from Parra Tower to Nagoa Dream Circle. Besides Lobo, also present were deputy sarpanch Chandu Harmalkar and all the panch members “There is no concern for the BJP in the upcoming parliamentary elections as whatever policy decisions or wrongs have been made by the state government, it has got nothing to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Finally, after spate of fatal accidents, the Goa government has swung into action and taken remedial action. The Goa government has notified speed limits for 21 different road stretches around Panaji. For all roads in Panaji except DBB Marg the speed limit is 40 Km per hour, on Bhanastari, Siridao and Old & New Mandovi Bridges the speed limit is 40 Km per hour. For the Zuari bridge the limit is 30 Km per hour. Following are the limits: NH4A Divja circle – Old Goa – 40; NH4A Hat Katro Khambo-Banastarim Bridge -40; NH4A Merces circle -…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Goa Foundation said that the new `illegal amendments’ proposed by the chief town planner under the Goa Land Development and Building Construction (Amendment) Regulation 2023 are nothing but the back door entry created to builders and developers by the government to ‘sell’ Goa. Goa Foundation also demanded that the government scrap the amendments immediately in the interest of Goa’s future generations. GF Director Claude Alvares recalled how they had challenged the 16B amendment to the TCP Act, and now because all the 7,000 earlier applications were cancelled, the government has brought in these new amendments. He explained…