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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party president Deepak Dhavalikar and its MLAs – Sudin Dhavalikar and Jit Arolkar, have slammed the 19 Opposition parties for boycotting New Parliament Building, scheduled on Sunday. “I, the President of MG Party as a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), unequivocally condemn the contemptuous decision of 19 political parties to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building scheduled for Sunday, May 28,” the release states. The party says this act is not merely disrespectful; it is a blatant affront to the democratic ethos and constitutional values of our great nation. “The…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: North Goa District Magistrate has imposed a ban on digging & cutting all types of roads, including National Highways, State Highways, Major District roads, Road-Shoulders, lanes, thoroughfares etc., during the monsoons from 01/06/2023. The Order issued by the DM states it is expedient to impose a ban on digging and cutting all types of roads, including National Highways, State Highways, Major District roads, road shoulders, lanes, thoroughfares etc., during the monsoons as these activities pose an imminent danger and disruption to the life of motorists, pedestrians and the general public; “The adoption of immediate preventive measures is…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The town and country planning (TCP) department has constituted a nine-member expert committee to scrutinize applications that seek to correct “inadvertent errors” or inconsistent zoning” in the Regional Plan 2021. TCP minister Vishwajit Rane said that 6 crore sqm of settlement land was “illegally” shown as eco-sensitive land, for which TCP officials will be held accountable. “I ould like to inform the people that an important decision has been taken by the TCP department to have an expert committee scrutinize all the cases under Section 17(2) of the TCP Act;* the committee has been notified by the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Electricity Department has arranged a planned shutdown at 220/110/33/11 KV Tivim Substation in North Goa on May 28, 2023, from 06.00 am to 12.00 pm to carry out pre-monsoon maintenance of 220 KV and 110 KV equipments like Bus isolators, Transformer Isolators, breakers etc. and replacing of one section of the existing 110 KV Main bus with twin conductor. Therefore there will be no electricity supply to the entire Bardez and Pernem Taluka electricity consumers. Power supply will be made available to essential services like Assonora water works and District Hospital etc., as informed by…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the Prime Minister of Papua Guinea welcoming PM Modi with a Bharatiya gesture is indeed an indicator of India’s rising stature. “The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea welcomed PM Modi with a Bharatiya gesture, stating that India is the leader of Global South. It is truly an indicator of India’s rising stature,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for diplomacy to resolve the conflicts and global peace at the forum of the G7 Summit held in Hiroshima, Japan. He further said that the…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: After UTAA leaders indirectly rebuked for forgetting the sacrifice and martyrdom of two ST youths in the infamous 2011-Balli UTAA agitation, Canacona MLA and Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar visited the residence and garlanded the bust of late Manguesh Gaonkar at Ziltawadi-Gaondongrim on Thursday. Tawadkar, later participating in the program at South-Goa BJP Office by BJP’s ST Morcha at Margao, paid rich tributes to the late Mangesh Gaonkar and Dilip Velip, who were killed in the fire arson at the 2011 Balli agitation demanding constitutional rights of the ST community. Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar, Former Dy. Chief Minister…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Bardez Mamlatdar Pravin Gawas has seized one more truck for dumping debris along the highway. The truck was seized while dumping debris near Pernem highway road. Bardez Mamlatdar Pravin Gawas, along with AK Shailesh Kothawle, Mapusa police, along with Mapusa RTO, conducted a raid and caught one more truck bearing number GA 03 N 4751 for dumping debris along the national Highway on Thursday and handed over to the police for further action Mapusa police attached both trucks, and Mapusa RTO will give a fine challan per the rule.