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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: It’s been almost seven months since the Bench of High Court at Goa directed the State government to notify Mhadei Wildlife sanctuary as Tiger Reserve within three months but there has been no decision in this regard and the case now hangs in balance in the Supreme Court. The State government is still non-committal on the decision and feels the order is against the interest of the State. Goemkarponn has laid its hands on the minutes of the meeting of the State Wildlife Board, which met on November 20. The meeting discussed the Tiger Reserve issue but…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With the next hearing scheduled for March 4, the High Court of Bombay at Goa today has directed Village Panchayat Anjuna to cease operating the 175 illegal structures at Anjuna Beach. The HC during the hearing also directed to seal the illegal structures built at Anjuna Beach with the assistance of the Anjuna police, BDO, and Panchayat. The High Court has also sought a compliance report in ten days. The panchayat has issued a public notice directing the owners of the structures coming under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and No Development Zone (NDZ) area to produce construction…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar will build 7 houses under his ambitious ‘Shram-Dham’ concept to the needy people of Priol Constituency. According to sources, recently Speaker Tawadkar attended and addressed a meeting of the BJP Karyakartas of Priol Constituency at Marcela and made the announcement about the building of Seven (7) new houses under ‘Shram-Dham’ concept to the needy people identified by BJP karyakarta reportedly not in good terms with the constituency MLA and Minister for Arts and Culture Govind Gaude. It is reportedly learnt that the meeting was attended Gaude’s rival and BJP leader who…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Margao MLA Digambar Kamat said that he has informed the BJP leadership in Delhi that he is not keen on contest Lok Sabha Polls. Kamat was speaking to media after BJP meeting on Lok Sabha elections. “I have already conveyed to the BJP leadership that I am not interested in contesting the LS election. I would have considered the offer if the opportunity had come to me around 10 years ago,” said Kamat. Former deputy chief minister Chandrakant Kavlekar and former two-time Fatorda MLA Damu Naik declared they would not back down from accepting the responsibility entrusted…

Goemkapronn desk Margao: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee today filed a Written Complaint before South Goa Collector on Dereliction of Duty by Government Authorities endangering the lives of people including children during Margao Carnival Parade on Sunday 11th February 2024. Congress General Secretary Moreno Rebello along with Treasurer Orville Dourado and Olencio Simoes handed over the complaint to Srinet Kothwale, Additional Collector of South Goa bringing to his notice the incident of People including Children who were found dangerously sitting on the partly collapsed Wall next to Old Hospicio Hospital, Margao to watch the Carnival Parade organised by Government of Goa…

Farmers Protest in Delhi : Farmers say a test of patience won’t deter them from continuing their demonstration until their demands are met. NEW DELHI: Thousands of farmers marching towards Delhi say they are prepared for the long haul, carrying enough ration and diesel to last for months, as the borders have been sealed to prevent them from entering the national capital. The farmers are protesting over a series of demands, including a minimum support price (MSP) for their crops – a follow-up to their 2020 protest in which they had camped at the border points for 13 months. Farmers…

Visuals also showed the police – outnumbered less than an hour into the start of protests – dropping smoke bombs from drones in an attempt to disperse the farmers. New Delhi: Tear gas has been fired at farmers massing at the Shambhu border point between Punjab and Haryana – a key meeting point for farmers from each state heading to Delhi as part of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ call. Distressing visuals show huge plumes of smoke – making visibility almost impossible – and hundreds of farmers and their supporters, as well as media personnel covering the protest, running helter-skelter to the…