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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Cordoning off risk-prone areas along beaches, deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems to monitor risk-prone zones, increasing awareness about safe swimming practices are some of the measures being rolled out by Drishti Marine in order to enhance beach safety measures in the coastal state. While the closure of risk-prone stretches and the ‘Swim With Lifesavers’ initiatives will be implemented in the first phase of the initiative, the lifeguard agency is in the process of fine-tuning its AI apparatus and is also readying a ‘Paw Squad’, a team of trained dogs to aid lifesavers in rescue and beach…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Congress leader Janardhan Bhandari and Goa Forward Party Environment Cell Chairman Vikas Bhagat are granted anticipatory bail in the incident of locking of PWD Engineers at Canacona. According to reliable sources, after Canaocna police registered a FIR under section’s 342, 353, 451, 186 r/w 34 IPC against Bhandari, Bhagat and two others for criminal trespass, wrongfully confinement of the a PWD(Roads) Assistant Engineer in his cabin by putting lock and obstructing him while discharging his lawful duty, the police were on a look out for them. The duo howerver moved Sessions Court, Margao for anticipatory bail and…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Amidst the claims and counter-claims of illegal felling of trees and illegal processing of the same at the government owned Carpentry Unit, a truck is seen moving out large quantity of processed wood/tember from Carpentry Unit at Idhar-Loliem on Friday. On seeing a truck bearing registration no.GA09 T-5101 loading some proceesed wood/Timber, some passersby south to question the loaders, who besides informing they are sent bring the the processed wood, refused to divulge who has sent them and why they are lifting-away the illegal wood processed at the carpentry unit and now under investigation. Posting a video,…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: In response of Vidio that is circulating of Assault SDPO Mapuca Jivba Dalvi informed that on at 22.15 hrs, a phone call was received from at colvale Police Station informing that group fight is going on near Om Sai Restaurant Colvale. On receipt of this information, Colvale Police station staff visited the spot and on visit noticed that group of migrant truck drivers under influence of alchohol is creating nuisance and disturbing public peace in the locality. They were seen fighting and abusing each others and general public seen present at the spot and demanding action against…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: JSW has bagged the Surla Iron ore mining block with auction premium of 109.80% of the average sale price of Indian Bureau of Mines. This was the last of the five mining blocks went for auction in the second phase. A Odisha-based mining company, Kai International, has bagged the Thivim-Pirna mineral block. Jindal South West has bagged the Cudnem-Cormolem mineral block. Fomento bag the Advalpale-Tivim block. Cudnem mineral block on Wednesday but has not announced the successful bidder. In a setback to the Sawant government’s efforts to restart the mining industry, a bench of the Bombay High…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Bhartiya Janata Party is running Tanker Mafia in nine talukas of Goa with zero revenue to Government. We demand that Government must immediately appoint a high level inquiry commission under Retd. High Court Judge to investigate the operations of water tankers in Goa and role of various Government Departments in promoting illegalities in the said business, demanded Congress President Amit Patkar. Congress President Amit Patkar while speaking to Media after submitting Memorandum to Water Resource Department demanding action against the Water Tanker found carrying Sewage at Sancoale, presented documentary evidence to substantiate his claim that Government gets…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Aravind Kumar has directed the casino operators in Goa to deposit 75% of annual recurring fee (ARF) for Covid19 impacted years pending the outcome of appeals against the Bombay High Court (Goa bench) order delivered earlier this month. The casino operators had approached the High Court praying to waive the annual recurring fees (ARF) plus the 12 per cent penal interest summing up of Rs 321.66 crore during the closure of casinos during lockdown period. The High Court dismissed the case and directed the casinos to pay the…