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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Reiterating demand to allow catholics to celebrate their traditional and annual feasts at country’s (outside Kerala) first Church at Anjediva Island, devotees pleaded for government intervention to permit celebration of feast of Our Lady of Brotas (OL Springs) on 2nd February. Addressing media at Chaudi, a group of concerned devotees stated by denying permission to celebrate the dual feasts at Anjediva Island (the other feast being of St. Francis de Assisi on October 4) government is denying the faithfuls to exercise their faith which they have been practicing for ages and stopped by Navy(Defence) having Seabird project…

Goemkarponn desk COLVA: Colva police has filed an FIR regarding the death of 41-year-old Zenito Vaz, who was fatally gored by a bull on Monday night. However, a formal complaint has been filed against unidentified individuals, and the Colva police have stated that they are looking into the matter to determine who was responsible for organizing the bullfight. A formal complaint has been filed for negligent death under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code and the provisions of the Cruelty to Animals Act. The 41-year-old man was gored to death on Monday night, and the Colva filed an unnatural…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: As expected and in a sudden spurt, the total number of Turtle Nests (Pits) protected at Turtle Rehabilitation Centre (TRC) Agonda has shot up to eight Pits within last three days. After Agonda TRC received 121 eggs last Friday (12.1.24) as pit number-4 following the lull period, soon filled Pit no.5 with 117 eggs early Sunday morning, followed by another 126 eggs in pit no.6 on the following subsequent day (Tuesday). With the trend of visits by mother turtles to lay eggs continued, another turtle visited Agonda shore and laid 144 eggs at 6.35 am of Wednesday,…

Suchana Seth, who was arrested on charges of killing her four-year-old son at a Goa service apartment, apparently killed the minor within two hours of checking in and stayed with the body for nearly 19 hours. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Suchana Seth, the Bengaluru firm CEO, accused of killing her four-year-old son at a service apartment in Goa, had travelled to Goa just three days before the incident. According to police sources, Suchana Seth had spent five days in South Goa — from December 31 to January 4 — at the service apartment. She left for Bengaluru on January 4 and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Seafood Festival is making a grand return after many years! Picture yourself lounging on a beach, surrounded by palm trees, with sand beneath your feet, and the tantalizing aroma of a mouth-watering seafood feast wafting through the air — now that’s an experience to look forward to, isn’t it? Pledging to a ‘responsible-to-nature’ theme, keeping in mind eco-friendly tourism, the fest this year is going to be bigger and better! Here, a fleet of shacks and stalls await to treat you to a diverse variety of fish, prawns, lobsters and all the delish seafood you…

Goemakrponn desk MARGAO: On this momentous occasion of the Opinion Poll Day celebration at Lohia Maidan, Margao, the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee along with the people of Goa gathered and took oath to fight the BJP Govt’s policies. The Congress resolved to fight for Goans core issues like saving Mhadei, stopping coal transportation, employment etc. Following are the resolutions: (A) Fight against the ill conceived laws that are being enacted to sell our agricultural land, our rivers, our forests, our hills, orchard lands, etc and save whatever remains for the future generations. (B) Fight against the three linear projects meant…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa today has refused to entertain the petition filed by Pastor Dominic DSouza and his wife challenging show cause notice issued by North Collector for the externment hearing. Domnic D’Souza, Pastor of Five Pillars Church, Sodiem-Siolim and his wife Joan Mascarenhas E D’Souza on Friday appeared before the North Goa Collector regarding externment proceedings initiated against them by the Goa Police. During the hearing before the Collector, Adv Ankur Kumar representing the D’Souza couple filed an application requesting for a copy of the police report filed against them. The Collector gave…