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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Deed of Gift and deed of partition executed in favour of father, mother, brother, sister, wife, husband, daughter, son, grandson or granddaughter, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, nephew, niece, son-in-law or daughter-in-law will now attract registration fee of Rs 5,000 only. Goa government has issued a notification amending the table of fees to this effect. Earlier Rs 5,000 registration fee was applicable to only few close relations such as son, daughter, father, mother etc. For others the registration fee was 3% of the property value. “In the Table of Fees, in Article I,— (i) for Note 1B, the following…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Dominic D’Souza, Pastor of Five Pillars Church, Sodiem-Siolim and his wife Joana Mascarenhas E D’Souza have moved the High Court to set aside exterment proceedings against them. The hearing in the matter is scheduled on Jan 19. Domnic appeared before the North Goa Collector today as per summons issued to him. “The matter is fixed for reply. This was the first appearance. Next hearing is scheduled on Jan 19,” informed Domnic’s counsel. North Goa SP Nidhin Valsan had on Jan 4 written to the North Goa district magistrate to start externment proceedings against Siolim-based pastor Domnic D’Souza…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: Hearing in the alleged power scam has been adjourned to Jan 19 after all 5 witnesses to whom summons was issued failed to appear before the Special court in South Goa. The matter had come for hearing today. The summons for 4 of the witnesses was returned back allegedly as their addresses could not be located. The fifth witness who was issued summons through Whatsapp message said he was in Mangalore and sought change in date. Incidentally, Minister Mauvin Godinho who is main accused in the case has been granted permanent exemption from appearing before court in…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Congress on Friday stated that though central government agencies have exposed Goa government over unemployment, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is not ready to accept and is trying to hoodwink people of the state to garner votes. AICC Media Incharge for Goa Harshad Sharma on Friday addressed a press conference in Congress office and slammed BJP government for their repeated false promises over providing employment to youths. GPCC General Secretary Vijay Bhike, North Goa President Virendra Shirodkar and NGP Vice President Pranav Parab were also present. Harshad Sharma said that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is not ready to…

Arvind Kejriwal had skipped January 3 questioning, saying that the summons issued by the ED were illegal and the only aim is to arrest him. New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi liquor policy case for the fourth time. He has been asked to appear before the probe agency on January 18. This comes after Arvind Kejriwal skipped January 3 questioning, saying that the summons issued by the ED were illegal and its only aim is to arrest him. Mr Kejriwal, also the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…

NEW YORK: Global electric vehicle (EV) giant Telsa is currently in advanced talks to make a significant foray into India. The company is contemplating a staggering investment of nearly $30 billion over the next five years, according to people closely involved with the company’s official business plans, signalling a potential game-changer for the country’s burgeoning EV landscape. A substantial chunk of the envisaged investment, approximately $3 billion, is earmarked for the immediate production of a new small car from an Indian plant. This move is aimed at catering to the wider developing world. In the event of a favourable policy…

On December 28, the FIU issued notices to Binance and eight other cryptocurrency exchanges, seeking clarification from them over operations in India. New Delhi: India has blocked access to the web platforms for overseas crypto exchanges and virtual digital asset services providers including Finance, Kucoin and OKX, according to a report from Economic Times. The latest development comes against the backdrop of non-compliance with show cause notices by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of these entities. Earlier this week, Apple removed offshore crypto exchanges such as Binance, Kucoin and OKX from its App Store after a show-cause notice by the…