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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Police Crime Branch arrested a Nigerian national for possessing banned narcotics worth Rs 1,12,000 at Nagoa football ground, Bardez. According to the Crime branch release on 07/12/2022, Crime Branch PS Cr. No. 133/2022 U/s 22 (C) of NDPS Act, 1985, stands registered upon the state complaint of PI Nitin V. Halarnkar attached to Crime Branch, Ribandar, against the Nigerian. It said that on 06/12/22 between 22:10 hours to 00:40 hours of 07/12/22, at the near football ground, Nagoa Bardez Goa accused Ebuka Chiuba Obiekwe, Nigerian National, age 38 years, presently residing at Gama waldo, Parra…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Foundation said it is seriously concerned about the opaque manner in which the procedures for the restart of mining are taking place. The Goa Foundation said the Supreme Court judgment in WP 435 of 2012 (Goa Foundation I) directed “the State Government “may grant mining leases of iron ore and other ores in Goa in accordance with its policy decision and in accordance with MMDR Act and the Rules made thereunder in consonance with the constitutional provisions”. “The Goa Government appears to have forgotten that it has withdrawn the Grant of Mining Leases Policy by…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Supreme Court has adjourned for a year the hearing on a petition challenging the Goa assembly speaker’s delay in deciding on the disqualification of 10 lawmakers, who defected to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019, saying it will decide the question of law. The lawyer of the defectors told the court the matter was infructuous as three of them were re-elected to the assembly this year. But a bench of justices MR Shah and Hima Kohli on Tuesday directed Goa state Congress chief Girish Chodankar’s petition be taken up next year after his lawyer…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The No Confidence Motion notice against the PMC Chairperson issued by eight out of fifteen Councillors will be decided on December 9 at 11 am in a special meeting at PMC. DMA Director Gurudas Pilarnkar issued a notice in this regard. Chairperson Ritesh Naik is in the safe zone, with one councillor signing a confidence motion to join Ritesh Naik’s camp. With one councillor among the eight who signed a no-confidence motion suddenly changing his side to support the BJP-backed Chairperson, a different twist developed to the no-confidence motion notice. It is a setback to the opposition,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar today informed that the winter Goa Legislative Assembly session will be tentatively held between the 1st or 2nd week of January 2023. “Winter Goa Legislative Assembly session will be tentatively be held between 1st or 2nd week of January 2023. The session will be week long. The exact date will be confirmed within the next 10 days,” said Tawadkar. Speaking on Lokostav, Tawadkar said that the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will not be attending the function as Canacona due to technical problems posed by too much VVIP movement in the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Just before the upcoming winter holidays, India is prepared to resume its e-visa service for the citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020. The visa website will be ready in the near future so that applicants can apply for their visa on the same, the High Commission of India in London informed. It is to be noted that this service was reinstated for practically all nations earlier this year with the exception of a few, notably the UK and Canada. In a video tweeted by the High…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s premier gaming operator Delta Corp says it will pursue legal action after the Government of Goa issued an order for payment of license fees during periods in 2020 and 2021 when the company’s casinos were closed due to COVID-19. According to information filed by Delta Corp, the order demands payment for the relevant shutdown periods plus interest. The company’s Goa casinos include India’s two largest offshore casinos, Deltin Royale and Deltin JAQK, and the country’s only floating hotel with a casino, King Casino. All were shut down between 1 April and 31 October 2020, and again…