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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government should not count the revenue received from the recent e-auctioning of iron ore mining leases and should instead park it for future generations, environmental campaigner Claude Alvares has said. He was speaking at the launch of a book on the Goa mining case on Wednesday. “Please note that before 2009, the Goa government got Rs 20 crore in mining which went up to Rs 900 crore in 2009 and continued to remain the same till mining was shut down as the prices were changed by the Central government,” he said. With the e-auctioning of…

 Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: In a fatal accident reported at bypass road (NH) at Bhumikanagar Tisk Usgao, one Karnataka resident has died As per information, the driver died on spot after he lost control over his vehicles which went off the road in 15 meter deep trench. The accident took place when the Car was proceeding from Bangalore to Goa. While the driver died on spot the three other occupants were injured. The Usgao Locals Suraj Garad and other have demanded to install barricades on this Sharp turn at Bhumikanagar Usgao. He said vehciles often increase speed on this bypass Highway…

Goemkapronn desk MAPUSA: SDPO Mapusa, Jivba Dalvi, popularly known as Singham, informed that the 5th accused person, Salimalim s/o Kasim Khan, age 41 yrs, r/o Khorlim Mapusa was arrested in a knife attack case. SDPO Mapusa, while travelling from Porvorim to his office at Mapusa after attending the meeting, found the above accused on a motorbike travelling on Mapusa Highway. SDPO Jivba Dalvi personally detained the accused and handed him over to Anjuna Police Station. Earlier, Anjuna Police had arrested accused persons No. 1) Royston Reginaldo Dias alias Roshan,r/o Demello waddo, Anjuna, 2) Nyron Reginaldo Dias, r/o Demello waddo, Anjuna,…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: After students boycotted classes in Government primary School at Kasayale Usgao in protest against installing a mobile tower, it has been shifted to another location. Following this, students joined classes. It may be recalled that on 9 March, the parents and students protested the construction of the mobile tower in GPS, fearing radiation and demanding to shift. However, later the Mobile tower company shifted the tower and began construction at another place. Following this, students started joining the school classes on 13 March. PTA Chairman Ajinath Gaude, Ulhas Gaude and other parents thanked Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane…

Goenkarponn desk Panaji: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that the Goa govt’s free pilgrimage scheme to resume from April. Talking to reporters, the state social welfare minister said the Mukhyamantri Devdarshan Yatra Yojana will resume in April, as the budget allocated for the same for this fiscal was exhausted.The social welfare department has received 12,000 applications from people who wish to avail the scheme, he said.These applications will be scrutinised thoroughly and will be sanctioned in April during the new fiscal, Phal Desai said.Some people who have already availed the scheme have reapplied for it. The Goa government’s scheme…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has revised its tax structure for commercial establishments and residential starting April 1, 2023. CCP sharply reduced municipal tax on commercial establishments, bringing in a uniform rate for all commercial establishments. All such commercial establishments will now pay a uniform rate of Rs 237.6 per sqm, a reduction of as much as 200% for some establishments. As per the new structure, the commercial C1 central special zone and C1 zone tax have been reduced to Rs 237.6 per sqm, while the commercial C2 zone tax would now be Rs…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government will present a “realistic budget” for fiscal 2023-24 in the upcoming Assembly session, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday. The budget session of the Goa Legislative Assembly will be held from March 27 to March 31. However, the date for the budget presentation is yet to be decided. As a part of the pre-budget consultative exercise, the chief minister on Tuesday held a meeting with chairpersons and member-secretaries of various state-run corporations. Talking to reporters, Sawant said state-run corporations had been asked to be financially self-sufficient during the upcoming fiscal year. He said…