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Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: In a significant development, the Margao Session Court on Tuesday handed down a conviction to Vijay Singh, a resident of Fatorda, Margao, for his involvement in a prostitution racket at Colva. Vijay Singh, son of Kuwar Singh and a native of Itarasi, Shivanimava, Ursangabad, M.P., was found guilty under Section 5 of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act. The case, which was investigated by the then Colva Police inspector Melson Colaco, stemmed from Singh’s arrest under sections 370(A)(2) of the IPC and Sections 4, 5, and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act of 1956. Acting upon reliable…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Environmentalists have expressed strong reactions to the Goa Forest Department notifying 17.2228 hectares of land at Sangod, Dharbandora, as reserved forest for compensatory afforestation due to the diversion of 78.297 hectares of land for the construction of the Tamnar transmission line. This decision has been met with criticism, given the recent setbacks the Tamnar project faced from the Center and Karnataka’s denial of clearance within its jurisdiction. The environmentalists had hoped that the Goa government would be more circumspect, but they said that the government appears set on moving forward with the project in spite of protests…

MUMBAI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Maharashtra’s Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis alongwith South Mumbai’s Mahayuti candidate Yamini Jadhav attended the special outreach programme organised by Jain International Organisation. During the event, the Goa CM launched a scathing attack at Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar on the issues of nationalism. “Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar doesn’t believe in Ratraprem (love for country) but in santan prem. Uddhav believes in Putra prem (Aaditya Thackeray) and Pawar believes in Putri prem (Supriya Sule). Their entire politics is woven around Santan prem and not about rastra prem or people’s benefit,” Sawant said. The…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) on Tueday announced that the secondary school certificate examination (SSCE) results will be announced on May 15. GBSHSE chairman Bhagirath G Shetye said that the results will declared on May 15 at 3.30 pm. The SSC examination was conducted from April 1 to April 23. In all, 19,573 students, including 9,757 boys and 9,816 girls, had registered for the examinations conducted at 31 centres across the State. In 2023, as many as 20,476 candidates had appeared for the examination. The consolidated result sheet will be available to…

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking a re-election in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, filed his nomination papers from Varanasi seat in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday (May 14). This marked the third time when he is contesting from the constituency after winning convincingly in 2014 and 2019. Voting on the seat will be held in the last phase of the general elections on June 1. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were present for PM Modi’s nomination filing, accompanied by the Chief Ministers of over 10 NDA-ruled states, in a major show of strength. The Varanasi…

Goenkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a dramatic change in direction, the State government has stopped providing financial support to village panchayats in order to address the ongoing problem of waste accumulation. In order to implement this decision, the Block Development Officers (BDOs) were instructed by the Director of Panchayats, Siddhi Halarnakar, to direct all panchayats to use grants from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Finance Commission for garbage management within their respective jurisdictions. The State government has stopped providing garbage grants for the current fiscal year, 2024–25, Halarnakar clarified, citing panchayats’ inability to use central grants effectively. This is different from what…

Goenkarponn Desk PANAJI: Congress claimed that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had not only misled Goans but also the Bombay High Court in Goa regarding the issuance of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards. Aldona MLA Carlos Ferreira claimed that when the case was brought up for hearing on May 6, the day before the Goa Lok Sabha elections, the ministry purposefully suppressed the April 30 corrigendum. “On April 30, the corrigendum was made available; however, it was not made available on that day or the day after. It wasn’t made public until after the Goa elections, according to…