Goemkarponn Desk BICHOLIM: Local resident, activist, and environmentalist Ramesh S. Gauns expressed grave concerns about the proposed transportation of ore through public roads, village roads, and district roads in Bicholim in a letter to the Director of Mines and Geology, Government of Goa. The letter, dated April 25, 2024, emphasizes the possible dangers associated with these kinds of transportation activities, especially in view of the numerous and substantial number of trips that are suggested. In order to facilitate operations at Vedanta Limited’s Bicholim Block – I Mines, Gauns’ letter specifically mentions an upcoming recommendation to the Honorable Goa Bench of…
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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Secretary, Govt of Goa who is the appellate authority have rejected the appeal filed by Siolim-based Five Pillars Church Pastor Domnic D’Souza and wife Joan against their externment paving way for their externment from North Goa. High Court had on April 17 directed the appellate authority i.e. the Chief Secretary to dispose of appeals filed by Joan and Domnic D’Souza challenging their externment, as expeditiously as possible and in any case, latest by April 26. North Goa Collector has on March 14, 2024 issued an order externing them from the jurisdiction of North Goa district for…
Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the best leader the nation has to offer, according to BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde, who also urged voters to support the BJP in the Lok Sabha election on the grounds that it is essentially a contest to select the country’s leader. Shripad Naik, the BJP candidate for North Goa, State BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP Sadanand Tanavade, Rohan Khaunte, the Minister of Tourism, and Ashish Sud were present when he spoke at Porvorim. Article 370 was revoked, but Jammu and Kashmir saw no bloodshed, demonstrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
Goemkarponn Desk TEREKHOL: Police Inspector Vidyesh Pilgaonkar who was held in bribery case by ACB has been given 3 more days police custody. His bail application was argued partly today. Next hearing in the matter is scheduled on Monday. Two head constables, Sanjay Talkar and Raju Kalangutkar attached to Terekhol Coastal Security police station who were also arrested in the same case have already been granted bail. Paragliding sports operator Pruthvi H N had complained to the ACB alleging that the police were demanding bribe on a monthly basis from him to carry on his adventure sports business. In his…
Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – After the infamous Boil-Redo duel in Goa Assembly,a few years ago, a similar type of feud of ‘Kide –Ronto’ has erupted between BJP’s Ramesh Tawadkar and Opposition parties represented by I.N.D.I. Alliance in Canacona. Canacona MLA/GLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar called opposition as ‘ Voll-volltele Kide (miserably struggling maggots) who cannot see the developments taking place in Canacona at a corner meeting at Gaondongrim in the presence of BJP Lok Sabha Candidate Pallavi Dempo, while in response I.N.D.I.Alliance Spokesperson Vikas Bhagat in a especially addressed pressed conference termed Ramesh Tawadkar as a ‘Ronto’ who striked Canconcars and…
Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Stating no one will fall prey to the revengeful ploy of BJP’s Canacona MLA, holding the constitutional post of Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker, local leaders of Canacona said all the anti-BJP votes will be cast to I.N D. I. Alliance candidate Capt Viriato Fernandes at the Lok Sabha elections. Local leaders made a clear case of coming together of all the non-BJP voters to show Canacona BJP MLA’s pressure tactics to corner opposition parties will not succeed but will ganer over 70% of votes for Congress lok sabha candidate at the INDIA public meeting held on Wednesday.…
Delivering a verdict on the pleas for 100% cross-verification of EVM data with VVPAT records, the Supreme Court has declined to increase the number of VVPAT slips undergoing count per assembly segment in a parliamentary constituency. As mentioned in the earlier reports , a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta rendered two separate, concurring judgments in the matter. Although the prayers of the petitioners were rejected, two directions were passed relating to the storage of Symbol Loading Units and post-poll checking of 5% EVMs per assembly segment on request by runner-up candidates. Amongst various other pleas, the petitioners…