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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has quashed and set aside an order passed by the North Goa Collector under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure banning petitioner Domnic D’Souza and his wife Joan Mascarenhas D’Souza from carrying out religious activities in their institutional building situated at Siolim. The Judicial Magistrate’s First Class, Mapusa, had granted conditional bail to pastors Dominic D’Souza and Jo-An D’Souza. The court granted the bail on the condition that the couple should not enter Sodiem-Siolim for the next 60 days and should furnish a personal bond of 15,000 each.…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa government has notified the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Policy of Goa, 2023 giving detailed guidelines over scrapping of old, unfit vehicles and also offering incentives to those voluntarily handing over their old vehicles to Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF). The policy aims to reduce to reduce vehicular pollution, phase out unfit and polluting vehicles pollution and also boost purchase of environment friendly, new technology vehicles. The policy will be applicable initially for a period of next 5 years. Goa has approximately 1.92 lakhs over 15 year old End-of Life vehicles which are estimated as fit for…

PANAJI: Goa-IDC organised its first ever Quarterly Consultative Meetings (QCMs) on Friday, May 19. The four individual meetings were conducted with CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry), ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) and LUB (Laghu Udyog Bharati), along with the members of the association. These meetings are being conducted in a bid to elicit the inputs and feedback from industry bodies, which otherwise do not have representation on the Goa-IDC Board of Directors. Pravimal Abhishek, Managing Director, GIDC said: “The objective of organising Quarterly Consultative Meetings (QCMs) is…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Young tennis star Darsh Pai will face Vivaan Agrawal in the finals of the boys under-14 category at the ongoing BPS All-Goa State Ranking Tennis Tournament 2023 at Margao. Tithee Bhoomkar and Vidhi Naik will take on each other in the finals of the girls’ under-14 category. The four talented players are set to face-off against each other for the second time this year in a state-level all Goa state ranking tennis tournament. Pai easily overcame the challenge by Ethan Ataide without losing a single game (4-0, 4-0) in the semi-final, while Agrawal overcame a sturdy challenge…

Goemkarponn desk Margao: Splendid victory of the Congress Party and the worst defeat of the BJP in Karnataka compelled BJP in Goa to come out of deep Slumber and realise that BJP Government at the Center has illegally approved the DPR of Kalsa Bhandura Project of Karnataka. Stop shedding Crocodile Tears and take steps to get DPR withdrawn, stated Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. Reacting sharply to the Resolution passed by the State Executive Committee of the BJP in Goa, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao stated that BJP has developed an “Obsession of Celebrations” when the ordinary person is suffering.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Union Minister for Fisheries Purshottam Rupala today said that the effects and impact of LED fishing will be evaluated scientifically. “The effects of LED fishing and its impact will be evaluated scientifically only, after which I will come to a conclusion; we will study the issue both nationally and internationally,” said Rupala. Rupala further emphasized the significance of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojna (PMMSY) scheme and highlighted the multidimensional activities of the blue revolution. He stressed the need to increase fisheries production and productivity, both in inland and marine sectors. This includes focusing on infrastructure development,…

Goemkapronn desk PONDA: Thirty-eight Members of Goa Dairy complained to RCS, demanding to initiate a probe into the illegal transfer of Rs 8 Crore to Punjab Maharashtra Co-op Bank. They claimed that the money parked in Punjab Maharashtra Bank halted the development works of Goa Dairy. 38 Chairmans out of around 170 milk-supplying societies attached to Goa Dairy have filed complaints to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies (RCS) demanding to initiate an inquiry of the Directors who had illegally transferred Rs 7.91 Crore Parked in Goa State Cooperative Bank to Punjab Maharashtra Co-op Bank. They urged to recover all losses…