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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Yet again, the owner of Hill Top club Stephen D’souza has been arrested again by the Telangana police for offences booked under the prevention of illegal trafficking of Narcotics Drugs and psychotropic substances (PIT NDPS) act. This is the second time that Steve has been arrested for the second time in a matter of three and a half months. He was earlier arrested in Sept 2022 under NDPS Act. Steve was arrested this time while he had gone to report to Hyderabad police station in the earlier case matter. He had revealed the names of some drug…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “Sanjeevani Sugar Factory was the visionary project of the first Chief Minister of Goa, Late Dayanand Bandodkar, to encourage Farming in Goa. We will not allow BJP Government to destroy the legacy of Bhausaheb & hand over the Factory Land to Real Estate Mafia,” warned Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. “I have assured Sugarcane Farmers who met me today to raise their issue in the upcoming Assembly Session. Chief Minister must consider their demand for an Ethanol Plant & also pay them their pending Compensations immediately,” stated Yuri Alemao. Today a Delegation of Gomantak Shetkari Sanghatna met…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has asked the North Goa Planning and Development Authority (NGPDA) to consider the proposed Panaji-Reis Magos passenger ropeway project of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) as per the stayed Outline Development Plan (ODP) 2021. The HC said that this was subject to the final order on Prof Edgar Ribeiro and two others’ writ petitions. The court said that of the NGPDA nevertheless approves the project, the Court has given liberty to petitioners to challenge the approval via a fresh petition, and all contentions are kept open. The order came…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Reacting strongly to the withdrawal of permission for a protest rally on the Mhadei river water diversion issue, former president of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Girish Chodankar on Friday termed Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant as “Adolf Hitler” and condemned his action, which is aimed to sabotage of people’s Right to protest. Chodankar pointed out that the Congress party, while delivering Good and effective Governance since 1980, faced many aggressive agitations, including various students and labour unions agitations, Tribal, Toddy Tapper, Traditional Fisherman (RAPONKARS) Motor Cycle Pilots, Konkani Agitation, Konkan Railway, Nylon 66, Goa Bachao Abhiyaan for…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Anjuna Police have registered an FIR against 1)Deepansh Bajaj s/o Subhash, occ:- co-owner of XOXO bar & restaurant r/o Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh and 2) Suresh Ramola s/o Jaychand, age- 30 years, Occp-, Manager, r/o Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand for playing loud music beyond the permissible limits. As per SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi, on the intervening night of 12/01/2023 to 13/01/2023 above accused persons, who are the owner and manager of XOXO bar & restaurant, Anjuna, Bardez Goa, were found playing loud music in a party without permission from authorities and beyond permissible limits. Hence a raid was conducted by…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Taking a strong view of default in payment of rentals, Canacona Municipal Council resolved to seal 18 of its 27 Shops for failure to pay rentals amounting to over Rs.52 Lakhs. The CMC meeting briefly turned stormy after Councillor Dhiraj Naik Gaonkar called to withhold Contractor payments for not carrying out the works at Dumane Garbage Treatment Plant (GTP) properly and virtually turning it from bad to worst. Naikgaunkar alleged because of the Contractor, the treatment of garbage had come to a standstill for some days. In such circumstances, contractors’ bills should be withheld’, demanded Naikgaunkar. Soon,…

Goemkarponn desk VELSAO: Goa Foundation, led by Advocate Claude Alvares, today said that Goa police has no right to interfere in matters involving conflict of land rights between private land owners and the railways. “There is a mistaken impression that because the High Court has disallowed a petition filed by the Velsao Panchayat and another petition by Chandor villagers (Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott), the railway authorities are empowered to carry out development works connected with the doubling of the rail tracks between Margao and Vasco without any obstructions from any source,” said Claude. He further said that it needs to be…