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AERIAL VIEW Now, we Goans demand the government makes papers public which prove the land is owned by the Zuari Agro. Secondly, even if the courts have given the ownership of land to Zuari, why has the government not yet appealed to the higher courts or the Supreme Courts. The minister’s statement certainly seems suspicious. There seems to be something more than what is meeting the naked eye. If the land ownership is with Zuari, why is the State not informing the PMO, which had sought a reply? The State authorities are dragging their feet on the Prime Minister’s office’s…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: A day after his resignation, the Goa Forward Party backed Ghanashyam Shirodkar lost the no-confidence motion tabled against him by 0-15 votes. A special meeting was called at the municipality to vote on the no-confidence motion against Shirodkar, which was passed 0-15 versus zero votes this morning. As per information, 10 councillors, including Ghanashyam, were absent during the no-confidence vote. Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, who recently joined BJP, said that there was no surprise in the result and was expected. “We had seven councillors, and BJP had 8, which becomes 15, and the result today was on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR 9), the Exclusive Assemblia of Civil Engineering conference hosted by the Institution of Civil Engineers ( India) on the Theme Sustainable Design and Eco Technologies For Infrastructure, was held in the city today. The Award Ceremony was another event of the conference, which was attended by the Governor of Goa, P. S. Sreedharan Pillai. The Governor, Shri Pillai, addressing the function, said that we believe that the world is one family. “We aim that knowledge may come to us from any way from the world. In the field of…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: While the raids on Popular Front of India (PFI) offices could have been a part of the national exercise carried out across many states, an attack by National Investigative agencies (NIA) in the housing board area of Baina has left everyone shocked and disbelief. Local Municipal Councillor and Neighbour Ramchandra Kamat has said that the family was good and living in the area some years ago, but the raid has now disclosed that the family allegedly had ties with the PFI “When I was leaving the house, I was shocked to see a large police force in…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Locals at Usgao and Khandepar expressed unhappiness over the excavation of mud and boulders on the bank of the OPA water reservoir. Locals said since the past eight days, excavation has been done at the river bank toward the OPA Plant site. Locals said mud should not be dumped into rivers; instead, the mud should be transported through trucks and dumped elsewhere. The OPA river water turned red due to mud dumped in the past week. Environmentalist Sandeep Parkar said already the river basin is filled with mud and silt and if excavation of mud and…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In a fatal accident reported at Nestle, Usgao area, a pedestrian Anagha Anand Desai (44 years) r/o Usgao, n/o Kolhapur, Maharashtra, died after she was hit by an unknown vehicle while walking on the road. She later succumbed to injuries. Ponda Police are investigating the matter and are also on the lookout for the vehicle. This is the second such case reported at Ponda. Earlier last month, a pedestrian was also hit by an unknown vehicle at Usgao and later succumbed to in injuries.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Special Investigation Team (SIT) today has arrested Nure Faizal Bhatkar for his involvement in the illegal land grab cases. Nure Faizal Bhatkar (41) will be produced before the Judicial Magistrate for remand. The accused, who is a resident of Malim Betim, has been involved in forging documents and illegal grabbing lands. The SIT yesterday arrested Rajkumar Maithi, who is one of the three accused identified as masterminds in illegal land grabbing cases. This is the third case in which action has been initiated against him. SIT has been granted his custody for 5 days. This is the…