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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In a raid conducted late Wednesday evening, Canacona police arrested four persons, including the premises owner, for Gambling activities at Gulem in Canacona. Kust Payton Gaonkar, age 48 yrs, Janu Jiblo Gaonkar, age 63 yrs and Shrikant Shanu Velip, age 38 yrs, all r/o Gulem Canacona, were caught red-handed while playing card gambling and taken into custody. The premises owner, namely Dinesh Ram Gaonkar, age 40 yrs r/o Gullem is also arrested for allowing his premises to play card gambling. According to Canacona PI, the premises of a Milk Centre at Gulem in Canacona were raided by…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Forest Department, South Goa Division, Margao, in collaboration with Goa Police, celebrated Vanmohotsav in the premises of Headland Sada Police Station Mormugao Goa. In the presence of Councilor Smt. Shraddha S. Amonkar, DySP Salim Sheikh, Asst. Conservator of Forest, Dyaneshwar Kudalkar, Police Inspector Alvito Fernandes, Range Forest Office Mahanand Paryekar, Headmaster of Government school Umesh Naik, along with the staff of the Govt. school and students. The program started with the welcoming of the Guest with flowers, PI Alvito Fernandes welcomed the Guest while speaking on the occasion chief guest Smt. Shraddha Amonkar urged the students and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has been instructed by the High Court of Bombay in Goa not to issue any new construction licenses until the July 19 hearing date. This choice was made in response to the accumulated Sonsodo trash. Court has also directed the Margao Municipal Council to deploy one full-time engineer only at Sonsoddo. Speaking to reporters, the District Collector said that he visited the site upon the directions of the HC. “All that has been observed at the Sonsoddo dump yard will be presented before the HC after preparing a report on the same,”…

GPCC President Amit Patkar Takes Mining Delegation to Goa Forward President Vijay Sardesai, Ignores His Own Party Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: All does not seem to be well in the Grand Old Party – Congress in Goa again. The President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, Amit Patkar, who has often been labelled as a weak president by his own party colleagues, has kicked off yet another controversy. This time around, party leaders say, he has disrespected his own party’s Leader of Opposition, Yuri Alemao and led a delegation to another party president to take up…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Supreme Court has ordered a stay on the construction of a bridge over the Tiracol River and issued notices to the concerned parties on a petition filed by an NGO. The Apex court said, “We make it clear that in the meanwhile, the construction of the Tiracol River bridge shall not commence.” In 2015, the Goa Foundation filed an application for a stay of work on the Rs.77 crore “signature bridge” across the Tiracol river before the National Green Tribunal on grounds of being approved in violation of the CRZ notification. The NGT ordered a stay…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Youth Congress has condemned the act of the BJP government to detain its members while trying to seek the appointment of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over inflation and unemployment. State In-Charge for Goa Pradesh Youth Congress and National Secretary of Indian Youth Congress Ms. Richi Bhargava said that the BJP government has proved that it is stifling the voices of the public when someone stands to ask about inflation and unemployment. “As citizens of this nation, don’t we have the right to ask questions to elected representatives? Why are they shying away from the responsibilities,”…

* Court asks CO to monitor the situation on a daily basis Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The State government today told the High Court of Bombay at Goa that 30 metric tons of daily waste from Margao will be treated at the Saligao Waste Treatment facility temporarily while another five metric tons will be at the SGPDA waste facility. The State also informed Court that it is considering sending around ten metric tons of waste from Margao to the Cacora treatment facility, which is currently operational on a trial basis. Margao generates around 35 metric tons of dry waste daily, which…