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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested politician Sandeep Vazarkar for his involvement in illegal land grabbing. As per information, the accused, Sandeep Vazarkar and Avinash Naik, had dishonestly induced Purshottam Agarwal to buy landed property in survey no. 21/31 of village Sangolda, Bardez, Goa and fraudulently carried out the documentary, monitory transactions towards the sale and transferring of legal rights in respect of landed property survey no. 21/31 of village Sangolda, Bardez, Goa. The sale was made with the complainant and complainant’s wife, Laxmi Agarwal, by virtue of an agreement for sale with a promise to…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: It felt like a Bollywood flick story when the authorities had begun construction demolition and suddenly a lawyer arrived with a stay order. The demolition of the controversial shack Curlies on Anjuna Beach began this morning at & am after a late night order from the Deputy Collector. However, the demolition of Goa’s ‘Curlie’s’ restaurant, which came under the spotlight after Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat’s death, has been put on hold by Supreme Court, hours after the Goa government started the process to raze the structure.However, the orders came after 30 per cent of the restaurant…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed the petition filed by Linet Nunes against the GCZMA order for demolition of Curlies Beach Shack in Anjuna as it was found to be constructed illegally in the ‘No-development Zone’ in CRZ-III in violation of CRZ Notification, issued under the EP Act. “We do not find any merit in the appeal, and there is no ground to interfere with the impugned order. Documents relied upon by the appellant at best show that NOC was granted by the Panchayat in respect of some construction in Survey No.42/10. House tax receipts also…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has declared that Churchill Alemao has seized to be the Goa Football Association (GFA) with immediate effect as he attained the age of 70 in 2019. The High Court has said that any decision taken during course of Churchill Alemao’s tenure shall not be called into question. The term of the Executive Committee of GFA ended on July 31 after the Annual General Body Meeting (AGM). However, no elections have been held, and Churchill Alemao has continued beyond his tenure with no signs of fresh elections. High Court had sought…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: JMFC Mapusa today has extended the remanded of accused Sukhwinder Singh and Sudhir Sangwan in the Sonali Phogat murder case by two days. Both the accused were produced before the court in Mapusa by the Anjuna police. During their two-day extended remand, the Goa Police will further interrogate Sudhir and Sukh Sukhwinder based on the evidence found during the Haryana investigation and try to collect new evidence in the case. Sources say that police have also started preparations to file a charge sheet in this case. The recent development comes after the two main accused in the…

Industry lost another ₹15,000 cr, apart from 16,000 job losses, and an adverse impact on another 75,000 persons, a study that analysed economic impact of decisions of SC, NGT in 5 specific cases shows A study that analysed the economic impact of the decisions of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) of India in five specific cases during the 2018-21 period – including a ban on iron ore mining in Goa and the closure of a copper plant of Sterlite Industries in Tamil Nadu – suggests the government lost about ₹8,000 crore in revenues, industry another ₹15,000…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Food & Drugs licence issued to Silly Souls Café & Bar at Assagao stands in the name of Eightall Food and Beverages Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) which is operating in partnership with Ugraya Mercantile Pvt Limited, of which Zubin Irani, the husband of Union Women & Child Development Minister Smriti Irani is a Director. This has been revealed in the information furnished by Goa’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information Act. As per the documents obtained under RTI, the property surveyed under survey No 236/22 of village Assagao…