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Goemkarponbn desk PONDA: Ponda Police registered an offence against Gaurav Bhikaji Kamat and his wife Kanya Kamat r/o Sapna Park Bethoda Ponda Goa for abusing Milly Andrade Special Judicial Magistrate, Ponda Goa. Police received a written complaint against the accused. According to Ponda PI Vijaykumar Chodankar, the incident occurred today morning at JMFC Ponda. The brief fact of the case is that both the accused persons, with their common intention, abused the complainant lady and her staff and started banging on her table, thereby obstructing her while discharging her lawful duty as a special judicial magistrate when the accused person…

Locals question will the Government install speed controlling measures before any more fatalities? Citizens suggest rumbler strips at the junction to control the speed of vehicles on the Highway. Goemkarponn desk PONDA: As we know, the practice of the Government only wakes up after there is a major accident or lives are lost. The Government installed a rumbler strip at Mangueshim Junction a few years back only after it claimed one student’s life pursuing medical education. Similarly, one such dangerous junction lies on a slope on the same Highway at Kavlem –Khadpaband Junction, where locals want government attention to…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Taking the last three years’ “Mission for Progressive Canacona”, at the Centre’s door, GPCC General Secretary Janardhan Bhandari submitted a charter 15-demands to the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highway Nitin Gadkari to improve the Margao to Polem highway road. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary Janardhan S. Bhandari submitted a memorandum to Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari and others after noticing the pathetic condition to repair hot-mix the NH-66 road from Polem to Margao. “For the last three years, we strive to get the Margao to Polem Highway (NH 66)…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Condemning the statement of Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral that Three linear Project is need of the hour, Congress on Friday said that it is being forcefully imposed on the State and hence they will not allow destroying Goa. “We have full hope in the Supreme Court that it will protect the interest of Goa.” Congress leaders said. GPCC Spokesperson Olencio Simoes along with Congress leader Capt. Viriato Fernandes on Friday addressed press conference in Panaji and said that Supreme Court’s acceptance to the recommendation of the Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) appointed by it to utilise the existing…

Goemkarponn desk The Aam Aadmi Party Vice President Sandesh Telekar Dessai condemned PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral’s statement dismissing public worries about petrol price hikes, and demanded that the BJP government should explain how much subsidy they had granted for electric bikes. Cabral, when questioned about the recent hike in fuel price had told reporters that “people should use electric bikes”. Dessai slammed the BJP minister’s statement as “insensitive,” and said, “because his travel expenses are paid by the exchequer, he is unaware of the difficulties faced by common people. The BJP government should reveal the amount of subsidies it has…

Goemkarponn desk SANCOALE: Sancoale Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) unanimously resolved to oppose the Marina project in Sancoale bay to protect and preserve the Marine biodiversity of Sancoale bay. In a Biodiversity committee meeting held on Friday morning, it was unanimously decided and resolved to strongly oppose any kind of Marina project in Sancoale bay, considering the protection and preservation of endangered and rare marine species and biodiversity from Sancoale bay, said Navin Jha, member of Sancoale BMC. Jha further added that the Chicalim BMC has contacted them in this regard, and both these BMCs will jointly prepare a master plan…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Supreme Court of India has accepted the submitted report by its Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on the three linear projects. “The report states that three linear projects are non-beneficial to the ecology of Goa, claimed Congress,” leader Viriato Fernandes. In a thanksgiving video that went viral on social media platforms, Viriato Fernandes of the Congress party said the Supreme Court of India has accepted the report submitted by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which was formed by the Supreme Court in 2021. The submitted report had some suggestions and observations related to the three linear projects, including…