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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The illegal land grabbing case seems to get murkier with the arrest of Rajkumar Maithi for the second time by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). Maithi is set to be produced before the court today. According to police officials, the individual arrested is among the masterminds of the entire land scam. Police claim that the accused is involved in around 90 land properties. Referring to the modus operandi, Police said the accused persons manipulated documents in the archives and used them to make other documents pertaining to the properties. Maithi was a mastermind who had illegally converted…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has directed Mines Department to take steps to start sand mining through traditional extractors on an urgent basis. “Have directed necessary steps are to be taken to start sand mining through traditional extractors on an urgent basis,” said CM Sawant. CM Sawant held a review meeting with AG, CS, DGP, Secretaries, Collectors, DMG and other senior officers regarding issues related to sand mining and laterite queries in the State. The Chief Minister also issued instructions for a strict vigil on illegal mining activities, including sand mining. “The Mines Department has been directed…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Stating Spead-breaker/Rumblers are not permitted on Highways and are more responsible for several mishaps, residents of Canacona are up in arms against the PWD for immediate removal of all such hindrances on NH-66. The demand virtually grew louder after a biker was injured as a Karwar-bound Karnataka Registered Car dashed against a Kerala Registration motorbike at Dapot-Maxem on Saturday evening. As the mishap took place just across the rumblers on NH-66 road near the S S Angle Hr Sec School Dapot-Maxem Bus-Stop, several residents reached to help the injured two-wheeler rider vent their anger on the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration has informed that the District Collector, North Goa and South Goa, in the capacity of Adjudicating Officer under the Food Safety and Standards Act, have disposed off one case each in which the manufacturer and the seller have been imposed with penalties for manufacturing and selling sub-standard cashew nuts. Both the manufacturers have been fined Rs. 10,000/- each, and the seller in South Goa have been fined collectively Rs. 10,000/-. Adjudicating case in North Goa was filed by Food Safety Officer Atul Dessai had drawn a sample from a shop at…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Airports Limited (GAL), has successfully completed RNP (Required Navigation Performance) procedure for both approaches – 10 & 28 – of the newly built Runway at the upcoming New Goa International Airport, today. An Airbus 320 aircraft from Indigo Airlines equipped with RNP equipment tested and validated RNP for its accuracy and flyability. RNP is a family of navigation specifications under Performance Based Navigation (PBN) which permit the operation of aircraft along a precise flight path with a high level of accuracy and the ability to determine aircraft…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The trend is eco-friendly Ganesh Celebration in Ponda Taluka. The artists in Curti Ponda, while celebrating chaturthi, decorate eco-friendly Matoli with more than 350 varieties of natural Matoli items, including fruits, vegetables, and medicinal plants beside jungle fruits giving a message to protect environment. Many matoli artists in Taluka decorate the entire hall of the house with Matoli atop the Ganesh idol. Explaining the concept behind Matoli, Vishant Gaude Matoli, artist at Kelbay-Curti, said there is a need to save the mother earth from the destruction and exploitation of the earth, hills, forest and pollution due to…