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Hyderabad: The Goa Police crime branch team, which is in Telangana to probe a drug-related case, took into custody one person identified as Mahesh Goud from Siddipet district on Thursday. The police had previously made a few arrests in the case, including that of a man from Secunderabad in a Goa-Hyderabad-linked case last week. Yeshwant Reddy, the man, was caught allegedly while selling MDMA to customers in the coastal village of Siolim and confessed that three persons from Hyderabad had supplied him with the drug.

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Power Minister Sudin Dhavlikar announced that Goa would generate hydropower from the abandoned mining pits by providing new technology. Dhavalikar said the vast quantity of water from these pits will be recycled up to the requirement and used for hydropower generation. Similarly, for (renewable energy) solar panels will be installed in plain mining pits spread across 50 thousand square meters area, he said. The minister said all these works are approved in Power Conference, and the IIT Delhi team will visit Goa for follow-ups on the issue. All these procedures need six months. He was speaking at…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute locals went up in arms after authorities swung into action to demarcate an area in a primary school at Sautwaddo Calangute. Locals later cornered the authorities and questioned them about how a tower could be erected on school premises also situated in densely populated areas. “Officials told us they don’t require anyone’s permission, and they have the right to construct the tower, locals alleged. The locals later filed an objection letter to PWD signed by villagers. On Friday, the locals held a solidarity protest in school and warned they won’t allow a tower to be erected…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: On Friday, workers of Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) staged a protest outside Municipality, demanding that their 21 points new agreement be considered and issued to them at the earliest. Speaking to the media, Vice Chairperson of MMC Keshav Prabhu Desai informed that the aforementioned agreement had ended last year. According to him, the workers had submitted a new agreement with a demand to hike medical allowance by Rs 1000, keeping all the other points the same. “A year ago, the new agreement with revised demands was desked at the council meeting headed by Chairperson, Vice President, Chief…

Goemkarponn desk VERNA: Minister for Archives and Archeology Subhash Phaldessai today said that steps are being taken to identify sites over 100 years old across Goa in order to preserve and protect them. “Steps are being taken to identify sites over 100 years old so that we can protect them and preserve them under the archaeological department,” said Minister Phaldesai. He further said that the government has sought representations from the public identifying these and also petitioning for restoration. Minister said that Citizens/NGOs/Associations had been requested to submit their statements related to the destruction of historical or religious sites by…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The North Goa District Mineral Foundation today held its meeting to appraise the newly elected MLAs from the mining belt about the funds and it’s utilisation. The meeting chaired by North Goa Collector Mamu Hage has asked the MLAs to submit proposals that could be implemented in the mining areas through the funds. Speaking to media persons post-meeting, Poriem MLA Deviya Rane said that crores of rupees under the funds have remained unutilised. She said that the work of the projects that were taken up before Covid, has slowed down due to the pandemic. Rane said that…