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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) today, along with concerned citizens, submitted objections to the draft Town & Country Planning (TCP) Amendments. RGP and its members also led a protest outside the TCP office in Panaji against the amendments to the New TCP Act. “Today, RGP members and Concerned Citizens of Goa submitted objections to Draft TCP Amendments. These amendments, if a reality, will finish Goa and Goans,” said RGP President Manoj Parab. He further said that the amendments will also allow projects to come up in agricultural land and low-lying areas, which was not allowed earlier. During…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Colvale police arrested two persons from Karnataka for possession of Ganja. According to SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi, a raid occurred today at Housing Board, Colvale, during which 02 accused persons were 1. Ratan Awale age 20 yrs and 2. Abbas Kharushi, age 19 yrs, were arrested for illegally possessing Ganja. Both accused persons have been arrested under sections 20(b)(ii)(B), and 29 of the NDPS Act and are presently in lockup. SDPO Jivba Dalvi informed that during interrogation, the accused persons have informed that they procured the drugs from a specific place in Maharashtra, and as such, a…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A fatal accident has been reported at Chimbel bypass leading to the death of cyclist on the spot. The accident took place during the early hours of Friday. As per information, the deceased has been identified as Devu Mardolkar, a resident of Chimbel-Old Goa. The locals said that the accident took place earlier morning when a Kadamba Transport Limited bus hit the cyclist near the Chimbel junction early morning. An eyewitness said that the deceased was crushed under the bus at the busy junction and died on the spot. A case has been registered, and police have…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On the occasion of International Daughter’s Day, celebrated this 25th of September, BLive has curated a special tour on e-bikes to commemorate the day: A Daughter’s Day out on the island of Divar. The special e-bike tour will commence from the Old Goa Residency, Ella road, at 11:00 am and transition with a ferry ride across the Mandovi river to settle in the quaint but picturesque island of Divar. Every great escapade needs a leader, and at the forefront of the tour, a knowledgeable tour guide will lead the way from the start to the end of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: ‘Team Goa’ was accorded a send-off at a special programme at Estela Hall, Clube Tennis De Gaspar Dias, Miramar, today. The state athletes/sportspersons will participate in athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, football, gymnastics, judo, kabaddi, mallakhamb, athletics, triathlon and wushu at the ongoing National Games 2022 in Gujarat. Sports Minister Govind Gaude, Union Minister & GOA President Shripad Naik, Secretary Sports Ajit Roy, SAG Executive Director Ajay Gaude, GOA Secretary-General Gurudatta Bhakta and ‘Chef De Mission’ Anagha Warlikar graced the occasion and distributed the kits to the participating teams and athletes/officials. Arjuna Awardee Bruno Coutinho and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Following demands for scrapping of TCP amendments, the Town and Country Planning Minister Vishwajit Rane said that the Golf Course and Film City plans already existed in Regional Plan 2021. Rane, taking to social media, also took a dig at the people opposing amendments saying the people had also opposed five-star hotels in Goa years ago, but today they have become the backbone of Goa. “While deciding which activities would be permitted, we took great care to ensure that these activities would not densify the areas and place an additional burden on the State’s infrastructure. We have…

Goemkarponn desk MORMUGAO: A Unit of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Mumbai this morning raided the residence of member of the Popular Front of India at Sada in Mormugao. As per information, the raid began at 3.10 am with 20 NIA officers. No arrests had been made, but some material was seized during the raid. A total of 106 PFI leaders have been arrested so far from 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country. The maximum number of arrests were made in Kerala (22), followed by…