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Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The Sub Divisional magistrate (SDM) of Mapusa in North Goa has served show cause notices to two resorts for allegedly allowing the premises to be used for ‘international sex trafficking racket’. Deputy Collector and SDM Gurudas S.T. Desai has asked the resort owners to reply the notices and hearing will be held on September 28, failing which necessary order will be passed to seal the premises. Last week, Goa Police had asked the SDM to seal two resorts in the North district for allegedly using premises for an international sex trafficking racket. Deputy Superintendent of Police Jivba…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With the Indian men’s football team slated to play its first match of the Asian Games on September 19, and the 10th season of the Indian Super League (ISL) scheduled to begin on September 21, there was uncertainty regarding players’ availability for both competitions at the media day organised by the ISL in Bengaluru on Tuesday. All players in the King’s Cup squad were scheduled to return from Thailand to their ISL clubs on Tuesday. All India Football Federation (AIFF) had wanted players in that squad also chosen for Asian Games to stay back in Chiang Mai,…

The recreation of the ancient stitched ship is a multi-ministerial project with design and construction being overseen by the Indian Navy and funded by the Ministry of Culture. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister of State (MoS) for Culture and External Affairs, Meenakashi Lekhi, on Tuesday, laid the keel for the recreation of an ancient stitched ship in Goa. The keel was laid at M/s Hodi Innovations, Goa in the presence of Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral R Hari Kumar, Member of the Economic Advisor Council to the PM Sanjeev Sanyal, and dignitaries from the Ministry of Culture and Indian…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Government has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLC) in the Supreme Court of India challenging the order of High Court of Bombay at Goa directing the state to declare the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and its surrounding areas as a tiger reserve within three months. The Government of Goa haD appointed senior counsel and former Advocate General Mukul Rohatgi to challenge the Bombay High Court in Goa order to declare the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and its surrounding areas as a tiger reserve within three months. An order issued by the law department said that Rohatgi, will…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Guruprasad Pawaskar, State Commissioner for Office of Persons with Disabilities has condoled the death of a student, who fell from the Sanjay School building, in Porvorim. “It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Sydney Rodrigues, a cherished member of our community, who tragically lost his life following a mishap recently. Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to the family and friends during this incredibly difficult time,” he said. Pawaskar said Sydney’s passing is a heart-wrenching reminder of the importance of ensuring the safety and accessibility of all public spaces for individuals with…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Students Islamic Organization of India (SIOI) Goa Zone has refuted claims that the students were coerced into wearing the hijab while attending a mosque as part of a program in Vasco, and has expressed significant concern with the course of events surrounding those instances. After it was claimed that he escorted a group of students to a mosque at the invitation of the SIOI as part of a campaign to foster inter communal harmony, the principal of a private higher secondary school in Dabolim was suspended. Usman Khan, the president of the SIOI Goa Zone, asserted…

Goemkarponn Desk DABOLIM: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Members today alleged that Islamic workshops have been taking place for the last many years wherein students from these schools were taken. VHP visited the Government Higher Secondary School in Baina, where 30 students were allegedly taken for the Islamic Workshop at Masjid. “We just came to meet the authorities here as around 30 students were taken to the masjid. We have come across that this workshop has been going on for last many years,” said VHP Members They said that the schools had no information about the various ritual and wearing of…