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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a significant twist, the alleged accused in the infamous power scam, Minister Mauvin Godinho, has pleaded they should be excluded from the investigation. The fate of the case will be decided in court on June 30th. The Counsel representing Mauvin Godinho in the electricity scam case has contended that the Magistrate does not have the power to directly reinvestigate the corruption matter. The counsel for Mauvin and the other accused persons has argued for closing the trial. Earlier, the high court of Bombay at Goa directed the court to expedite the pending case and conclude the…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Dr Jasmine Braganza was officially declared as a Chairperson of Curchorem Cacora Municipal Council by the presiding officer and Deputy Collector Nilesh Daigodhkar on Thursday. On this occasion, 13 councillors out of 15 were present, and two former chairpersons, Balkrishna Hodarkar and Sushant Naik remained absent. On this occasion, Curchorem MLA and PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral said that whatever good work has been done by the outgoing chairperson Vishwas Sawant will be taken forward by the new Chairperson, Dr Jasmine Braganza, and she will work for the people and betterment of Curchorem municipal council. Cabral said my…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Swatantraveer Sawarkar’s main auditorium from Ravindra Bhavan Baina is likely to be operational by the next two months. The artists from Vasco and nearby areas will once again get a platform to present their art forms on a bigger stage. Ravindra Bhavan Baina chairman Jayant Jadhav has assured that the main Swatantraveer Sawarkar auditorium, which was closed for almost two years, will likely get operational within the next two months. Jadhav said there was some technical lag regarding air cooling technology’s air conditioning system. This air conditioning system, exposed directly to the saline air of Baina beach,…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Goa First NGO has filed a complaint with the Deputy Collector of Mormugao, Mormugao Municipal Council and Chicalim panchayat questioning licences to the liquor shops close to National and State highways. The NGO warned to approach High Court if all licences of these liquor outlets next to the National and state highway are not cancelled for not abiding by the Supreme court guidelines. Parshuram Sonurlekar, president of Goa First, has filed a complaint with the Dy Collector of Mormugao, Directorate of Municipal Administration, and Directorate of panchayat against the Department of Excise Mormugao and Mormugao municipal council…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Nationalist Congress Party(Goa) president Jose Philip D’Souza is confident that NCP leader Sharad Pawar will find a way to resolve the crises related to Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra. D’Souza, says BJP’s backdoor politics and greed for power should stop. Commenting on the recent political turmoil inside the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the neighbouring state of Maharashtra, NCP Goa’s chief Jose Philip D’Souza expressed dismay. D’Souza said that people elect the representatives and they should remain in that party, but nowadays, backdoor politics takes place. He added that the BJP government is at the centre and in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Police has cautioned hotel owners, owners of guest houses/service apartments, individuals, owners who let out/provide accommodation to foreigners etc. to submit the C-Form/s to FRRO/FRO within 24 hours after the arrival of foreigner/s on their premises as per Section 16 of Foreigner’s (Amendment Order 2016). Goa Police has noticed that despite the law mandating accommodators to register these details of their guests in the online C-Form system (bio.gov.in), the same is not being followed. Goa Police have been informed of the procedure to submit the C-Forms. For hoteliers, registration of C-Forms has to be done by…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been investigating the land grabbing cases quickly. Sawant also urged the people of Goa to submit any such complaints pertaining to land grabbing to SIT or the police department. “Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been investigating the land grabbing cases on a fast track manner; I request people of Goa to submit any such complaints pertaining to land grabbing to SIT or the police department,” said CM Sawant. Sawant also informed that there would be more arrests regarding the land-grabbing cases. “We have decided to strengthen…