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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday termed Goa’s Agricultural Land Bill as a “historic” legislation, and congratulated the Pramod Sawant-led state government for passing it. The Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural Land Bill 2023 was passed in the recent budget session of the state Assembly. Talking to reporters, BJP’s state unit spokesperson Giriraj Vernekar said, “We congratulate the government on passing this bill. The bill ensures protection of Goa’s paddy fields by imposing restrictions on the transfer of certain agricultural lands in the state so as to preserve and protect the land which is…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: A farmers’ association plans a state-wide campaign against the Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural Land Bill that was passed last week amid protests and to petition governor P S Sreedharan Pillai against granting assent to it, saying the legislation will sound a death knell for the state. The bill in theory seeks to prohibit the transfer of agricultural land “by way of sale, gift, exchange, lease or by any other mode” to non-agriculturists. But activists and cultivators pointed to exceptions in the bill and insisted they undo the protections that ensured that agricultural land remained with…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Goa won the gold medal in the men’s double event while Maharashtra bagged silver medal as it was curtains on the 33rd Senior National Sepak Takraw Championship at the Indoor Hall of Divisional Sports Complex in Mankapur. In the men’s doubles final Goa beat Maharashtra 2-0 (21-12, 21-15) to lift the crown. In the semi-finals Maharashtra beat Kerala 2-0 (21-18, 21-12) while Goa got the better of Rajasthan 2-0 (2-13, 2-17). Earlier in last eight matches, Goa beat AP 2-1 (21-11, 20-22, 21-18), Rajasthan beat Telangana 2-0 (21-17, 21-17), Kerala defeated Uttarakhand 2-0 (21-11, 21-16) and Maharashtra…

Goemkapronn desk MAPUSA: In a scathing attack on RSS and BJP, Former Congress Chief of Goa Girish Chodankar said that formers have always worked against the Bahujan Samaj and used them as a vote bank. He stated that it is in the DNA of the BJP to use the ‘caste card’ when they are frustrated and when they don’t have answers. Chodankar addressed the press conference in Mapusa and attacked BJP for misleading people, particularly the OBC community, over Rahul Gandhi’s issue. Former minister Chandrakant Chodankar, Virendra Shirodkar, Shashank Narvekar, Sanjay Barde, Vishal Volvoikkar, Sandeep Pednekar and others were present.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) at the Crime Branch, which is investigating the land grabbing in Goa, has given the Justice V.K Jadhav Commission of Inquiry details of the land grabbing and cheating by the Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar, who in March last year was elected on an MGP ticket and is now supporting the ruling government having been appointed as Chairman of the Goa Housing Board. In his affidavit filed before Justice V.K. Jadhav Commission, the SIT Police Sub Inspector (P.S.I.) Pritesh Dinanath Madgaonkar has given details on the manner in which Jit Arolkar grabbed land…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) today destroyed 800 kgs of chemically ripened bananas worth Rs 65,000 seized during a special surveillance drive at Mapusa sub yard. “A Surveillance drive today, at Mapusa sub yard to check for artificial ripening of fruits. During the checks, a Wholesale shop was found to have stocked Chemically Ripened Bananas Approx 800 kgs,” the FDA said. FDA further said that the chemical liquid ethaphone which was used for ripening, was also seized from the shop, and Banana stock sprayed with chemicals was destroyed with the help of the Chief officer of…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Murgao Hindu Samaj has requested the state government and Mormugao Municipal Council to allocate the land reserved for constructing a Hindu crematorium to them to build a pollution-free crematorium at Maimollem in Vasco. Addressing a press conference in Vasco on Wednesday, vice president of Murgao Hindu Samaj Shekhar Khadapkar said that the Mormugao Municipal Council has adopted a resolution long back to hand over around 8,600 square meters of land located at Maimollem to Murgao Hindu Samaj to built pollution free or electric crematorium. He said that the construction of the crematorium will be planned under the…