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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vishwajit Rane said that his department has given the necessary instructions; all documents, plans, minutes of the meeting, and the role of the state-level committee right from the formation of the RP-21 have been taken over by my office. “The TCP Department has been given the necessary instructions; all documents, plans, minutes of the meeting, and the role of the state-level committee right from the formation of the RP-21 have been taken over by my office,” said Rane He further said that these documents will be handed over to an investigative…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Taleigao locals have raised their strong objection to errors in the land use plan and land use register 2023 of Taleigao drafted by the North Goa Planning and Development Authority. The locals called on the member secretary of NGPDA on the issue. They pointed out that the Land Use Plan and Land Use Registers have not been planned well as per the guidelines, and there are mass irregularities. They said that the plan exposes the corruption, nepotism and violation of the law by the North Goa Planning and Development Authority and the agency TurboSketch, who was appointed…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Finally, as assured to the Locals, the National Highways Authority of India has begun road widening work on the Kundaim bypass. The Locals of Kundaim had launched an agitation on 1 May by stopping the NH traffic passing from Kundaim Manaswada, demanding to divert it through the Kundaim bypass. The locals had staged agitation following the horrific accident on 31 April wherein a container truck was overturned at Manaswada Junction, damaging two cars and four bikes, and several people at the spot were injured. There was a tense situation following the accident, and the irked villagers worried,…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Tense situation was witnessed on Thursday night after a group of Hyderabad tourists travelling in a four-wheeler and allegedly driving rash and negligent manner met with two accidents at Vagator and Canca and attempted to escape from the spot. They were chased by locals and subsequently apprehended at Porvorim According to information received, a group of tourists from Hyderabad travelling by car caused two accidents at Vagator and Canca due to reckless driving. Meanwhile, after the accident, the tourists tried to run away from the spot. After that, the locals started chasing them. The first accident happened…

Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a lawyer, which sought to ensure that President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates the new parliament building instead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The petitioner contended that the Lok Sabha secretariat and the central government were “humiliating” the president by failing to extend her an invitation to the ceremony. The petition’s filing coincided with the huge controversy surrounding the dedication of the new parliament building by PM Modi on Sunday. At least 20 opposition parties have decided to skip the ceremony in protest of what…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte today held a meeting with the senior officers of the government departments regarding pre-monsoon preparedness. During the course of discussions, Khaunte instructed the authorities of the panchayats and the Water Resources Department (WRD) to undertake the work of desilting drains, gutters and nullahs before the onset of the monsoon. The issues pertaining to the works to be carried out by PWD, electricity, fire, emergency services, and other concerned departments were discussed during the meeting. Further, the minister directed all the concerned departments to gear up their machinery and take all the necessary precautions…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM14) and 8th Mission Innovation (MI8) meetings will be held in Goa in July this year, officials said. These meetings will be conducted between July 19 and 22, they said. The theme of these meetings is ‘Advancing Clean Energy Together’, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a release. Scheduled on the margins of the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting, these meetings will bring together governments, international organisations, private sector, academia, innovators, civil society, early career researchers and policy-makers featuring high-level ministerial dialogues, global initiative launches, award announcements, minister-CEO roundtables and a…