Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa finds “prima facie case” to admit the criminal appeal filed by the State Government challenging acquittal of senior journalist Tarun Tejpal in a rape case. The Court has issued notice to respondent Tarun Tejpal which is returnable by June 24. High Court observed that ‘the trial court’s judgment looks like a manual that how should a sexual offence victim react or behave’ as contended by the State. The Solicitor General of India, appearing for Goa Tushar Mehta points out lack of sensibity towards crime against women in the trial court judgement.…
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Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: With no water supply for past five days due to pipeline breakdown and the Public Works Department officials not moving an inch to repair the same, the youth of Sirvoi, Quepem, near Someshwar temple has taken the responsibility to the repair the damage. The official and the locals say the problem is recurring due to old cement pipeline, which was laid in 1990. Ashish Gaonkar a local said that this has become a huge issue as the problem recurs every other day. “It is become very difficult to repair or maintain the pipeline because it is cement…
REDRAFT CZMP – NGT… * The GCZMA accepted the draft without due consideration and put them in public domain for inviting objections. * There were procedural deficiencies rendering public hearing a formality * New notice allowed oral presentation without visuals without facility for virtual participation. On account of pandemic, physical participation was limited to 100 people. In such situation, if participants were more than 100, staggered public hearing should have been held. * It is further stated that public hearing conducted on 07.03.2021 was deficient as large number of people could not participate. Only 79 persons were allowed in…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Directorate of Higher Education has selected two Institutes for providing comprehensive Coaching for Std. VIII to Xth and XIIth to prepare them for the comprehensive examination such as IIT, JEE, NEET, various scholarships etc. As per order Coaching includes learning material (both soft and hard copy) to be provided to the individual enrolled along with the regular question papers, answer keys, compendiums, test series etc. which supplement the learning process. The classes will be conducted during afternoon session, Sundays/Holidays. The courses/coaching classes, will be conducted through any mode (offline, online, classroom interaction, distance learning etc.) provided that…
The Prime Minister chaired a review meeting regarding the Class XII Board exams of CBSE. Officials gave a detailed presentation on the wide and extensive consultation held so far and views received from all stakeholders, including State governments. In view of the uncertain conditions due to COVID and the feedback obtained from various stakeholders, it was decided that Class XII Board Exams would not be held this year. It was also decided that CBSE will take steps to compile the results of class XII students as per a well-defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner The Prime Minister said that…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The reduction in economic activities due to disruption of economic activities since March 2020 after the Covid-19 lockdown that forced thousands of businesses to scale down or entirely shut down their operations has triggered a massive rise in unemployment. As per CMIE, The unemployment rate in Goa for the month of May was recorded at 20.6 percent. As per the CMIE data, with seven million job losses in April across India, the unemployment rate rose to 9.7 per cent on May 19, the highest since June 2020. TThe unemployment rate in the country has been volatile in…
Goemkarponn desk Margao – The BJP Government must start preparation for the likely third wave of Covid. I have proposed a Covid Testing Centre at Malbhat in my constituency and i urge Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane to ensure that the same is started immediately stated Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat. He conducted an inspection of the venue for the proposed Covid Testing Centre at Malbhat with Deputy Collector Jyoti Kumari, Joint Mamlatdar Raghuraj Faldessai & Talathi Kalpesh Deulkar today. It is important that this testing facility is commissioned immediately, so that people can remain…