A day after the State cabinet decided to keep 45,000 sq meters of temple land out of the IIT Goa project, the villagers of Shel Melauli have written to the Chief Minister asking to stop illegal land grabbing in the name of big projects. “We are shocked and deeply insulted to see that you held a press conference earlier today during which you stated that the cabinet has taken a decision to grant 45,000 sq m of land at sy no 67/1, Melauli village to our Jhalmi-Sateri Temple, and thereafter asked us to withdraw our agitation,” the letter from Melauli…
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In a highest single day spike Goa registered 570 new cases on Thursday with 271 new recoveries and two deaths. The death toll in the State has reached 91. Goa also crossed 10000-mark as it is currently has 10494 confirmed cases. The active cases now are 3491 and recoveries are 6912. A 48 year old male from Rajbagh, Canacona, 43 year old male from Aquem admitted at ESI COVID hospital, Margao both with co-morbid conditions died on Thursday. Out of 3236 samples collected, 1926 are negative, 570 are positive and 740 reports are awaited. Panaji seems to be becoming the…
Noted gangster Zenito Cardozo, who is one of the accused in St Cruz shootout, has been remanded to five days police custody by JMFC on Thursday. Zenito, who was had filed for anticipatory bail, had surrendered before the SSDPO, Panaji on Wednesday, Cardozo had moved the local court seeking relief from arrest after the North Goa Police launched a massive hunt to trace his whereabouts. Several people have been questioned and dozens of possible hide outs raided in a failed bid to track him down. After initial reluctance, the police havd called him a prime conspirator of the attack. Imran…
PANJIM: The Government must order an inquiry into the fraudulent attempts by the Town and Country Planning Department to grant approval for Sub Division of land owned by Mr. & Mrs. Harshad Modi for making 77 plots without proposing necessary infrastructure at Curca villege in Tiswadi Taluka behind Holy cross, Bambolim. The attempts are being made despite the fact that the sub division proposal being rejected earlier by the Deputy Town Planner with a reason that the said property of 55,000 m2 is having a steep slope with a gradient of 28.33% and 26.47%. The illegal act is in complete…
PANJIM: A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising of Justice M.S.Sonak and Justice M.S.Jawalkar today directed that notices be issued to the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP), the Goa Government and the 21 nominated on the seven Ward committees constituted by the CCP. The High Court while seeking an explanation from the CCP and State Government has directed those 21 appointed to file an affidavit about their qualifications. The High Court has directed that all the affidavits be filed by August 25th and has fixed the matter for hearing on August 27th. Pointing out that Section…
PANJIM: The Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant will interact with the students from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on August 14, 2020. The Chief Minister will be interacting with the students who have recently completed their Board Exams i.e X and XII std. He will be speaking and discussing on host of issues and challenges faced by the student community. Further it is requested that students who are in std IX, X, XI and XII during this academic year should also view this interaction live on Facebook page @GoaCM and @DrPramodPSawant. Similarly, the entire event will also be covered by…
PANJIM: As many as 26 village panchayats from the mining belts have approached the Supreme Court with an interlocutory application (IA) seeking impleadment in the Goa mining case, which is likely to be heard on August 18. The representatives today also called on Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik seeking his intervention in immediate resumption of the mining industry claiming that the closure of the industry has taken toll on economy and employment in these villages, which comprises of nearly 1.5 lakh populations. Advocate Amey Kakodkar said that 26 panchayat have moved Supreme Court seeking impleadment in the mining cases,…