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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court dismissed 5 writ petitions filed by Salgaoncar-owned real estate firms which sought to challenge the report of the Sharma Private Forest Review Committee which had categorized their land as “private forest.” The order came in response to 5 applications filed by the Goa Foundation in these petitions, reminding the Court of its own orders in the past directing that such matters be filed before the NGT and not before the High Court. The real estate firms complained in their petitions that they had not been given a hearing in the matter prior to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With the easing of COVID19 norms and the starting of tourism-related activities, Goa has seen a 33 per cent jump in GST collections. As per the latest data provided by the Union Ministry of Finance, Goa has collected Rs 319 cr in September, which was Rs 240 cr in September 2020. India’s gross GST revenue collected in the month of September 2021 is ₹ 1,17,010 crore of which CGST is ₹ 20,578 crore, SGST is ₹ 26,767 crore, IGST is ₹ 60,911 crore (including ₹ 29,555 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is ₹ 8,754…

Every time the extensions are granted, the reason given is that the alternate place is being looked out for, which is a subject of memes on social media. Babush Monseratte, who succeeded Parrikar as Panaji MLA, had promised to move the casinos out within 100 days of the election, too failed to fulfil his assurance. While Casinos remained in Mandovi, Babush moved from Congress then to BJP, the party safeguarding the casinos. In between, Ports Minister Michael Lobo made vague statements that one casino would be moved to Aguada bay and the others would follow. But to date, nothing of…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Digital methods for Crop Survey to be put in place soon, to survey the loss suffered by the farmers during the flood, drought, etc. The technology is developed now, and farmers can themselves click photos of the field/loss suffered, upload it on the app. This was decided at a review meeting by Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ms Shobha Karandlaje. She reviewed various Central sector schemes and centrally Sponsored schemes in Goa. Dy CM Chandrakant Kavlekar, Heads of various agriculture-related departments in Govt of Goa and Govt of India, also attended the meeting.…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Daily, hundreds of citizens, rush to file applications at Dindayal Kiosk located outside the Ponda Mamlatdar office, hoping they will get Rs 5000 under Covid 19 relief fund. A huge rush is seen for getting application forms and submissions. It may be recalled that the government had declared a scheme to covid 19 communities affected flower vendors, pilot, fruit vendors to marginalised / unorganised sector. The scheme is implemented through the Director of Social Welfare through the concerned Secretary of Village Panchayat, or Chief Officer, Municipality and Commissioner of CCP. Under this, people engaged and affected in…

Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: Goa Police in a raid has busted a fake call center operating from a hotel premises at Calangute and has arrested 7 people involved in cheating citizens of United States by impersonating themselves as enforcement authorities. The police based of specific information raided the fake call center set up at Amara Hotel, Gaurawado Calangute. Bardez Goa wherein personal details of citizens of United States of America were received through illegal means by using computers resource and Virtual Private: Network (VPN), the above accused persons with their common intention to cheat citizens of United States of America, contacted…

Goemkarponn desk Today, PANAJI: Goa’s renowned Onco-Surgeon Chief Department of Oncology, Manipal Dr Shekhar Salkar, disclosed that 22,731 children had tested positive for COVID-19 without attending a single session class. “As we check data, a total of 22,371 children have tested positive for COVID19 without attending a single class, of which 9 children succumbed to the virus. 5 during 1st wave and 4 during the second wave,” said Dr Salkar. He further said that all 9 children who succumbed to the virus had comorbidity conditions like cardiac, renal and obesity in immunosuppressant. Further, as per data, 4804 children tested positive…