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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa’s Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG) has started groundwork for the fifth round of iron ore mineral block auctions, with the state government looking to complete the process before the Model Code of Conduct for the 2027 Assembly elections is enforced. As part of the exercise, the DMG is assessing the quantity of iron ore available in mining leases where geological investigations have already been completed. The findings will determine which areas have adequate mineral resources and can be considered for the next auction. Officials said the department will shortlist the eligible blocks after the resource…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The four-year legal battle over the illegal cutting of a hill at Arpora has ended with the Bombay High Court at Goa recording that the hill has been restored to a stable condition. The case, P.I.L. W.P. No. 20/2022 — Goa Foundation v. Village Panchayat of Arpora-Nagoa & Ors. — began after the Goa Foundation received a citizen complaint regarding hill-cutting and development activity behind the Park Regis Hotel at Arpora. The Foundation first approached the Village Panchayat on March 31, 2022, after observing heavy machinery being used to cut the hill. It pointed out that the…

Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has intensified food safety enforcement across North Goa, seizing 225 kg of unlabelled frozen jamun worth around Rs 50,000 during an early-morning surveillance operation at the interstate Mapusa bus stand. The consignment, transported from Pune to Mapusa via Atamaram, was booked by a local hotel for use in ice cream preparations and distribution to other units. The FDA said the hotel did not possess a valid FSSAI registration, following which action was initiated under Section 69 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and a penalty of Rs 10,000 was…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa has been conferred the Winner State Award for Overall Performance under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme in the Small State category by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India. The award was presented at the PMFME Conclave organised by MoFPI at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi during the two-day conclave held on August 24 and 25. Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Shri Chirag Paswan presented the award to the Goa PMFME team in recognition of the State’s overall performance in implementing the scheme. The…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Two new Marathi collections of essays, Manvedh and Avirat, authored by Shri Shyam Anant Gaonkar, will be released at a book publication ceremony on Friday, August 28, 2026, at 4 pm at the Mini Hall, Institute Menezes Braganza Hall, Panaji. The books, which focus on new ideas aimed at providing positive energy and direction to adolescents stepping into youth and young people, will be released by Kerala Governor Shri Rajendra Arlekar. The programme will be attended by Shri Abhir Hede, Director, Department of Information and Publicity; Shri Dashrath Parab, Chairman, Institute Menezes Braganza; and journalist Shri Sangam…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: SPES’s Goa Multi-Faculty College, Dharbandora, will participate in the ‘Khel Ki Baat PM Ke Saath’ programme, focusing on sports, fitness, youth participation and youth-led nation building, on August 27 at 10 am at the college premises. The programme is being organised under the Khelo India Samvaad initiative and will provide students and young people an opportunity to engage with issues related to sports, fitness and their role in nation building. Principal Prof. (Dr.) Shaikh Mohammad Parvez Al-Usmani, along with other officials, addressed a press conference and appealed to students to participate actively in the programme. Prof. Usmani…

Team Goemkarponn VELIM: Velim AAP MLA Cruz Silva has demanded that the concerned authorities immediately convene a joint meeting with National Highway authorities, Goa PWD, local representatives and residents of Dandewado-Chinchinim to resolve the demand for diversion of the proposed NH66 expansion outside the village. Silva warned that failure to address the issue and discuss the proposed alternative alignment with all stakeholders would leave residents with no option but to take to the streets in a democratic protest. He said residents are not opposed to the expansion of National Highway 66 or development, but strongly object to the proposed alignment…