log on to thegoan.net @thegoaneveryday SATURDAY JULY 2, 2022 GOA Soil erosion threatens Colva beach front ...See page 6&7 Jeronimo D’Souza takes Goan flavours to another level in Qatar 1860-1900: Hardships, Determination & Success G.O.A. offers Silver Linings for seniors in Canada Goa’s fastest Konkani composer making waves from Dubai Tiatr: A fusion of Global art forms! IN SHORT >> 125 more test +ve for Covid in State PANAJI: The daily count of fresh Covid-19 infections on Friday dropped to 125 and the positivity rate also dropped to 10.32%. The daily count on Thursday was 184. According to the health bulletin, 1211 samples were tested in the 24-hour period of Thursday-Friday and 125 of these were positive. Centre slaps export tax on petrol, diesel NEW DELHI: The government on Friday slapped an export tax on petrol and diesel after some refineries made ‘phenomenal profits’ shipping overseas at the cost of domestic supplies, and imposed a Rs 66,000 crore windfall tax on crude oil produced locally. Bomb explodes in Patna court PATNA: A crude bomb went off inside the crowded civil court premises in Patna on Friday, injuring a police officer who had brought the explosive for investigation purpose. The sub-inspector of police has hurt his arm but is out of danger. Udaipur murder: 2 more arrested JAIPUR: Two persons were arrested from Udaipur on Thursday for conspiring the brutal beheading of a tailor, a senior police official said. Covovax to be exported to US NEW DELHI: The government has allowed SII to supply 32.4 lakh doses of its Covid jab Covovax under the brand name Nuvaxovid to the US, which will be the first vaccine to be exported by any Indian manufacturer. WEATHER >> Max: 30 C Min: 24C Humidity: 91% TIDES Low: High: 06.17 13.29 19.24 ------- Facebook.com/thegoaneveryday 14 pages PRICE ` 6 2 The Goan (Playstore) PANAJI MARGAO GOA VOLUME VIII, NO. 15 GOA Anganwadi workers to be reinstated on assurance they will not go on strike: CM 3 Instagram.com/thegoaneveryday RNI: GOAENG/2015/65729 INFO Consumption of raw food diet beneficial in diabetes? 9 NEW DELHI he Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nupur Sharma for her controversial comments against Prophet Mohammed, saying her ‘loose tongue’ has “set the entire country on fire” and that she is “single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country”. Refusing to entertain Sharma’s plea for clubbing of FIRs lodged in various States against her for the remark, the bench held that the comment was made either for cheap publicity, political agenda or some nefarious activities. “She actually has a loose tongue and has made all kinds of irresponsible statements on TV and set the entire country on fire. T Pant’s sublime 146, partnership with Jadeja helps India post 338/7 vs Eng Panchayat poll reservations notified, no quota for OBCs SEC SAYS GOVT FAILED TO PROVIDE DATA ON OBCs THE GOAN I NETWORK POLL COMMISSION NOTIFICATION PANAJI The Goa State Election Commission on Friday skirted the contentious reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and notified reservation of wards for women, Schedules Casts and Scheduled Tribes for the August 10 elections to 185 panchayats. The SEC notification spells out the scheme for reservation of wards for the three categories, including the ward numbers which are reserved for each of them. The reservation for women in the SEC notification meets the 33 per-cent Constitutional quota whereas for SCs and STs it follows the population criteria for these communities. Pertinently, the SEC has not waded into the contentious OBC quota as it has no data to „„SEC requested the State Government to provide data with regards to the OBC in compliance with directions of SC „„The Commission vide its file dated 16/05/2022 submitted the reservation proposal to the State Government for consultation and for comments if any „„Government returned the reservation proposals of 186 Village Panchayats to the Commission after completing the consultation process on 26-05-2022 „„However, the Government has not provided data with regards to the OBCs in compliance with directions of SC till date „„Therefore, SEC is required to notify reservation of seats for 186 Panchayats without OBC reservation in absence of such OBC data without complying with triple test formality as prescribed by the SC meet the requirements of the ‘triple test’ mandated by the Supreme Court of India in its recent judgments on the matter in the cases of Maharash- tra and Madhya Pradesh. The Pramod Sawant-led government has said raw data has been submitted to the SEC. Stop work on double track, ‘people’s order’ served on RVNL See detailed list of reservations >> page 5 However, the State OBC Commission with support from Social Welfare Department and the Directorate of Panchayat will collate the data as per requirements of the Apex Court mandated triple test and submit its report to the SEC within the next 8-10 days, Sawant said. The SEC can then notify reservation of wards for OBCs, he added. The commission in its notification said, “the Goa State Election Commission, requested the State Government to provide the data with regards to the OBC in compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court. The Commission vide its file dated 16/05/2022 submitted the res- ervation proposal to the State Government for consultation and for comments if any. The State Government returned the reservation proposals of 186 Village Panchayats to the Commission after completing the consultation process on 26-05-2022. And whereas, the State Government has not provided the data with regards to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court till date”. Therefore, the SEC is required to notify the reservation of seats for 186 Panchayats without OBC reservation in absence of such OBC data without complying with the triple test formality as prescribed by SC. Analysts meanwhile said panchayat polls could land in the courts again if resevations for OBCs is skipped altogether. THE GOAN I NETWORK MARGAO In an unprecedented situation, anti-coal protestors under the banner of “People of Goa” on Friday “assumed” powers of the government to serve stop work order on the Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) to stop the ongoing track doubling works on the Goa sector between Culem and Vasco. Goyant Kollso Naka Co-convenor Abhijit Prabhudesai told media after serving the stop work order notice on the RVNL staff at the Margao office on Friday morning that the people of Goa have been forced to take the unprecedented step as it is apparent that the Goa government has been “kidnapped” by the coal corporates and has gone missing. “It appears the government has been kidnapped by the Coal corporates and has gone missing. Even the Union government has been kidnapped by the corporates as evident by a Union Minister asking people to welcome coal and the double tracking project. The Chief Minister as well as the 36 MLAs had promised to stop the work, but in vain. We have been trying to contact the Chief Minister, but he has 14 List of 93 properties sent to dy collector for cancellation of docs PRASAD S KANCONKAR PANAJI The Special Investigating Team set up to probe land grab cases in the State has revealed that nearly 2.5 lakh square metres from 93 properties in North Goa have been fraudulently sold by scamsters. The SIT has now sent this list of 93 properties to the North Goa Deputy Collector to cancel all registrations, mutations and conversion processes related to these properties. The list has also been sent to the finance secretary, State registrar, Director General of Police and other related departments. As per information unearthed by the team after interrogating Vikrant Shetty and Mohamad Shafi, both of who are accused in the sale of lands using forged documents, a total of 2,47,525 sq mtrs of land of 93 properties in North Goa have been fraudulently sold. Most of the illegalities that have come to light are from As- SIT has sent the list of 93 properties to the North Goa Deputy Collector to cancel all registrations, mutations and conversion processes related to these properties sagao village. As per the list, a total of 49 properties with land admeasuring 1,60,250 sq mts have been fraudulently sold using bogus documents. The list also reveals that from Anjuna there are 19 properties with an area of 46,425 sq mts. Other properties include 10 from Calangute with an area of 21,600 sq mts, 15 from Parra village with area totalling 17,400 sq mts and some from Pilerne village. The two district collectors had earlier been directed to freeze all transactions, whether conversion, mutation or sale in relation to the sale of properties. The SIT -- headed by Nidhan Valsan -- had arrested five accused including Vikrant Shetty and Mohamad Shafi. Archbishop Emeritus Raul leaves for his heavenly abode DIVINE JOURNEY THE GOAN I NETWORK People in the villages will discuss and decide the future course of action. We have just served the stop work order and will now wait for the railways to respond. May be they will stop the ongoing work — Abhijit Prabhudesai not been responding. In this situation, the people of Goa has been left with no option than to discharge their constitutional and democratic duty to protect the interest of the State and the posterity”, Abhijit told the media. Asked to outline the future course of action after serving the stop work order notice, Abhjijit said “People in the villages will discuss and decide the future course of action. We have just served the stop work order and will now wait for the railways to respond. May be they will stop the ongoing work. May be the stop work order will open the eyes of the “kidnapped” Chief Minister and the “missing” government after this action by the people”, he said. >Continued on P5 “I will resolve their issues. I have all the records. There will be no shortage of funds to carry out developmental works in their constituencies,” Shinde said. The new CM-elect of Maharashtra, who was sworn in on Thursday night, called the PANAJI Archbishop Emeritus Raul Nicolau Gonsalves (95), a prelate who led the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman for 37 years and deftly steered the archdiocese amid various political, administrative, religious and cultural changes in the State, passed away on Friday morning. In a statement, the Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media (DCSCM) stated that Archbishop Gonsalves, who was a bishop for 55 years, passed away at JMJ Hospital, Alto Porvorim, where he was ailing for the last 10 days. In his condolence message, Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao expressed his grief and said he was saddened with the death of his revered predecessor. “Archbishop Raul had been for long years a zealous and a courageous Pastor to the Church in Goa and Daman. He had also made a very significant contribution to the life and the mission of the Church in India.” “The entire Church in Goa and Daman joins me in thanking the Heavenly Father for >Continued on P5 >Continued on P5 Devotees participate in a ‘rath yatra’ in honour of Lord Jagannath along the Dayanand Bandodkar road from Miramar to Panaji jetty.  Narayan Pissurlenkar After oath ceremony, Shinde makes midnight dash to Goa THE GOAN I NETWORK PANAJI Newly installed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said development and time bound completion of projects will be his priority. After taking the oath in Mumbai, Shinde returned to Goa at midnight to meet his colleagues who had supported him in rebelling against Uddhav Thackeray only to fly back to Mumbai on Friday. Before leaving for Mumbai, Shinde spoke to the media where he said that he will resolve all issues pertaining to constituencies and areas of the 50 rebel legislators and independents. Prophet remark: SC slams Nupur for her ‘loose tongue’ PTI SPORTS SUPREME COURT’S STRICTURES „„She actually has a loose tongue and has made all kinds of irresponsible statements on TV and set the entire country on fire „„Yet, she claims to be a lawyer of 10 years standing... She should have immediately apologised to the whole country „„These remarks are very disturbing and smack of arrogance. What is her business to make such remarks? „„These remarks have led to unfortunate incidents in the country...These people are not religious „„They do not have respect for other religions… remarks were made for cheap publicity or political agenda or some other nefarious activities „„This lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country… We saw the debate Yet, she claims to be a lawyer of 10 years standing... She should have immediately apologised for her comments to the whole coun- try,” the court said. Sharma’s remark against the Prophet during a TV debate triggered protests across the country and drew sharp reactions from many Gulf countries. The BJP subsequently suspended her from the party. “These remarks are very disturbing and smack of arrogance. What is her business to make such remarks? These remarks have led to unfortunate incidents in the country...These people are not religious. They do not have respect for other religions. These remarks were made for cheap publicity or political agenda or some other nefarious activities”, the bench said. While refusing to entertain Sharma’s plea for clubbing of FIRs, a vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala allowed her to withdraw the plea. “She has a threat or she has become a security threat? The way she has ignited emotions across the country -- this lady is sin- gle-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country,” the bench said when Sharma’s lawyer Maninder Singh pointed out that she was facing threats to life. The bench further said, “The way she ignited emotions across the country has led to unfortunate incidents. This lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country. We saw the debate.” The court’s observations against the suspended BJP leader come against the backdrop of the brutal murder of a tailor in Udaipur by two men, who had posted videos online, claiming that they were avenging an insult to Islam. Senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for Sharma, said she had indeed apologised for her remarks and there are several judgments that say there cannot be two FIRs for the same incident. Funeral to be held on July 4 PANAJI: The Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media has announced that the funeral of Archbishop Emeritus Raul Gonsalves will be held at Se Cathedral Church, Old Goa, on July 4 at 4 pm. ON PAGE 3 Churches, chapels toll bells Archdiocese mourns demise of Archbishop Raul Key contributions of Archbishop Raul JSS MAHAVIDYAPEETHA, Mysuru JSS INSTITUTE OF SPEECH AND HEARING Recognized by Rehabilitation Council of India, Govt. of India. Affiliated to Karnatak University, Dharwad. 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