Bengaluru will play the winners of Tribhuvan Army FC (Nepal) and SL Police SC (Sri Lanka) at GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on April 14
PANAJI: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has suggested to Bengaluru FC that it would be better to play their playoffs behind closed doors at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim.
The preliminary stage 2 clash will be played between Bengaluru and the winners of Tribhuvan Army FC (Nepal) and SL Police SC (Sri Lanka) on April 14.
Should Bengaluru cross that hurdle, they are drawn to play the winner of the second preliminary stage 2 match between Abahani Dhaka (Bangladesh) and the winner of Club Eagles (Maldives) and Thimphu City FC (Bhutan) on April 21.
PANAJI: The public hearing held on Sunday for the upgradation of blast furnace to enhance the production capacity of Vedanta’s Amona plant witnessed opposition by locals who voiced pollution concerns.
A total 309 people who had registered with the Goa State Pollution Control Board, participated in the hearing which was earlier deferred in January due to opposition.
The board received 126 written objections and 1,871 representations supporting the project, stated the minutes of the public hearing.
Among those who opposed the project included former Sakhali MLA Pratap Gauns
A villager, Vithal Naik sought to know from North Goa district collector Ajit Roy why the company officials were seated next to the panel members of the public hearing as they are not authorised to do the so as per the environment impact assessment (EIA) notification.
Panaji: A case of unnatural death of a Nigerian national was registered by Anjuna police after he was suspected to have died of drug overdose.
Police said that around 5.30am on Saturday, a taxi driver stopped his car for help near a restaurant as his Nigerian passenger had become violent. Thereafter, the staff of the restaurant called the police to the spot.
On seeing the police, the Nigerian became more violent and assaulted the owner and a staff of the restaurant. Police, with the help of restaurant staff, managed to calm the foreigner and shifted him to a private hospital in Anjuna.
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Colva: South Goa forest division officials raided an open-air hall by the river side in Varca, Salcete, and seized species of birds and animals protected under Schedule I, II and IV of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Among those seized were a Malabar giant squirrel, a white-bellied sea eagle, a black kite, a vernal hanging parrot, seven plum-headed parakeets, 12 black-headed munia and six rose-ringed parakeets.
Upon receiving information about the illegal captivity and display of wild animals and birds at the open-air hall, forest staff under the supervision of deputy conservator of forests, Anil Shetgaonkar, executed the search operation and seized the species. They were later released into the wild.
Panaji: Reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision to stay the high court decision to cancel elections in five municipalities over reservation of wards, chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that “now, the democratic process has been restored”.
Speaking to reporters, Sawant said, “I welcome the decision of the Supreme Court as it is in the direction to restore democracy.”
When asked if the high court order was a setback to the government, the chief minister said, “We are trying to establish democracy.”
Advocate general Devidas Pangam had said that one of the grounds of appeal is that “the courts cannot stall the democratic process like this”. He had also said that as per Article 243 ZG of the Constitution, there is a complete bar on courts interfering in the election process.