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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.
Panaji: Extending solidarity towards the farmers’ protest at the Singhu border, agriculturists and farmers in Goa gathered at Azad Maidan in Panaji on.
Opposition cited discrepencies under the Railway Act, 1989
PANAJI/VASCO: The land acquisition process being undertaken by the state government for the South Western Railway’s double tracking project under the Railway Act “is improper and illegal”, said a united opposition on Thursday. The opposition met officials at the South Goa collectorate and submitted a memorandum demanding that all hearings regarding the land acquisition should be stopped as the Railway Act, 1989, can be used only for special railway projects and not for the current double tracking of railways.
Opposition MLAs, including Benaulim MLA Churchil Alemao and Independent MLA Prasad Gaonkar, submitted a memorandum to the South Goa collector Ruchika Katyal and said that they would take legal recourse if the state government did not stop the land acquisition process and the double tracking project.