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Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said the land earmarked for the IIT project was acquired long ago during the GEC expansion, and the Katamgal Dada site will not be touched • SCERT Director Meghana Shetgaonkar said SCERT has prepared 41 textbooks for Classes 1-8 under NEP 2020 guidelines; "150 teachers & academicians were involved in compiling age appropriate content with the focus of curricular goals & competency; review committee will soon be constituted to proofread all 41 textbooks," Shetgaonkar • Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said the Electricity Department has corrected 7.5 lakh power bills so far and aims to complete the correction of all erroneous bills within a year. He added that excess load charges and penalties wrongly collected from consumers will be adjusted in future electricity bills. • The High Court has appointed a child psychologist to counsel four traumatised children rescued in a child-begging case in Goa. The psychologist will also conduct family reintegration sessions and submit a report to the court on July 6. • Hemant Shirodkar and Eknath Gawas, accused in the Taleigao assault case, were granted bail by the Mapusa JMFC Court. Panaji Police have booked four persons for attempt to murder after a 21-year-old youth was allegedly attacked with an iron rod and wooden stick over previous enmity. • Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho said Goa has recorded a decline in road accidents following improvements at accident black spots and stricter road safety measures. He said the ongoing awareness campaign will continue till July 15, after which the government will decide on installing CCTV cameras at key junctions. • Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho said the Goa government's decision on the Taxi Policy has been deferred as elections are approaching. He said this is not the right time to take a tough decision and noted that the proposed Digital Taxi Policy does not yet have broad consensus. The issue will be revisited after the elections. • Goa recorded 19.88 lakh tourist arrivals by rail between January and May 2026, marking a 6.8% increase over the same period last year, according to Goa Tourism. • The Centre told the Supreme Court that India's 20% ethanol blending programme is still an ongoing experiment, with clearer results expected by next year. The government said there is no conclusive evidence that E20 fuel damages vehicles and reaffirmed that the policy will continue, citing benefits for energy security, farmers, and the environment. Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said the land earmarked for the IIT project was acquired long ago during the GEC expansion, and the Katamgal Dada site will not be touched • SCERT Director Meghana Shetgaonkar said SCERT has prepared 41 textbooks for Classes 1-8 under NEP 2020 guidelines; "150 teachers & academicians were involved in compiling age appropriate content with the focus of curricular goals & competency; review committee will soon be constituted to proofread all 41 textbooks," Shetgaonkar • Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said the Electricity Department has corrected 7.5 lakh power bills so far and aims to complete the correction of all erroneous bills within a year. He added that excess load charges and penalties wrongly collected from consumers will be adjusted in future electricity bills. • The High Court has appointed a child psychologist to counsel four traumatised children rescued in a child-begging case in Goa. The psychologist will also conduct family reintegration sessions and submit a report to the court on July 6. • Hemant Shirodkar and Eknath Gawas, accused in the Taleigao assault case, were granted bail by the Mapusa JMFC Court. Panaji Police have booked four persons for attempt to murder after a 21-year-old youth was allegedly attacked with an iron rod and wooden stick over previous enmity. • Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho said Goa has recorded a decline in road accidents following improvements at accident black spots and stricter road safety measures. He said the ongoing awareness campaign will continue till July 15, after which the government will decide on installing CCTV cameras at key junctions. • Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho said the Goa government's decision on the Taxi Policy has been deferred as elections are approaching. He said this is not the right time to take a tough decision and noted that the proposed Digital Taxi Policy does not yet have broad consensus. The issue will be revisited after the elections. • Goa recorded 19.88 lakh tourist arrivals by rail between January and May 2026, marking a 6.8% increase over the same period last year, according to Goa Tourism. • The Centre told the Supreme Court that India's 20% ethanol blending programme is still an ongoing experiment, with clearer results expected by next year. The government said there is no conclusive evidence that E20 fuel damages vehicles and reaffirmed that the policy will continue, citing benefits for energy security, farmers, and the environment.

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Bail For Couple In Anti-Snake Venom Case

In a case registered in February this year by the Panaji police for allegedly supplying suspected counterfeit anti-snake venom vials worth n

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Bail For Couple In Anti-Snake Venom Case

In a case registered in February this year by the Panaji police for allegedly supplying suspected counterfeit anti-snake venom vials worth nearly â‚¹5 lakh to the Goa Directorate of Health Services, the North Goa Sessions Court has granted anticipatory bail to the accused couple, Ritu Upendra Singh and Upendra Kumar Singh.

M/s Aarav Pharma—a proprietorship firm owned by Ritu Upendra Singh and managed by Upendra Kumar Singh—is accused of supplying 1,082 vials of anti-snake venom with labels and packaging that infringe the copyrights of other companies, for commercial gain and in violation of a non-negotiable condition of the tender.

While granting conditional anticipatory bail to both accused, the court observed that their arrest would severely prejudice their long-standing business goodwill and that custodial interrogation was unnecessary because all transactional documentation had already been provided to the investigating officer.

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