Toolkit: Solidarity march held for Disha, others

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Feb 20, 2021, 12:51 AM IST

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Civil Society members and concerned citizens on Friday gathered at the Miramar Circle in the capital city in solidarity with the Bengaluru-based student and Climate Change Activist Disha Ravi (22) among others who are being investigated for alleged involvement in sharing a social media 'toolkit' related to the farmer protest with international green icon Greta Thunberg.

Ravi was picked up from her home in Bengaluru and arrested by the Delhi police in a case where charges of sedition have been slapped on her. She spent five days in custody of the police but on Friday a Delhi court refused to extend her police custody and has instead remanded her to three-days in judicial custody.

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Shigmo parade only in 3 cities this year

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Published Feb 20, 2021, 12:51 AM IST

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PANAJIThe government has decided to hold Shigmotsav parades in Panaji, Mapusa and Ponda in the first week of April.In the meeting held by the Shigmotsav committee, it was decided to hold parades only in three cities due to the Covid pandemic. Earlier such parades used to happen in eight cities. The meeting was chaired by Tourism Minister Babu Ajgaonkar. Tourism Director Minino D’Souza, Panaji Mayor Uday Madkaikar, Traffic SP Arvind Gawas, SP Utkrusht Prasoon and…