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Team Goemkarponn Pernem: In the early hours of April 7, 2025, a decisive strike against illegal sand mining was made by the Tiracol Coastal Police. The operation, which took place around 4:50 am, targeted illicit extraction activities in the Tiracol River at Naibag, Pernem. Under the leadership of PSI Yogesh Shirodkar and PC Aditya Shetye, the police conducted the raid using a coastal boat, seizing a canoe involved in the illegal extraction of sand. The police have successfully seized equipment and sand worth approximately Rs 2,60,000, including five cubic meters of sand. A case has been registered under the relevant…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Rajya Sabha MP Sadanand Shet Tanavade has thanked the Central government for sanctioning ₹1,060.21 crore for the 4-lining of the 7 km stretch from Bhoma to Old Goa on NH-748. “I extend my heartfelt thanks to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah ji, and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari ji for sanctioning ₹1,060.21 crore for the 4-laning of the 7 km stretch from Bhoma to Old Goa on NH-748,” he said. This important highway, Tanavde says, previously known as NH-4A, connects NH-48 near Belgaum in…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Canacona Deanery under the leadership of Fr. Patrick Luis, Dean of the Deanery, presented “Novsornni,” a poignant Konkani Lenten musical drama on Saturday at Ravindra Bhavan in Canacona, Chaudi ‘Novsornni’ is the powerful production, inspired by the life, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Jesus, with Fr. Octaviano Cunha wrote its Script and Lyrics. In the spirit of synodality, the Canacona Deanery for the first time has come out together to bring this musical extravaganza to life. The talented cast of 80 artists drawn from all over the Deanery, comprising actors, singers, musicians, and choreographers, united on one…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: 18 tourism structures were unsealed on Saturday at Agonda.Out of the total 63 sealed beachside establishments at Agonda last month, 18 tourism structures were Unsealed on Saturday in the presence of Canacona Dy. Collector Madhu Narvekar. Earlier, 5 establishments were unsealed following court orders, making a total of 23 tourism establishments now re-opened and keeping 40 establishments as still unoperatonal and closed for the 2024-25 tourism season now at its fag end. According to sources from the authorities, based on the submission of necessary licenses and permits to the court by some of the 63 sealed establishment,…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The Comunidade of Loliem-Polem in Canacona has unanimously resolved to grant an aforamento of 1 lakh sqm of land on Lease to Mallikarjun MultiFruits Processing Producer Company Limited (MMPPCL). The lease will enable the company to utilize the part of property bearing survey number 358/1 in the Village of Loliem, Canacona Taluka, for various agricultural processing and farming activities. ‘The Key features of the Lease are Storage, Processing, Packing, and Marketing the farm produce and the company will focus on handling farm produce from local farmers in Canacona Taluka’, informed Loliem-Polem Communidade President Vishwajit Warik. The planned…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: A Goan student short film, “Act to Achieve” by Mario Pimenta, has been selected for the 2025 Frome International Climate Film Festival. This prestigious festival, dedicated to raising awareness about climate change and the environment, is now in its fourth year. The festival received 1,148 entries from more than 100 countries, and “Act to Achieve” is one of the 356 films chosen for screening. The film will be showcased on May 18th at the Cheese and Grain venue in Frome, Somerset, UK. Act to Achieve” is an experimental short film directed by Mario Pimenta. The film encourages…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Congress Goa desk in-charge, Manikrao Thakare, firmly stated on Sunday that the party has no intention of re-admitting defectors, including the eight members who left in 2022 and the ten Congress leaders who joined the BJP in 2019. Addressing Congress workers in Margao, Thakare emphasized that the party doors are “100 percent” closed for those who have previously defected. He noted that the decision was made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asserting that defectors would have no future in the party. Thakare was responding to questions from party members about the defection issue and the timely announcement…