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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa Medical College (GMC) Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar has been honoured with the prestigious National Achievement Award 2024 for Best Dean in Academic Administration. Health Minister Viswajit Rane said that it is a matter of great pride for Goa that Prof. (Dr.) Shivanand M. Bandekar, Dean of GMC, has been honoured with the prestigious National Achievement Award 2024 for Best Dean in Academic Administration. He further said that the award was bestowed by the Global Society for Health & Educational Growth. “This recognition acknowledges his outstanding contributions to academic excellence and his significant role in advancing national…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Manoj Parab, leader of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP), has indicated that he will return in 2025. After the Lok Sabha election results, Parab had taken a hiatus. Today, Parab shared the message, “Let’s Revolution 2025,” on social media. Parab was not available for comment, but according to reports, he plans to make a complete comeback in 2025. While Viresh Borkar, the MLA for St. Andre, has been fighting a solitary battle on behalf of the party, the RGP has been comparatively idle in recent months. Now, everyone is waiting to see if Parab will actually bring…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met with MGP leader and Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Wednesday to discuss future collaborations as the two parties prepare for the 2027 elections, which are nearly two years ahead of schedule. Dhavalikar was present at the pivotal meeting that Sawant convened regarding the BJP organizational elections. Sawant told reporters that Dhavalikar attended the meeting because he is a coalition partner. He added, “We also talked about 2027 polls and future alliances.” The BJP and MGP fought together in the 2022 elections. Currently, MGP has two MLAs.

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: 18 iron ore dumps are up for e-auction, and the Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG) said that more than 172 tender documents have been bought to bid on them. Beginning on January 22, more than 5.2 million metric tonnes of minerals that are now in the form of dumps will be put up for e-auction. The villages of Bandoli and Cormonem have the largest dump, totaling almost 14 lakh metric tons, while Sonus Vonvoliem has 11.7 lakh metric tonnes. DMG released a notice inviting tenders (NIT) last month. Applications for the e-auction must be submitted by…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In the course of its money laundering investigation into the suspected multi-crore land grab scheme, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has confiscated more than 20 property documents. According to ED officials, on December 31, 2024, a raid was carried out at the homes of Estevan D’Souza in Goa Velha and Alcantro D’Souza in Mapusa, two of the defendants in land grab cases. More than 20 documents pertaining to property were seized, according to ED officials, and they are currently being examined. In conjunction with the money laundering investigation against many individuals involved in the suspected multi-crore land grab…

Team Goemkarponn COLVALE: A 54-year-old Mapusa man and three of his colleagues were taken into custody by the Colvale Police for stealing 400 iron bars valued at Rs 1.8 lakh from an educational society’s construction site. Katalsab Bepari from Karaswada, Mapusa, Manja Lamani, 30, from Cunchelim, Mapusa, and a Karnataka native, Surendra Jaiswal, 32, from Karaswada, Mapusa, and an Uttar Pradesh native, and Sharun Kumar, 23, from Durga Nagar, Colvale, and an Uttar Pradesh native, have been identified as the accused. Police claim that Narayan Dicholkar, a representative of the Halarnkar Education Society in Colvale, filed a complaint alleging that…

Team Goemkarponn MOPA: A 36-year-old German national has been arrested by the Mopa Police for allegedly attempting to use a GPS device to board a domestic flight. Authorities claim that Niels Erik Weber Stroher, who lives at Gruberstrasse 12, Darmstadt 64289. He was apprehended while attempting to board an aircraft from Manohar International Airport in Mopa to Hyderabad. The item, which is illegal in India, was allegedly found in Niels’ handbag during screening. The offender was unable to present any license or approval from the appropriate authority when questioned by police. LPSI Sashanka Parab of the Mopa Airport Police Station…