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Team Goemkarponn VASCO: “Consumer Welfare Clubs are an excellent platform for students to be aware about the Rights & Responsibilities provided under the Consumer Protection Act 2019” said Roland Martins Co-ordinator GOACAN and member Goa State Consumer Protection Council. He was speaking at the launch of the Consumer Welfare Club (CWC) at the Deepvihar Higher Secondary School, Headland Sada in Mormugao Taluka. The CWC was launched in presence of Sanjay S. Banaulikar, the HSS Manager who expressed his happiness that a CWC was being launched in the institution as it would help the students’ families and the community at large…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The Assistant Engineer and a Junior Engineer of Canacona Electricity came in for sharp appreciation for swiftly taking up a job and completing it within a couple of hours time at Ourem Palolem. ‘We highly appreciate the commendable job taken up and completed by the A.E of the electricity department Govind Bhatt and J.E. Dattanand Chari incharge of the section along with his staff for replacing the faulty and nagging transformer at Ourem Palolem. One of the phases has failed in this transformer and the same has begun to malfunction, providing an erratic power supply to the…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Palshetchi Vihir, the widely appreciated Marathi drama, written by late Vijaykumar Naik and produced by Rudreshwar Panaji will be staged at ManoSobha Kalaghar in Canacona on 5 April. Originally directed by the playwrighter late Mr Naik himself, performances of this famous play had stopped due to several unavoidable circumstances for the last couple of years, though there was public demand. Deepak Amonkar of Rudreshwar Panaji has re-directed this play. Its first performance was held at the most prestigious Bharat Rang Mahotsav organised by the National School of Drama, in Goa in January. The play is based on…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Two kayakers from Pune were rescued from drowning off Palolem beach in South Goa by Drishti Marine lifesavers during the extended Eid weekend, which also witnessed the rescue of two foreign nationals off the state’s coastline. Palolem beach: Two men from Pune, aged between 30 and 33 years, who were kayaking off the Palolem coast, panicked when seawater flooded their boat when they were around 500 mts into the sea. Spotting their distress, lifesaver Laxmikant rushed into the water using a jetski and brought the persons safely ashore. Calangute beach: Despite repeated cautions advising him to not venture…

Goemkarponn Editor Suraj Nandrekar speaks to Art & Culture Minister Govind Gaude on the current political rift between the alliance partners BJP and the MGP. Gaude says the central party leaders do not know the ground reality and also question the need for an alliance with the MGP. Excerpts: Goemkarponn: In the last few days we have seen temperatures soar, not only in the weather but also in Goa’s political arena with indications of cracks within the ruling alliance partners – BJP and MGP. What is the crux of the whole issue?   Govind Gaude: I think whatever…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted a series of structured engagements with political parties at the level of Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), District Election Officer (DEO), and Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) across the country. In a span of 25 days and as of March 31, 2025, a total of 4,719meetings were conducted, with 40 meetings by CEOs, 800 by DEOs, and 3,879by EROs, engaging over 28,000 representatives of political parties nationwide. These meetings were held in accordance with the directives issued by                   Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Shri Gyanesh Kumar along with ECs Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu…

Team Goemkarponn BICHOLIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has urged farmers to make maximum use of barren land for cultivation purposes available in villages. CM Sawant was speaking after inaugurating the newly constructed Panchayat Building of V. P. Karapur – Sarvan. Addressing the gathering Chief Minister appealed to the farmers to consider undertaking community farming in villages. He said community farming would be profitable as it is supported by various schemes by the Agriculture Department. Chief Minister urged farmers to make maximum use of barren land for cultivation purposes available in villages. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant underscored that Swayampurna Goa programme,…