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Team Goemkarponn BAINA: Preparations for the much-anticipated Goa Spiritual Festival are in full swing as Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar convened a joint site meeting at Baina Beach with officials and authorities to oversee arrangements. The festival is set to feature key spiritual and cultural events, including Samudra Aarti. The meeting focused on ensuring seamless coordination, security, and infrastructure to accommodate over 10,000 attendees expected at the event. Speaking to the media after the inspection, MLA Sankalp Amonkar emphasized the significance of the festival in transforming Baina Beach into a global spiritual destination. “Baina was once infamous for its red-light area,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa State Rural Livelihood Mission (GSRLM), in collaboration with Swayampurna Goa – CSR Authority of Goa, is organizing Swayampurna Goa SARAS 2025 from 6th to 16th March 2025 at Kala Academy & Dayanand Bandodkar Football Ground, Panaji, Goa. The fair will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Goa on 6th March 2025. This year, the fair is being organized on a much larger scale and revamped to align with the vision of Swayampurna Goa SARAS 2025, as envisioned by Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr.Pramod Sawant, promis-ing a more immersive experience for both participants and visitors. SARAS is…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Monday assured the residents of Neura and Mandur to take up their issue opposing the proposed Konkan Railway Station at Neura at appropriate authority. Around thirty people from St. Andre constituency on Monday called upon Congress leader Yuri Alemao and raised concerns over the proposed railway station project. “I assured the concerned residents of Neura and Mandur that I will vigorously take up their issue opposing the proposed Konkan Railway Station at Neura. We must protect the ecologically sensitive Khazan land and precious water bodies in the region. I will take…

Team Goemkarponn Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that Goa is setting a remarkable benchmark in child nutrition, with the lowest child stunting rate in India at just 5.84%. “Goa is setting a remarkable benchmark in child nutrition, with the lowest child stunting rate in India at just 5.84%,” said Rane He further said that alongside this, the state also reports minimal malnutrition indicators, with wasting at 0.85% and underweight children at 2.18%. “These achievements reflect Goa’s effective nutritional policies and commitment to ensuring healthier futures for its children,” he added By providing access to quality education, nutritious food, safe…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Gloan Pednekar, a 27-year-old Tonca-Caranzalem resident, was taken into custody by the Panaji police on suspicion of sexually harassing a woman in February. Following the event, Pednekar, a repeat criminal with numerous instances of robbery, sexual harassment, and stalking against him, was captured in Belagavi, Karnataka, according to the police. Around 10.30 p.m., Pednekar allegedly masturbated while riding a two-wheeler and made offensive comments to the victim, who was also riding a two-wheeler with a companion, in the vicinity of a restaurant in Patto, Panaji. Later, the woman formally complained to the police and brought up the…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In an interim remedy, the Supreme Court ordered the state government to refrain from issuing any more conversion sanads to the 855 survey numbers that the Thomas and Araujo committees had designated as private forests. This will prevent 8.64 square kilometers of Goan private forest land from being converted. “We know how forests are being destroyed in Goa,” the Supreme Court (Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan) observed on 3.3.2025 before it went on to pass an order granting interim relief against conversion of any of the 855 sy.Nos. identified finally as forest by the…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Department of Home (General) has notified amendments in the scheme framed for providing employment in Government to the children of Freedom Fighters (FF) as announced in the Budget Speech 2013-14. The Government desired that the continuity of the scheme is essential to bestow the benefits under scheme to the children of freedom fighters registered with the Home Department. As per the amendment of clause 3, 10% vacancies to the Children of freedom fighters Clause 3 (a) and 3(c) of the said scheme shall be read as 10% of the vacancies under direct recruitment quota under Group ‘C’…