Kolkata: The junior doctors of Bengal called off their massive protest over the rape-murder of a colleague at a Kolkata hospital and said they will join work from Saturday. But there was a caveat – they said they will not join OPD services or attend elected operations. These would be resumed once they are assured of the state government’s commitment to the safety issue, they said. The announcement came after the state had accepted most of their demands — and amid massive floods in south Bengal where health services have become a priority. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been on…
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Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has slammed rivals YSR Congress and his predecessor, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, over a lab report about animal fats in ghee used to make laddoos offered as prasadam, or devotional offerings, at the temple town of Tirupati. A July 17 report from the Centre of Analysis and Learning in Livestock and Food, or CALF, lab at the centre-run National Dairy Development Board in Gujarat, released Wednesday, said it found animal fat in ghee used to make the famous Tirupati laddoos when the YSRCP was in power. The report indicated the ghee contained…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A strong call to action has been issued by the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, asking the society to change its perspective on the girl child. The Church emphasized the need for cultural transformation in the way that girls and women are treated in its pastoral bulletin Renovacao. Fr. Aleixo Menezes’ editorial highlights the difficulties girls encounter and provides a solution by introducing the idea of “synodality,” which is defined as “walking together.” Despite numerous laws and measures, the editorial criticizes the state of affairs for girls in India today. It calls the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising Justice M. S. Karnik & Justice Valmiki Menezes, by a brief order dated 18.9.2024, recorded the statement of the Panchayat of Ella, Old Goa, that it would not grant an occupation certificate to the disputed Old Goa bungalow on Survey No.4/1 without leave of the Court. The Court was hearing a PIL Writ Petition filed by the Goa Foundation and the Goa Heritage Action Group (GHAG) pleading for removal of the bungalow before the Exposition of the remains of St Francis Xavier this November. The PIL concerns the unprecedented…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that some South Indian states and political parties even today do not promote the Hindi language and are not even interested in speaking and understanding Hindi. Chief Minister was addressing the ‘Swarna Mahotsava’ of Gomantak Rashtrabhasha Vidyapeeth, Margao “South Indian states and political parties even today do not promote the Hindi language and are not even interested in speaking and understanding Hindi,” said Sawant. He also said that along with Hindi, all regional languages should be promoted. “Some regional political parties in South India still do not accept Hindi as the national language…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Crime Branch today has conducted a narcotic raid at rented premises in Guirim, Bardez and arrested a Chhattisgarh native with 268 tablets of ecstasy worth Rs 6.8 lakhs. As per information, CB conducted a narcotic raid in a rented room at H.No.11, Agniwaddo, Guirim, Bardez Goa belonging to Ramakant Kauthankar and caught red-handed accused lady Asha W/o Ajay Kumar Lakra, Age 40 years, R/o H.No.11, Agniwaddo, Guirim, Bardez Goa native of Chattisgarh. Lakra was in possession of one cream colour ladies’ purse containing two blue colour polythene bags containing triangular shape blue colour tablets and green…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Arvind Kejriwal-led party leader Amit Palekar responded to GPPC President Amit Patkar’s assertion that the Congress will strengthen the party in all 40 constituencies, implying a fallout with the AAP, by saying that his party is prepared for a third front. According to Palekar, people want the two parties to work together, which is why Congressman Viriato Fernandes was able to win the South Goa Lok Sabha seat. “We will back the alliance, but AAP is prepared to form a third front in Goa if statements similar to Patkar’s persist,” Palekar declared. Throughout the day, AAP MLA…