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Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee, after meeting with the protesting junior doctors, has announced that she had agreed to three of the five demands of the protesting doctors — the removal of two top officials of the health department and the Chief of Kolkata police.  Along with it, the police chief of the city’s north zone — where RG Kar Medical College, the hospital where the rape-murder of a young doctor took place, is located — will also be removed.  Though the impasse is solved, the protest and the ceasework is expected to continue till the formal orders are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has been appointed as a member of the group of ministers (GoM) on life and health insurance, which has been constituted by the GST Council. The GoM will submit its report by October 30, 2024. The GoM’s convenor is Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, while its members are ministers from various states. The current GST tax system on life and health insurance will be scrutinized and evaluated by the ministerial committee. It will recommend GST rates for various categories, such as middle-class individuals, elderly people, people with mental illnesses, and others, on…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: 11 people involved in a fight were taken into custody by Mormugao Police after they filed an offence under sections 194(2) BNS. According to sources, there was a violent conflict on Sunday night at around 8:45 PM at three different locations: the Mormugao Police Station grounds, Baina Beach, and the area outside Ali Scrapyard. Joshua Rajesh Passi of Mangoor Hill, Mainuddin Irfan Shaikh of Baina, Vishnu Anil Kumar Gaud of the Club Mansion Building, Yeshu Harijan of Baina, Ajay Jallem Chavan of Baina, Sameer Shaikh of Baina, Kutbuddin Shaikh of Mangoor Hill, Anish Yadav of Baina, Ratan…

Goemkarponn desk SANCOALE: Piedade Andrade Dourado, 45, was sadly killed in an afternoon accident when her Activa scooter, which she was travelling pillion on with her husband and 12-year-old son, collided with a private bus. The incident happened close to Sancoale’s Upasnagar. The rider Antonio Dourado (54), his wife Piedade, and their son Joy Dourado (12) were identified as the Dourado family, who lived in Shindolem, Sancoale. The family was turning towards Shindolem when they were hit from behind by a private bus (GA06 T 4162), driven by Ramchandra Shinde (40) of Chicalim, as they were riding their Activa scooter…

Goemkarponn desk FATORDA: Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai said that new revelations of irregularities are emerging and the refusal to act on these makes one term of the entire cabinet to be brokerage for unscrupulous builders. “New revelations of irregularities are emerging and the refusal to act on these makes one term the entire cabinet to be brokerage for unscrupulous builders,” said Sardesai. He further said that yesterday’s incident where the Goa CM refused to meet activists opposing Bhutani’s Sancoale project whilst attending a function sponsored by this company makes Goemkars wonder whether our CM has become the CEO of the…

Goemkarponn desk OLD GOA: Due to religious services on September 18, the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa will be closed to tourists, visitors, and other people for the entire day, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Catholic Masses will be held on Wednesday at 7 a.m. in Konkani and 8 a.m. in English, as usual. Three Jesuit deacons will receive their priestly ordination at ten a.m., administered by Daman Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, the Archbishop of Goa. According to a news release from Fr. Patricio Fernandes, S.J., Rector of the Basilica of Bom Jesus, admission to the services…

Goemkarponn desk CURTORIM: Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, made a noteworthy announcement when he said that the State administration has chosen not to approve the contentious Sunburn EDM festival to be hosted in South Goa. Widespread objections from the community prompted this decision. Lourenco said that some MLAs, including Mauvin Godinho and Antonio Vas, met with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant before taking this position. He claimed that before this, he had personally followed up with the CM numerous times and that they had all expressed their opposition to Sunburn taking place in South Goa during the meeting. Lourenco emphasized that…