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Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Mormugao Biodiversity Committee (MBC) Chairman and Municipal Councillor Yatin Kamurlekar said while the Maimolem Lake needs to be saved for posterity, people around the area should not be made to suffer or inconvenienced. “It was decided during a meeting of the MBC that Maimolem Lake needs to be saved for posterity to prevent flooding in Vasco and that it should be declared as a wetland. We also forwarded the proposal to the Goa State Wetlands Authority (GSWA),” said Kamurlekar. “This is the first urban wetland in Goa but there are major issues as of now, including uncertainty…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Vasco police inspector Kapil Nayak informed the media that there were about 15 cases of missing children in the last seven days of the Damodar Saptah fair. “There was a three-year-old girl Alina Shaikh who had come with family but went missing in the Saptah Fair yesterday night in the huge crowd. An alert citizen found the girl and approached the outpost and in the meantime, the mother and the aunt of the baby had filed a complaint that their baby was missing. We then handed over the baby to the family after due verification,” said Nayak.…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: An Alert citizen from Vasco Sanket Lotlikar and Vasco police helped a three-year-old girl reunite with her family at the Damodar Saptah Fair on late Sunday evening. According to the information available, the three-year-old girl Alina Shaikh who had arrived with her family from Navelim was lost in the huge massive crowd that was present on the last day of the Damodar Saptah fair in Vasco. The parents looked for the girl everywhere but she was nowhere to be found. The grieving parents and guardians took all the efforts to trace the baby girl but she was…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that government staff violating rules and regulations will be met with strict action. “All Government officials are Public Servants, henceforth any violation of rules and regulations by Govt. Staff will be met with strict action to ensure transparency and maintain public trust,” said Sawant. He further said that this will not be tolerated now. We have already started issuing memos to those who are not punctual or are lethargic towards work,” he said. “If the situation continues, we will not hesitate even to send those employees home,” the chief minister warned.…

New Delhi: India’s chess star D Gukesh played out a draw against the reigning world champion Ding Liren in the first round of the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis. In what turned out to be a preview of their upcoming battle in the World Chess Championship, Gukesh and Ding squared off against each other in a classical round. This was their first encounter since Gukesh won the 2024 Candidates Tournament. In the world rankings, Gukesh is currently at number six, while Ding is 15th, his lowest world ranking. In an encounter that saw a couple of nervy moments, Gukesh, who…

New Delhi: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in an interview to NDTV said the entire country should welcome the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as it will bring equality between men and women. He said the entire point of the UCC is to do away with old rules and ways that are no longer compatible with a progressive society. “We should welcome the UCC. The young, educated crowd understands that the UCC is necessary,” Mr Sawant When we talk about men-women equality, their properties’ share should also be equal. Those who have problems with this are objecting to equality for women.…

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police have registered a corruption case against Sandip Ghosh, the former Principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the body of a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor was found after she was raped and murdered. The state police is probing financial irregularities at the state-run hospital, a matter that has been under scrutiny since a complaint was lodged in June. The West Bengal government escalated matters by forming a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to delve into the allegations that have plagued RG Kar Medical College and Hospital since 2021. The SIT, headed by Inspector General Pranab…