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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Shadow Council for Margao on Sunday questioned the silence of the Margao MLA Digamber Kamat over the major scam that has occurred at the Margao Municipal Council. SCM Convener Savio Coutinho stated that the Margao MLA had seen undue reason to come out with an ordinance to ensure that he gets control over the Council by getting his man planted on to the Chairperson’s seat, then how can he be so mute to such a huge fraud that has occurred in his Council? questioned Coutinho. Addressing the media along with Robert Vaz, Damodar Onskar and Clifford Dias,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Government’s proposed Tri-State plan to inspect Mhadei river basin through the Mhadei Progressive River Authority for Water and Harmony (PRAWAH), has hit major roadblock with Central government in process of appointing a new members on the committee. However, Goa WRD Minister Subhash Shirodkar has decided to send a reminder communication to the incumbent Chairman PM Scott requesting to call for a meeting and also hold the inspection, before the existing committee is dissolved and new members are appointed. Sources informed that a letter would be sent to the Chairman mostly likely before end of this month.…

Goiemkarponn Desk PERNEM: Large portion of the protective retaining wall of NH66 at Maple, Pernem collapsed today. Large boulders also came crashing on the road along with the wall. Occupants of a moving car had narrow escape as the concrete portion of the tilting retaining wall stopped few inches above the car. Traffic flow on the road has been disrupted. The road and the retaining wall posed danger due to washing off the mud during monsoon. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. Eyebrows have been raised over the quality of the work carried out by the highway contractor. It may be…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Barkha Naik, a young filmmaker from Goa, has brought pride to her State by winning the prestigious Silver Conch award for Best Short Fiction Film at the 18th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) on Friday. She describes this as a recognition for both Konkani cinema and the short film genre. She was presented with the prize during the Mumbai award ceremony of the seven-day esteemed international film festival, which was put on by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. The award was presented by veteran Indian filmmaker Kiran Shantaram. At a grandiose…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a significant directive to the Directorate of Social Welfare the State Commissioner for persons with Disabilities Guruprasad R. Pawaskar addressed the urgent need to revise the Dayanand Social Security Scheme. This action comes in response to numerous appeals from persons with disabilities and parents of children with special needs, who have raised concerns about no increment of pension benefits over the past several years. The Dayanand Social Security Scheme, notified by the Directorate of Social Welfare in 2002 and amended in 2013, currently provides the following pensions:₹2,000 per month for persons with less than 90% disability,₹2,500…

New Delhi: The government has opted to not cancel the medical entrance examination NEET, despite a raging controversy and an ongoing investigation of the paper being leaked a day before the exam. Explaining their stand, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the leak affected only a limited number of students, contrasting sharply with previous incidents in 2004 and 2015 where broader leaks led to exam cancellations. He said that cancelling the exam would affect lakhs of students who cleared the examination rightfully. He also said that the case is being heard by the Supreme Court, and any decision taken by…

Hassan: Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader Suraj Revanna– brother of Prajwal Revanna who is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women–has accused a party worker and his kin face of attempting to extort money from him by threatening with a false sexual assault case of sexual assault in Karnataka’s Hassan. The complaint was filed by Suraj Revanna’s lose aide Shivakumar on Friday against a JD(S) named Chethan KS and his brother-in-law alleging that they demanded Rs 5 crore by threatening to lodge a false case of sexual assault against MLC Suraj Revanna if their demands were not met. Meanwhile, Chethan too lodged…