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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik on Friday attacked Congress for failing to develop the country, while they were in power for more than 60 years. “They (Congress) during their regime of 60 to 62 years failed to develop the country. It is an irony that they gave promises of ‘Garibi Hatao’, and other developments, but failed to act upon them. People need to judge, what they have done to the country. We lacked development when they ruled,” said Naik BJP’s North Goa candidate for Lok Sabha election while addressing a workers’ meeting in his…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: South Goa Collector Asvin Chandru (IAS) has issued a directive aimed at stricter compliance measures in response to concerns raised by the South Goa Superintendent of Police (SP) regarding the growing trend of visitors using fake aliases and addresses when seeking accommodations. Comprehensive tenant verification processes are mandated by the order, and landlords and hotel owners are required to enter pertinent guest information into the police’s PATHIK (Programme for Analysis of Travelers and Hotel Informatics) software. The collector addressed the difficulties law enforcement has in identifying offenders as a result of false information submitted by visitors, stressing…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: The Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) has strongly recommended that the government act quickly to fix the broken lifts in the Excise Office in Mapusa. Because the elevators are broken, employees must ascend roughly 100 steps to get to the fifth-floor office of the Excise Inspector in Mapusa in order to complete their work. In a letter addressed to the Bardez Deputy Collector, GOACAN Coordinator Roland Martins urged him to undertake a site inspection with representatives from the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department, PWD, Mapusa Municipal Council, and the electricity department in light of…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Recently, residents of Panaji have taken legal recourse to address concerns regarding dust pollution arising from ongoing Smart City projects in the capital city. Two separate Public Interest Litigation (PIL) writ petitions have been filed, highlighting the potential health hazards associated with the construction activities. These petitions emphasize the urgent need for measures to mitigate the adverse effects of dust pollution on public health and safety. The matter was brought before the Hon. High Court of Bombay at Panjim on Tuesday, March 26, underscoring the pressing need for action to resolve this issue. Despite efforts by Imagine…

Definitely, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seems set for the third consecutive term in the Lok Sabha as of today but the question remains on the kinds of developments in the run-up to the polls of the world’s largest democracy. We have already spoken, discussed and debated at length about the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Income Tax notices and freezing of Congress party accounts…but what is new now is the foreign interference in the internal matters of India. Modi is vying for a third consecutive term, and he promises the third term -…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – Government (Tourism Department) sponsored Shigmosthav Floats will be organized by Canacona Shigmosthav Mandal and Canacona Municipoal Council, will be held on April 2. Unlike everyyear, the concluding program of the Shigmosthav Floats will be held at Kadamba Bus – Stand, Chaudi, against the normal practice of holding the concluding function at Shri Gaitonde Grounds. The organising committee has also decided to wind-up the floats and the concluding prize distribution function by 10 pm in view of the Code of Conduct in force. The floats procession will be flagged-off at Char Rasta in the presence of CMC…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA- A Car from Telangana State is stopped at Polem Checkpost border for displaying a ‘Police’ sticker on its rear glass at Goa’s border Check Post at Polem in Canacona on Friday morning. The Car bearing registration No.TS06 EZ1314 coming from Karwar headed into Goa was stopped for routine checkup before being allowed entry into Goa State at Polem checkpost.’ While the concerned sleuths had a thorough check-in of the Car, which is being routinely carried-out nowadays on every vehicle entering the State in view of Lok Sabha Polls, it was noticed that the Car had stickers of…