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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Entertainment Society of Goa in association with the Department of Public Health Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital is organizing the 6th Goa Anti-Tobacco Film Festival on 31st May 2024. This festival aims to select Ad Films to spread the message of the harmful effects of tobacco use and its ill effects, to decrease the occurrence of Oral Cancer and heart disease and to promote film art through non-profit screening of these films. The ultimate objective is to render Goa smoke-free. This festival will be held in two sections, the Goa section and the National Section.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a unique exchange, V. M. Salgaocar College of Law’s BeyondTheSyllabus initiative recently organised a field trip to the Goa College of Art (GCA) in Altinho Panaji. Law students led by VMSCL faculty Ramrai Naik were welcomed by Principal GCA, Prof. Willy Goes, and Asst. Prof. Omkar Banaule. The visit offered a fascinating peek into the world of creativity and learning. During the visit, law students had the chance to explore the GCA campus and admire the impressive artwork on display for the annual exhibition. They engaged in lively discussions with GCA students and faculty, sharing insights…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The annual celebration of the Shigmotsav Festival is scheduled to take place from March 26th to April 8th, 2024. The festivals float parades will commence in Ponda, Calangute, Sanquelim, Valpoi, Porvorim, Bicholim, Pernem, Canacona, Vasco, Shiroda, Curchorem, Quepem, Dharbandora, Margao, Mapusa, Sanguem, and Cuncolim from 26th March 2024 to 8th April 2024, respectively. Each place where the Shigmotsav parade takes its route brings forth its unique customs and traditions associated with the festival. In Panaji, the capital city, grand parades unfold with Romtamel, Traditional Dance like Ghodemodni, Dhangar Dance, Goff, Morulo. The beautifully lit floats were based…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: At Talpona beach on Friday night, a 72-year-old British national drowned while his 68-year-old wife was saved by Dhristi Life Savers. The UK nationals Vijay Tulshidas Daswani and his wife Gean Poole were swimming at Talpona beach, according to Canacona police. They sounded the alarm as they started to drift into the sea. While Drishti Life Savers went on a jet-ski and pulled both ashore, others hurried to help them. Vijay Daswani was pronounced dead by medical professionals at the Community Health Centre (CHC), Canacona, after both received CPR. There was no threat to Gean Poole. As…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa government requested a joint inspection at Kankumbi, where Karnataka has resumed work to redirect the flow of monsoonal water towards the Kalasa, in an appeal filed on Friday with the Mhadei Progressive River Authority for Water and Harmony (PRAWAH). The government anticipates a favourable answer from PRAWAH, according to Subhash Shirodkar, Minister for Water Resources Department (WRD). After conducting the inspection, our WRD team discovered that some trenching had been done in order to divert water from the Mhadei River. There isn’t any work underway right now,” he stated. The Minister continued, “A joint inspection…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: The applications filed by two MLAs, Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat, to cross-examine petitioner Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Patkar orally in the disqualification matter were dismissed by Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Friday. On January 10, 2024, each respondent submitted two distinct applications requesting authorization to cross-examine Patkar and present testimony. The two had declared their intention to present the petitioner with some of the remarks made on July 10, 2022, as well as media quotes from Dinesh Gundu Rao, the AICC observer at the time. Adv Abhijit Gosavi, Patkar’s attorney, vehemently objected…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized 80 lakh in cash, various digital devices and incriminating documents in raids conducted in Delhi, Mumbai and Goa in a `18 crore fraud case allegedly committed by a tax consultancy firm. A total of `78 lakh in Indian currency, foreign currency equivalent to `2 lakh, various digital devices and incriminating documents were seized from the residence of Ajay Harinath Singh and his associates during search operations conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at nine locations in Delhi, Mumbai and Goa, said the agency. ED’s Delhi zonal…