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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Regional airline FLY91 will start commercial services on March 18 and flights to Lakshadweep in April. The Goa-based carrier, which will have a fleet of 70-seater ATR 72-600 aircraft, has raised USD 25 million, and plans to connect 50 cities in 5 years, its MD and CEO Manoj Chacko said on Tuesday. At a briefing at the Mopa airport, Chacko said it will start commercial services from March 18 with flights from Goa to Bengaluru and Hyderabad. There will also be flights to Sindhudurg from Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The carrier will start flights to Agatti in Lakshadweep…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: The Goa Bench of Bombay High Court has asked the Goa tourism department and the Captain of Ports to dispose of show cause notices issued to Water Sports operators at Baina Beach for not following the queue system, ‘as expeditiously as possible’. The court has set a deadlineof 15 days from today. The Goa Tourism Department informed the Court that they had issued three notices to violators and were in process to issue notices to 17 more while the CoP issued notices to seven violators. Court was hearing the petition by Baina Water Sports Association about the…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress on Monday promised that they will give priority to filling vacant posts in the central government and will see that unemployed women also get the benefit of it if their party is voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Mahila Congress President Beena Naik on Monday addressed a press conference in the Congress House and said that BJP failed to fill the vacant posts in the central government. Saligao Block President Eshika Mandrekar and Bicholim Block President Maria Joanita Souza were present. “We promise to fill 30 lakh permanent government jobs…

Goemkarponn desk NUVEM: Minister Alexio Sequeira today said that Salcete is no longer a Congress bastion and that BJP has already established its vote share. “Salcete is no more a Congress bastion and that BJP has already established its vote share. BJP is in a comfortable position to win the South Goa constituency seat for the upcoming Parliamentary polls,” said Sequeira. He further questioned how many Congress candidates won from Salcete in the 2022 elections. “You cannot call Salcete a Congress bastion anymore. Yes Congress does have votes and so does BJP,” he added. Sequeira said that Parties like the…

Goemkapronn desk Panaji: Goa cybercrime police arrested a youth for allegedly sexually harassing and blackmailing a minor girl into having sex. The accused allegedly befriended a minor girl on social media and persuaded her to send him objectionable photos and videos. He then threatened to share them on the internet if she did not agree to have sex with him. According to a report, the accused, identified as Sripad Naik, befriended a minor girl on social media. Sripad then convinced her to send him objectionable photos and videos. He then threatened to share them on the internet if she did…

Goemakrponn desk Panaji: Goa has received two companies of central paramilitary forces for area domination and confidence-building measures to ensure free, fair and peaceful Lok Sabha elections, officials said on Monday. IGP Omvir Singh Bishnoi told IANS that two companies of central force have arrived in the coastal state so far, and they expect 10 more companies. Goa has two Lok Sabha constituencies, North and South. The Revolutionary Goans Party declared both their candidates even before the national parties. the ruling BJP recently announced Union Minister Shripad Naik as their North Goa candidate, while it is yet to decide on…

Goemakpronn desk CANACONA: Even as environmentalists objected to the reported moves to cut off an iconic Jackfruit tree at old bus-stand at Chaudi allegedly to make way for a Statue of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Canacona municipal Council resolved to write to Dy. Collector (Canacona) to conduct enquiry if the said Jackfruit –Tree poses any safety-threat to the public and take necessary action accordingly. CMC in its monthly meeting held today,unanimously resolved to do away with and close-down all the Nine scrapyards operating in different ward areas of Canacona municipality. Councillors have demanded action against all these illegally functioning scrapyards, stating…