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Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Fishing boat owners from in and around Vasco met MLA Krishna Salkar demanding support towards their pending subsidies. The boat owners also submitted a memorandum to Salkar with their demands during the meeting and Salkar assured the boat owners of all the support from his side Seby D’Souza, a member of the delegation said that VAT reimbursement in the form of subsidy had not been cleared by the Government for a long time “We led a delegation of small boat owners as we face a lot of difficulty as we have not got the subsidies from the…

Goemkarponn desk MOPA: In a shocking incident, Taxi operators at Manohar International Airport this morning caught one person red-handed giving private car on rent. As per information, taxi operators this morning caught one person red-handed giving private car on rent to tourist. Immediately, taxi operators dialled Goa Police who were quick to arrive at the parking lot of the airport. When questioned the Customer, he said that he booked the car online and even paid advance and knew nothing about the vehicle being a private car. More details of the incident are awaited. The taxi operators said that they will…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that Goa Medical College & Hospital – GMC has emerged as patients’ preferred choice for the treatment of kidney diseases and transplants. “It is heartening to see Goa’s kidney healthcare evolve over the years with our sustained efforts to provide outstanding treatment to the kidney patients,” said Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. He said that Goa Medical College & Hospital – GMC has emerged as patients’ preferred choice for the treatment of kidney diseases and transplants. “It houses an advanced HLA lab and has dedicated team of doctors skilled in kidney transplants. What…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Thursday morning launched the works of hot mixing the internal road in an around area under ward number 15. The works were launched in the presence of ward Councillor Priya Raut, Mormugao Municipal Council Chairperson Girish Borkar and other Councillors. Speaking to the media later, Vasco MLA said that the proposals for hot mixing of roads had been placed before the government but were sanctioned in phases. “We had place proposals as per priorities and we first took up hot mixing of road in New Vaddem which had not been attended to…

New Delhi: The central government has directed states to ban the sale and breeding of 23 breeds of ferocious dogs, including Pitbull Terrier, American Bulldog, Rottweiler and Mastiffs, amid rising instances of people dying due to pet dog attacks. The directive issued to states and Union Territories bars people from keeping as many as 23 breeds of dogs as pets. In a letter dated March 12 to chief secretaries of all states and UTs, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying also said that these breeds of dogs, which have already been kept as pets, should be sterilised to prevent…

New Delhi: Amidst the political furore over the Citizenship Amendment Act, a number of Muslim influencers have come out in support of the law. Dr Feroz Bakht Ahmed, former chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MAANU), said there’s nothing for the Muslim community to debate or protest about the CAA since it does not concern them. “Every channel is debating CAA, leading to the perception that there are issues with CAA… but there’s nothing to debate…there should only be discussions which clarify that this law is about giving right not taking away,” Ahmed told CNN-News18. The CAA amends the…

KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate today conducted raids at several locations in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali over land grabbing allegations against Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates. The probe agency, along with paramilitary forces, conducted raids at four locations today. The raids comes just days after Shahjahan, who also faces allegations of sexual abuse, was arrested by the Bengal police. The allegations by residents of Sandeshkhali, an island in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, have raised a political storm in the state. Shahjahan, who is at the centre of these allegations, was arrested last month after he was on the…