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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a shocking update, the Sugarcane farmers have withdrawn themselves from the government appointed Farmers Facilitation Committee. “We the farmers withdrawn from the Goa government appointed Farmers Facilitation Committee for not fulfilling their demand for resuming factory operations,” said Rajendra Dessai. The farmers association has threatened to intensify their agitation if the government fails to consider their demand as the time limit set for compensation to the sugarcane farmers in lieu of the closure of Sanjivani Sugar Factory. Dessai accused the government of ignoring their demands and taking the farmers for granted. “It is highly prejudicial that…

CHENNAI: India is expanding its space in the global order and this can be seen in its space programme too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he revealed the names of four astronauts part of the country’s human space flight mission Gaganyaan. The Prime Minister today gave astronaut wings to the four selected for the space flight during an event at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. The four astronaut-designates selected for the Gaganyaan mission are Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla. The human space flight mission…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Shiv Premises have requested the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant not to withdraw cases against people who have taken law in their hand during Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue installation at Sao Jose de Areal. The Shiv Premis have also requested to initiate stringent action against the people involved in this case. “Strict action needs to be taken against those involved in throwing mud, rioting, causing hurt to the policeman and the minister,” said Shiv Premi Satyavijai Naik. He further said that government should not come under pressure to withdraw the cases against those in Sao Jose de Areal…

MP Tanavade says its an historic milestone is a testament to the govt’s commitment Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated railway infrastructure projects worth Rs 155 crore in South Goa. These projects include Redevelopment of Vasco Da Gama Railway Station under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Redevelopment of Sanvordem Railway Station under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. Also, foundation Stone for ROB in lieu of LC No. 19 (Nessai Gate in Goa),d edication of Underpass in lieu of LC 227-A (Curtorim); dedication of Road Over Bridge 188-B Kalem and dedication of Goa Sponge Road Over Bridge (193-A) and dedication of…

Goemkapronn desk New Delhi: Vedanta Ltd has moved Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Goa Rural Improvement and Welfare Cess Act, which imposes a cess on carriers transporting ore and some other materials. It argued that the levy of cess is a tax and not a fee and that the state does not have the power/competence to sustain this cess as such levy stands subsumed by the Goa Goods and Services Tax Act and the Central Goods and Service Tax Act 2017 pursuant to the Constitution. Challenging a Bombay High Court order on January 10 that dismissed its…

Goemkapronn desk Panaji: Goa’s Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phal Dessai said on Sunday that performance and intelligence are not linked to any specific language. Minister Phal Dessai was speaking during an educational programme in South Goa’s Ponda. “We send our children to ‘big schools’ only because they teach them to speak good English; we have a misunderstanding that mere speaking good English makes students expert. If they speak good English, it doesn’t mean that they may be good in performance and intelligence. So don’t link intelligence with language,” he said. He said that “our intelligence is not related to any…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Education Department has declared that starting in the Academic Year 2026–2027, schools must set a minimum age of six years old for admission to Class I (grade I). The decision was made at the same time that the State was instructed by the Union Education Ministry to make sure that the age limit of six years or older is enforced starting in the upcoming academic year 2024–2025. The Department of School Education and Literacy, Union Ministry of Education, requested that schools set a minimum age of six years for admission to Class 1 in…