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WASHINGTON: There does not seem to any light at the end of the tunnel for children of legal immigrants, a significantly large number of whom are Indian-Americans who came to the US as a young kid with their parents and now risk being deported back to the country where they don’t know anyone because of them being aging out when they turn 21. There are around 250,000 of such children of legal immigrants, a significantly large number of whom are Indians. The White House on Thursday blamed the Republicans for this legislative impasse. “I talked about the bipartisan agreement that…

Goemkarponn Desk PERNEM: Pernem Police has created a WhatsApp group of the Temple committee members to prevent theft in temple and for their suggestions/ feedback in better Policing. Pernem Police has maintained the register upon the instruction of SDPO Pernem at every temple and patrolling staff will visit the temple and sign that register. Committee member were requested to check the register every morning and if no sign or entry of patrolling Police Staff is found same to be brought to light in a WhatsApp group so that superior are aware that staff are not visiting the temple. The patrolling…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Amidst controversy surrounding Sunburn music festival shifting to South Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant made a pitch for the electronic dance music festival during NITI aayog meet in Delhi stating the festival has showcased Goa on global map. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was addressing the gathering during the NITI Aayog meet in Delhi. “The famous Carnival of Goa, Sunburn Festival, Shigmotsav, International Film Festival of India (IFFI) and an International Purple Festival for the persons with Disability (Divyangs) are just a few examples of happenings that have put Goa on the Global cultural,” said Sawant He further…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Institute Menezcs Braganza will be organizing Death Anniversary of great freedom Fighter of India and editor of Maratha and Kesari Late Lokmanya Tilak in Joint Collaboration with Government College of Arts and Commerce and Science, Khandola, Marcela, Panda Goa on Thursday  August 01, 2024 from 11 .00 am onwards. Shri Paresh Prabhu Editor, Navprabha will be the chief guest of the function. Felicitation of Senior journalist Shri Ramesh Vanskar,Smt Suhasini Prabhugaonkar and Shri Kishore Shet Mandrekar will be held at the programme. Principal and Vice Principal of Govt. College of Art, Commerce, Science Khandola, Marcela-Goa, the students of Marathi, Konkani, Hindi and English stream will participate in the…

Goemkarponn Desk SANKHALI: Following her resignation to the municipal director, Rashmi Desai left her position as chairperson of the Sanquelim municipality. Since the position of chairperson is reserved for women, there is an agreement to provide opportunities to other women. As a result, there are rumors that Siddhi Parob will be appointed as the chairperson. There are 12 corporators in the Sanquelim municipality, of whom six are female. With the help of Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant, we have been implementing various plans to make the municipality self-sufficient for the past fourteen months since the Municipal Corporation was elected. stated…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: According to Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho, the Minister for Surface Transport gave the order to impose the Mopa toll. A complaint has already been filed with the Union Transport Minister. Since it is a central law, it must be enacted consistently. He was answering questions from the media about the threat made by tourist taxi drivers to abandon their passengers at the Link Road rather than pay taxes. Mauvin stated that he is not afraid of threats in relation to the contentious taxi issue. “I am adamant that Goa and its residents require app-based taxis and that…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A unique QR code for each of the roughly 300 Goan idol makers should be provided, according to Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai, who made the point that the government has no control over the widespread sale of plaster of Paris (PoP) idols entering the State. Sardesai highlighted the need to buck this trend by stating that PoP idols are imported from other States and sold on a fairly large scale. “Giving a QR code to the local idol makers is one method of doing it. In this manner, the buyer can be certain that the idol is…