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Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Canacona Municipal Council (CMC) thanked Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant and Arts & Culture Minister Govind Gaude for the wonderful gift of Ravindra Bhavan to Canconcars and particularly naming the Auditorium after Son-of-Canacona and Ex-Minister late Sanjay Bandekar. In a hurriedly called press conference on Wednesday, CMC Chairperson Sara Naik Desai flanked by six of her Councilors including Vice-Chairperson Narcisco Fernandes stating that a Memorandum was submitted to the Arts & Culture Minister Govind Gaude and also to the Canacona MLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar after taking a resolution in the council meeting to name the Canacona Ravindra…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Chandralekha Mestri, a Grade-I Teacher (Biology) at S S Angle Hr. Sec. school in Mashem(Loliem), Canacona is selected from Goa State to receive the National Teachers Award-2024. Mestri, Msc. Bed is amongst the 50 odd recipients of the prestigious National Teacher Award 2024 that will be honoured at New Delhi on the occasion of Teachers Day (5th Sept) with a Citation (Silver Medal), Certificate and Cash Award. A Biology teacher at SS Angle Hr.SS is the recipient of Goa State Best Teachers Award-2021 is best known for presenting Science projects at the State and National levels, has…

In a move to promote eco-friendly practices during the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival, the Pramod Sawant-led Goa government has taken a significant step by increasing the subsidy granted to local artisans for crafting clay Ganeshas. This initiative aims to discourage the use of environmentally hazardous idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) and instead promote the use of clay idols, which are much more sustainable and environmentally friendly. The scheme, originally launched in 2008 by then chief minister Manohar Parrikar, has been instrumental in promoting the production of clay idols among local artisans. The Goa Handicraft Rural Small Scale Industries…

Goemkapronn desk CALANGUTE: A construction project near the historic Fort Aguada has raised alarm within the local community, sparking protests and formal complaints about violations of heritage and environmental laws. The Calangute Constituency Forum, representing concerned citizens, has brought to the attention of the Candolim Village Panchayat a complaint against the construction underway on property bearing Survey No. 96/0 at Sinquerim. According to the complaint, the construction falls within a *Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ-1A), an area deemed *ecologically sensitive, where new development is heavily restricted. The location is also adjacent to the protected *Aguada Fort, a designated Archaeological Heritage site…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: The Railway Board has authorized a bi-weekly train service connecting Goa and Maharashtra’s Konkan region, departing from Bandra Terminus on the Western Railway (WR). As reported by PTI, the train’s inaugural journey will occur on August 29, departing from Borivali, a key WR station, rather than Bandra Terminus. All trains to Konkan and Goa from Mumbai are operated from Central Railway stations. Launching a Goa-bound train from Bandra Terminus will greatly benefit tourists from Mumbai’s Western suburbs who are eager to visit the popular coastal holiday destination. A WR official said that in the absence of a cord line, they will…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The BJP Government in Goa is desperately trying to identify and acquire huge land of approximately 10-15 lakhs square metres and gift it to the Central Government for setting up the IIT Project by putting the burden of 60 crores on the State Treasury and destroying the Environment and Green Cover of Goa. There is a vested interest of senior ministers in the entire land acquisition process, charged Congress Media Cell Chairman Amarnath Panjikar. He was accompanied by Youth Congress Leader Saeesh Aroskar and Sevadal Social Media Coordinator Amol Dharwadkar. It is shocking to know that the…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The colour blue, symbolic of the Dalit movement in India, and digital prints, animated films and family artefacts linked to India’s marginalised communities took centre stage at Siddhesh Gautam aka Bakery Prasad’s debut solo exhibition, ‘We The People (Too), ’at the Museum of Goa (MOG) in Pilerne, which was unveiled on Sunday, August 25. Speaking at the weekly MOG Sunday talk, Gautam said that the colour blue, a predominant feature of his mixed-media artworks, is inspired by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s belief that “Under the blue sky, we are all equal”. “Because we are different, just as the sky…