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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Fatorda MLA and Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai today demanded to withdraw the circular issued with regard to the salary certificate. Govt should immediately withdraw the circular issued with regard to the Salary Certificate. This will encourage beg, borrow,steal,” said Sardesai He further said that he does not understand who is advising the government on these things. The Goa government yesterday had implemented restrictions on issuing salary certificates to the government department and quasi-government department employees. Registrar of Cooperative Societies Manuel Barreto has informed us about the government’s decision not to issue salary certificates to its employees…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Margao Municipal Council (MMC) today has assured the Chicken vendors that their slaughter waste would be disposed of immediately. Chicken vendors from Margao today met the MMC CO over the delay in collection of slaughter waste for the last 3-4 days. “We have appointed a contractor who collects slaughter waste from vendors as we do not have the machinery. But as per vendors, the contractor has not collected the waste,” said MMC CO. He further said that waste would be collected today on an immediate basis. “We don’t have the mechanism to dispose of such waste that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Former CCP Mayor Uday Madkaikar today said that the state government should make financial and quality audits of the smart city projects. “It’s high time that government should make financial and quality audits of the smart city projects. It was compulsory to do soil testing at Ribandar before starting sewage pipeline work, what consultant is doing, what engineers are doing,” said Madkaikar. He further said that the consultant has been paid a huge amount of Rs.8 crores as his fee, and engineers are taking huge salaries but still, it is a total mess in smart city works.…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: A wave of excitement swept across the Don Bosco Higher Secondary School and College in Panaji as students made the most of their interaction with ‘Moga’, the mascot of the 37th National Games. Moga visited the students of Don Bosco to greet them and bring a taste of the upcoming sports extravaganza. There was wild and thunderous applause as the students didn’t miss the opportunity and took turns to meet the adorable mascot and listen to what Moga had to say about the National Games that will officially commence on 26 October in Goa. The aim of…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Govind Gaude on Wednesday morning inspected the venue at the Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi, Ponda that will host the Archery discipline for the 37th National Games. The venue commandant and overlays team along with officials from the PWD, electricity department, traffic cell, etc were present. “Small issues should not be left unresolved, hence we held this inspection. Archery will begin at this venue from 29 October. This is an outdoor sport and there have been recent showers. All arrangements including parking, changing rooms, VIP lounge, athlete lounge, German hangers, etc are…

The former BCCI chief selector has explained why Suryakumar Yadav and Mohammed Shami will play sporadic roles for India at the World Cup. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With the 2023 edition of the ICC World Cup busy producing upsets and record-breaking triumphs in India, Rohit Sharma and Co. will hope to avoid the latest trend in the round-robin phase of the showpiece event on Thursday. After hammering Babar Azam’s Pakistan by seven wickets to retain their perfect World Cup record against the Green Army, Rohit and Co. are aiming to record a fourth-straight win in the ongoing tournament against Bangladesh. Giant-killers…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that only 69 villages in the Western Ghats should be taken into consideration for designation as ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs). Sawant said that 40 of the 99 villages that were chosen for declaration do not meet the requirements. “I have told the team that if they want to add more villages, then they can add 10 more villages which are contiguous, and remove 40 villages,” stated Sawant. Sawant further said that he has given the team instructions to outline the types of activities that are permitted in the villages after they have…