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Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: Deputy Speaker and Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza revealed that the Art and Culture department and the Cunchelim community have exchanged letters over the Ravindra Bhavan project and that the State government is anticipated to make a decision on the important project as soon as possible. D’Souza added that the desilting of the Mapusa River is anticipated to begin within the following two months. “One of the requirements set forward by the Cunchelim Comunidade is office space. The community and the department of art and culture are now in negotiations. The government should have no trouble providing them…

Goemkarponn Desk Governor of Goa, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has extended his greetings to the people of Goa on the joyous occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Governor in his message stated that, Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the most important festivals widely celebrated with great enthusiasm, fervour and joy in our country. Lord Ganesh occupies a special place in the pantheon of Gods. Lord Ganesha is considered to be a Vighnaharta and Mangalmurti, who is the remover of all obstacles, the one to be prayed to before beginning anything. Ganesh Chaturthi is the biggest festival of Goa and it is celebrated lavishly.…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A 12 member Special Investigation Team(SIT) under Deputy Inspector General(DIG) Aslam Khan has been constituted by Goa police to investigate into honey trap cases unearthed in August this years. Two women were arrested on charges of extortion in Goa following accusations that they honey-trapped men and held out threats of filing rape charges against them to extort money from them. Cases have been filed against them at Calangute and Candolim police stations. Goa police investigation had revealed that three rape cases were filed by the two women in Goa and another two in Gujarat. The modus operandi…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: There are only 12 days left till the state’s monsoon season officially ends, but Goa is still experiencing normal monsoon conditions despite having experienced dry spells for the previous 1.5 months. A few moderate spells that occurred in remote areas of Goa during the past few days as a result of a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal averted a deficit in the monsoon in Goa. In contrast to the normal rainfall recorded at this point in time, which is 2883 mm, the current cumulative average rainfall for this season to date is 2905 mm.…

Goemkarponn Desk RAIPUR: In Chhattisgarh, a state that is close to holding elections, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was on a two-day party work trip on Sunday when he sang praises of Goa’s fiscal management. “Goa has begun economic measures to cut debt. In the upcoming years, the State will pay off all of its debt. In order to fund infrastructure projects, low interest loans would now be available from organizations like SIDBI and NABARD, according to Sawant, who was speaking at a press conference in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. At the news conference, Sawant was accompanied by Raman Singh, a BJP leader…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A driver working for a semi-government corporation has been ordered by the High Court of Bombay at Goa to be reinstated with full back pay within two weeks and to pay arrears of back pay within four weeks. The Goa State Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation Ltd. hired petitioner Luis Fernandes from Agalli, Fatorda, as a driver on October 16, 2000, and his services were confirmed on August 3, 2005. Sadly, the petitioner had a paralytic stroke on December 31, 2020, and when he returned to work in March 2021, he asked…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik said that his department has decided to take on board the revenue department to ensure speedy implementation of Goa Agriculture Tenancy Act. “It is decided to take on board the revenue department to ensure speedy implementation of the Goa Agriculture Tenancy Act. We will invite the revenue department officials in the next meeting of the agriculture policy committee,” said Naik He further said that state government has decided to take the suggestions of gram sabhas of all the 190 village panchayats in Goa before finalising the agriculture policy for the state. In order…