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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said that Mormugao Port Authority(MPA) has taken up modernization of cruise facilities by developing the International and Domestic Cruise Building and also other ancillary facilities like Ro-Ro, Ro-Pax are under construction and will be planned by March 2024. “MPA has taken up modernization of cruise facilities by developing the International and Domestic Cruise Building and also other ancillary facilities like Ro-Ro, Ro-Pax are under construction and will be planned by March 2024,” said Khaunte He further said that As per Mormugao Port Authority(MPA) the authority has created the facilities for berthing of International…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister for Fisheries Nilkanth Halarnkar said that the total quantity of fish production in the state from 2019 till date is 503,701 tonnes. Halarnkar said that Marine and Inland fish production in 2019 was 100567, in 2020 it was 100911, 126955 in 2021, 128659 in 2022 and 46609 till March 2023. He further said that tere is no limit fixed by the Department for export of local fish andalso to import fish in the State. According to the information in the reply, the state caught 1.40 lakh tonnes of fish annually in 2022–2023, of which 1.33 lakh…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Badminton Association has justified the participation of players from Khelo India Centre of Excellence at Campal, saying this will local players to diverse playing styles and push them to perform at a higher intensity. Goa Badminton Association (GBA) Secretary Sandeep Heble issued a statement on the participation of players from Khelo India Centre of Excellence at Campal “In its second year, the Goa Government in its wisdom and as part of its policy invited outstation players to the Khelo India Centre of Excellence in Badminton, Table Tennis and Swimming. The thought process is to increase the…

SURAJ NANDREKAR So finally, after long planning, we decided to visit the Maa Vaishno Devi in Jammy & Kashmir. As we were in Srinagar already, we took a State transport bus to Jammu, which cost just Rs 400 per person, but we were told it be a six-hour long journey from the Ghat section. The reason we took a bus was because of the Amarnath Yatra which was underway, we were told the local taxis would depart last at 1 pm as after 2 pm no vehicles would be allowed and the taxis would take the same amount of time…

* Total number of prosecutions launched against driver are 1667 Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho has informed that capacity building of field enforcement staff is being done by providing additional equipment i.e 70 Breath Analyser/Alcometer of which 20 are already handed over to Police. “Capacity building of field enforcement staff is being done by providing additional equipment i.e 70 Breath Analyser/Alcometer of which 20 are already handed over to Police,” said Godinho He further said that Vahan 4.0 integration on all India level is completed by Department wherein challan can be issued to any vehicle registered across country.…

* Min Subhash Phaldesai informs that process of formulating a Heritage Policy has started Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: With the goal of adding more monuments and sites to the protected list and developing a structure for their conservation, Minister for Archaeology Subhash Phaldesai today said that the state government has started the process of formulating a Heritage Policy for Goa. He said the Archaeology Survey of India has designated 21 monuments as protected, and there are 51 monuments on state lists of archaeological interest. The Town and Country Planning Act also lists 400 privately owned historic structures. Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: In a major development, theft worth around Rs 3 Lakhs from two Automobile showrooms has been reported at Verna. As per police information, Rs 2.37,800 cash was stolen from Goa Motors, Hyundai car Showroom and Rs 60,000 cash was stolen from Coastal Honda showroom at Verna. Verna police have registered offence against unknown culprits under sections 454,457,427 and 380 IPC and PSI Utkrantrao Desai is carrying out a further investigation under the supervision of PI Melson Colaco and the guidance of Mormugao DySP Salim Shaikh. Hyundai Owner showroom Prashant Joshi says money may not be recovered but…