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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Employee of a foreign IT company who was presently working from home at Dona Paula was cheated to the tune of Rs 1.21 crore by cyber fraudsters by impersonating as Mumbai Police and CBI officials. A complaint to this effect was filed by the victim Surya Singh Lawande at the Cyber Crime Cell of Goa Police. Acting on the complaint two persons were nabbed by Cyber Crime Cell of Goa Police from Rajkot, Gujarat. The accused are identified as Ravindra Nandaniya and Vimal Der. The duo got in touch with Lawande posing as police and CBI officials.…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Imagine Panaji smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) has entered into discussions with the residents of St. Inez regarding the relocation of several wayside crosses. This strategic move aims to ensure clear pathways for the ongoing road works undertaken by IPSCDL in the area. A senior official from IPSCDL stated “We have identified approximately 4-5 wayside crosses that proposes relocation in close proximity to their existing locations. This adjustment will allow us to efficiently complete our road work while maintaining the necessary carriage width along the roads of St. Inez. The identified crosses are situated within a…

In the wake of rising temperatures, the Goa State Disaster Management Authority (Goa SDMA) is taking necessary Preparedness and Mitigation Measures for Heatwave in the State. Goa SDMA has notified the Goa Heatwave Action Plan 2024 – Prevention and Mitigation of Impacts and circulated the same with all concerned Departments to ensure its necessary implementation for the safeguarding of the lives of the general public. The Heatwave Action Plan-2024 has already been uploaded on the official websites of Goa SDMA (www.sdma.goa.gov.in) and DDMAs (North Goa and South Goa). The government has also appointed Nodal Officers from each Line Department for…

JOINT INSPECTION — PRAWAH has requested that the three states Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra communicate the dates for the inspection — Subhash Shirodkar, the Minister of Water Resources (WRD), announced that the State had received a communication from PRAWAH two days prior — Goa had written to the Authority last month, demanding a joint inspection at Kankumbi — Goa alleged the neighbouring State had taken up work to divert the flow of monsoonal water of the Mhadei river towards the Kalasa Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government’s request for a joint inspection to examine the Mhadei river basin has been…

New Delhi: The Congress has released its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, with jobs creation, development of infrastructure, and a national caste census among the major highlights. The manifesto was released in Delhi by party boss Mallikarjun Kharge, who was flanked by senior leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram – who led the committee that drafted the document – was also present. “This manifesto will be ‘nyay ka dastavez’ (a document for justice) in the political history of the country. From the five pillars of the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra’ – yuva…

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has slammed and rejected allegations of assassinating individuals in Pakistan as part of a strategy to eliminate terrorists living on foreign soil. This came after a report by the Guardian, where Indian and Pakistani intelligence operatives said India’s foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), had ordered killings of terrorists in Pakistan. The MEA denounced the allegations by reiterating an earlier statement that they were “false and malicious anti-India propaganda” and emphasised a previous denial by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who said that targeted killings in other countries were “not…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Amidst rising concern over depleting dam water, the State government today set aside all apprehensions over water shortage stating that there is enough water in all the seven dams to meet the daily requirements for the coming two months. The water stock in three out of a total of seven dams in Goa had dipped below the 50 per cent-mark, indicating that the situation may become difficult during the ongoing summer season. Addressing a press conference, WRD Minister Subhash Shirodkar said that there is nothing to worry about as far as water storage is concerned as the…