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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Fruitful and constructive deliberations at G20 Goa meet, has paved the way for new era of Global co-operation. As we bid farewell to this august Gathering of nation’s, let’s carry spirit of unity and shared responsibilities. I, am sure the decisions arrived at G20 Goa, will ripple across continents flourishing all sectors making a way for India’s economic growth. We need to remain steadfast in our commitments to foster with sustainable growth. The legacy of G20 Goa will be defined by our actions ahead in near future said Tourism minister Rohan Ashok Khaunte. The G20 Tourism Working…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In an effort to promote Goa as ‘Dakshin Kashi’ State government today signed an MOU with Temple Connect, an organisation dedicated to Revival & Development of the Temple Ecosystem, with an aim to boost Goa’s spiritual tourism. Director of Department of Tourism Sunil Anchipaka and founder of Temple Connect Girish Kulkarni signed the MOU, in presence of Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr.Pramod Sawant, Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte and Tourism Secretary Sanjeev Ahuja today. With this MOU state’s Spiritual Tourism will take off in a Big Way, dedicated to Revival & Development of the Temple Ecosystem. This MOU will…

Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: Following the incident wherein shiv premis had damaged panchayat property Sarpanch Joseph sequeira has filed a police complaint against the attack and damaging the panchayat property Tensions prevailed in North Goa’s Calangute after a group of 200 people surrounded panchayat office and threw stones at the office of Calangute Panchayat in Goa on Tuesday after its order to remove the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj installed on the roadside. People holding saffron flags marched towards the Panchayat office in the morning and demanded the order be withdrawn and started throwing stones. Nobody was injured in the incident…

Goemkarponn Desk PERNEM: Pernem police have finally apprehended the absconding truck driver who was involved in a fatal accident at Dhargal that killed a senior citizen at Sukekulan,Dhargal. The truck driver has been identified as Basant Yadav, a resident of Jharkhand. He was apprehended from Bhusawal, Maharashtra while on the run with the help of RPF (Railway Protection Force). Two-wheeler rider Namdev Kambli was crushed under the wheels of the truck in the accident on June 17. Perturbed at repeated occurrence of accidents at the Mopa Airport link road site, villagers from Dhargal and surrounding areas had launched massive protest…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The state cabinet on Wednesday granted approval to summon the monsoon session of Goa legislative assembly from July 18 onwards. “Cabinet has accorded approval to summon the monsoon session of Goa legislative assembly from July 18 onwards,” said CM Sawant Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar had said on Tuesday that the opposition will get enough time to discuss the state’s issues during the monsoon session of the House. “This session will be lengthy, which would give enough time to opposition benches to discuss the issues facing the state,” Tawadkar said. On many occasions, the opposition parties in…

Goemkarponn Desk MUMBAI: After postponement due to the Balasore accident, the Mumbai-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express is most likely to be flagged off on June 27. However, it might prove to be a costly ride with the price for the Executive Chair (EC) car expected to be comparable to the air fare for Mumbai-Goa journey, and the Chair Car (CC) likely to be priced higher than the Shatabdi trains. The tentative fares for EC chair car are ₹2,915 and ₹1435 for the CC. The airfares from Mumbai-Goa range from ₹1,800 to ₹2,100 depending on the airline and time of the flight. “We are yet to…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today soon after cabinet meeting left for Delhi amidst rumours of cabinet reshuffle Sources have said that Sawant would be discussing on cabinet reshuffle and also candidature for Rajya Sabha seat. Speculation in the political circles of Goa that a reshuffle in the cabinet will take place to accommodate 3 MLAs among eight who had joined the BJP, has still not come into reality. On September 14, former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Rajesh Faldesai, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes joined the BJP, reducing Congress to…