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 Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The fire hydrant installed in Ponda City and Congested Market has just turned defunct and showpiece. The Stakeholders and vendors express concern over fire safety in case of fire. It is revealed by Fire Station Officials that there are some fire hydrants in the market, near the police station, but they are defunct, and in case of emergency, no use of this fire hydrant. Stakeholders at the market demanded to immediately install fire hydrants to repeat the tragedy on the backdrop of the recent Dhavali major Scrapyard fire incident. Vendors recalled some fifteen years back when the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Police Crime Branch team conducted a narcotic raid at Guirim and arrested one Rajasthan native for being in possession of contraband substances worth Rs 2.2 lakhs. As per information, the CB team led by PI Nitin Halarnkar alongwith staff HC Irshad Watangi, PC Mableshwar Sawant, PC Saimulla Makandar, PC Sanil Dhuri, PC Sudesh Matkar, Soni Fernandes conducted a narcotic raid at near Guirim cross, Guirim Bardez Goa and caught red handed accused Pappu Ram @ prakash, s/o Om Prakash, age 30 years, Native Ubuntu beta school, Ummed nagar road Mathaniam, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. According to CB…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities in collaboration with Special Olympics Bharat and Sanjay Centre for Special Education hosted a grand send off for the Goan contingent participating at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Berlin from June 17-25. Present for the ceremony were Chief Minister of Goa, Dr. Pramod Sawant, Subhash Phal Dessai, Hon’ble Minister for Social Welfare, Guruprasad Pawaskar, State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities along with Victor Vaz, National Sports Director, Special Olympics Bharat and Taha Haaziq, Secretary Office of the Commission for Persons with Disabilities. The Chief Guest for…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The OPPO F23 5G, equipped with a large 5,000mAh battery, 67W SUPERVOOCTM fast charging, and OPPO’s Battery Health Engine, isbuilt for those who suffer low battery anxiety India, 2023 – OPPO, the leading global smart devices brand, announces the launch of its latest smartphone, the OPPO F23 5G. The device will be available at INR 24,999, from May 18,2023 at 12AM, through the OPPO Store, on Amazon, and at mainline retail outlets. Recent research by OPPO & Counterpoint indicated that 3 out of 4 people in India have Nomophobia–the fear of being left without a phone–triggered mostly…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Have you ever travelled between Goa and Pune on a plane? If yes, you might know that the air trip takes only about an hour to cover the distance between these two places. Will you believe it if we tell you that a Goa-Pune flight trip recently took about 12 hours? Well, it might seem unbelievable but it is absolutely true and this incident happened recently at the Goa airport. One of the families stuck inside the airport shared their miserable experiences. Ravi Garg is a Punekar and he lives in Kalyani Nagar. He was one of…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Disaster waiting to happen on many roads in various villages of Ponda Taluka as pre-monsoon roadside gutter cleaning work halted due to road digging. Due to digging, roadside gutters are choked and covered with mud; thus, road and drain levels appear at the same level. Pre-monsoon drain cleaning work halted due to road digging for power cabling work in various villages. The mud excavated one-meter depth has been spread dumped and spread at the roadside, and all drains are choked with mud, and there is yet no sign of cleaning gutters despite rain approaching fast. At very…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating all the three promises made to the residents/citizens of Chaudi Ward have been fulfilled, ward councillor and CMC Chairperson Ramakant Naik Gawkar says he is now looking forward to bringing more developments at the commercial hub of Chaudi. The need road to Mataji Mandir at Xeller has been asphalted with the hot mix at the cost of Rs.10 lakhs, the construction works at the sewerage/gutter drainage, which is in bad condition at Div Drops, is underway at the cost of Rs.14 lakhs, and Now this road is going to be smooth and inferences –free for the…