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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has urged the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) to see that Goa teams takes part in all sporting competitions during National Games event. CM Sawant today attended the General Body meeting of the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG). “I urged the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) to see that Goa teams takes part in all sporting competitions during National Games event. We will see that there is maximum participation,” said CM Sawant He further said that 22 agendas were discussed in the meeting and all the associations were present for the meeting.…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: The locals at Mapa in Panchawadi Village Panchayat strongly opposed the proposed road widening in their Village. The Villagers said that neither they were taken into confidence nor their views are considered. The Locals were united and gathered at Mapa Panchawadi. They said recently some surveyors had started conducting survey for road widening, however they started conducting survey inside six to seven meters of the compound wall following which they learnt about proposed road widening from them. The locals said they don’t know how much land government want for road widening as those coming for survey are…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister for Forest Vishwajit Rane today said that there are no longer any active flames but to be safe, the extinguished fire locations are being closely watched to look for recurrence. We no longer have any active flames as of right now thanks to the combined efforts of our locals and the Goa Forest Department, who battled the fire nonstop. Once again I would like to thank our PM Narendra Modi for his intervention,” said Rane He further said that any locations with a potential for recurrence, such as Derodem, Surla Mhadei, etc., are constantly monitored after…

AERIAL VIEW Of late, the Goa government is on an overdrive to stop illegalities on the coast like the watersports operators overcharging and shack owners encroachments, but what is the Tourism Department doing to stop the illegalities like the dance bars or touts and brutalities of bouncers. The SELF-STYLED Tourism Minister of Goa, Rohan Khaunte, spoke a lot about this when he was in the Opposition but is shockingly mum when he himself is the Tourism Minister. Instead, his focus seems to be somewhere else. We haven’t seen him visit the coastal areas to enquire about the dance bars, bouncers…

Goemkapronn desk PONDA: Goa’s first Chief Minister Bahusaheb Bandodkar’s birth anniversary was celebrated today at Farmagudi near Farmagudi Fort. On occasion Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik, Power Minister Sudin Dhavlikar, Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude, MGP President Deepak Dhavlikar, PMC Chairperson Ritesh Naik, Bandora Sarpanch Sukanand Kurpaskar, Kavlem Sarpanch Manuja Naik and Panch members from various Panchayats were present. Ravi Naik, after garlanding the flowers to Bahu’s statue, said that Bahujans in Goa are proud of the contribution of the first CM, Bahusaheb Bandodkar. He said because of Bhau people are literate today. He started schools in every nook and…

Over 400 students registered as potential stem cell donors in the fight against Cancer The registration drive was organized by the initiate social partner DKMS BMST Foundation India Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Aiming to raise awareness about blood stem cell donation and to encourage people to register as potential lifesavers, DKMS BMST Foundation India conducted a stem cell donor registration drive at the ‘CultRang-2023’ student fest in IIT Goa. Over 400 students registered as potential lifesavers. DKMS-BMST, a non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders, hopes to register many more students during the ongoing three-day student…