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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In a warning to the drunk drivers on Goan roads, some vigilante youths in Canacona pulled –down a driver stopping him from driving a loaded Truck at Gulem before handing him over to the police for the conduct of medical tests. With an overwhelming increase of road mishaps and accidents on the Canacona section of NH-66 road, mostly involving inter-state Vehicles, some youths in Canacona stopped a driver noticed coming out of a Bar-n-Restaurant from taking on the wheels to drive on the highway at Gulem on Monday afternoon. According to sources, a haphazardly parked Cement Blocks…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai has today written to the CS of the state demanding Ram Navami be declared as a public holiday. Sardesai, in his letter to the Chief Secretary, said that “You must be well aware that this year Ram Navami falls on the 30th of this month and is declared a Restricted Holiday. Goa Forward Chief said that Given the reverence and devotion Lord Rama is held by the Hindus, and the enthusiasm in which celebrations and rituals are observed on that day, I feel that successive governments have not accorded the day of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that Indian Navy has assured to support and help to douse the fire at Satre in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary. “Indian Navy has assured to support and help to douse the fire at Satre in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary. APCCF & DCF have been issued directions to ensure the situation is controlled, ” said Rane. He further said there is a need to ensure forest protection; if need be, they have also been instructed to take the help of Collector North Goa and Fire Services to Control the spread of fire. Rane also…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Around 22 local fish vendors, along with RG leader Rahul Naik today protested at Borim, demanding Borim Panchayat take action against migrant fish vendors who are eating the business of local fish vendors. Rahul Naik said that around 22 local fish vendors have been conducting fish selling business for many decades through cycles and bikes. However, they suddenly noticed that some migrant vendors had been selling fish on bikes and four-wheelers for the past year. Now, the number of migrant fish vendors has increased, so they have no customers as these migrants are selling fish door to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister For Forest Vishwajit Rane today said that his department would not be initiating any measure of getting a Tiger in the Bondla zoo as it does not have the required facility. “We are not going to get Tiger in Bondla zoo as we don’t have the required facility,” said Rane. He further said that he would instead propose a Tiger park or safari for which we are looking for land in Sanguem or Netravali. “Setting up of Tiger park requires different policies and fencing, ” he added. Bondla Zoo lost its former pair of tigers, Rana…

  Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Even though we are just halfway through the 2022-23 Turtle Nesting Season, Canacona’s twin Turtle Rehabilitation Centres at Agonda and Galgibaga were amok on a record-breaking visit by mother Turtles, as both the centres are together hosting a record of 7400 Olive-Ridley eggs, unmatched ever in the past seasons. Incidentally, the overall 55 Pits at Agonda (42) and Galgibaga (13) are also a record-breaking visits by Mother Turtles on the Canacona coast, beating the previous known records of 39 Pits and 4437 eggs on Canacona beaches of Agonda(35) and Galgibaga (4) with 4002 Eggs and 435 eggs,…

Goemkarponnd esk VASCO: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, navy chief R Hari Kumar and over 20 commanders of the Indian Navy will discuss future warfare from operations to logistics and the Agnipath scheme onboard INS Vikrant during the biannual naval commanders’ conference on Monday. The discussions at the conference will also cover issues related to operations, combat readiness, logistics, training, human resource development and training. The defence minister will address the first session on Monday and the decision to hold the conference onboard INS Vikrant comes in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long vision that commanders’ conferences should not…