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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: A considerable amount of garbage has been collected in the drains near Curti Underpass and other points in Curti Khandepar Panchayat and Ponda City. It can be easily noticed while passing through the service road giving a stench smell. Local bodies have issued notices in the past, but this incident is not stopped yet. Now, the residents demand local bodies to make sure cleaning of the drain is done before the rainy season. According to locals, the old internal nullah is meant to drain out rainwater. The local Chandrakant Naik said local bodies should ensure the cleaning…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: SCM Convener Savio Coutinho charged that the Margao MLA would try and propagate everything possible, except the shoddy sewerage network works executed through the infamous JICA consultancy. It is so stupid to think that the water from the pond, nearly 200 mts away to seep into the underpass, Coutinho stated. “The pond existed there even before the underpass was constructed in 2008. And never during the last 14 yrs water seepage seen, which could enable one to claim that the water in the underpass is from the pond,” he added. Time and again, ever since the sewerage…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: BJP Karyakarta’s working on the concept of our Country’s Prime Minister and our Chief Minister to make our State Self-sufficient (Atmanirbhar Goem-Swayampurna Goem) have taken – up a challenge to construct 14 New Houses in the places of their existing dwelling structures and Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant will lay foundation stone to these houses on Saturday’, informed Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar. Addressing a press meet in the presence of some of the BJP stalwarts and a few Sarpanchs, Tawadkar informed that each house would be built at the cost of slightly above eight lakhs of rupees and…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar today has filed an affidavit before the High Court of Bombay at Goa in a disqualification petition filed by Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) Leader Girish Chodankar. Speaker has contended the Court cannot issue directions to him as Speaker as it is a constitutional post. The High Court is giving time to respondent MLAs High Court has adjourned the hearing for March 10. A special Bench of the High Court at Goa comprising Justices B P Colabawalla and Bharat P Deshpande had issued the notices to Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar and the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the central government had accepted Goa’s demand to set up ‘PRAWAH’, i.e. Mhadei Water Authority office in the capital city of Panaji. “I am thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accepting our demand to set up PRAWAH’ i.e. Mhadei Water Authority office in the capital city of Panaji,” said Sawant. He further said that with the office being in Panaji, it would help Goa raise objections and also control if any extra water is diverted other then what has been awarded by the tribunal earlier. “I don’t want to speak…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs has observed that some families are holding Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) Ration Cards (Pink in colour), Priority Household (PHH) Ration Cards (Pink in colour) and Above Poverty Line (APL) Ration Cards (Yellow in colour) who are ineligible as per the Guidelines. The Department has appealed to the general public to apply for a change of Ration Card from AAY or PHH to APL Card. Households whose family income is above Rs. 50,000/- per annum by filling Departmental Form C and surrender Ration Cards if family income is more than…

 By Gurupad Parsi, Mutual Fund Distributor, Goa The strategy of multi-asset investing ensures there is suitable allocation to various asset classes throughout the course of one’s investment journey. This strategy takes care of a lot of investment basics and at the same time yields risk-adjusted and inflation-beating returns while fulfilling financial goals. There are certain benefits in multi-asset investing which investors may not be able to have if invested only in one asset class. Following are the benefits which make multi-investing a ‘must have’ in one’s portfolio. a) Optimal Diversification: Diversification is one of the basic keys for successful investment.…