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 Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A Smart City & Innovation Delegation comprising Swedish government agencies, companies, NGOs and academia from Sweden, arrived in Goa as a part of the roadshow organised by the Consulate General of Sweden in Mumbai, Vinnova, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Smart City Sweden, and Business Sweden India. After successful meetings in Pune and Mumbai, the delegation arrived in Goa. On the sidelines of the visit, an exhibition titled Re:Waste: How Sweden is rethinking resources, is on display at the BITS Pilani Campus. The aim of the visit is to foster cross-border cooperation and exchange of ideas between…

SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Well, the Goa Casinos have not only become a major attraction for tourists in Goa, but many of the officers in the Goa Government have also become addicted to Gambling in Casinos. Sounds strange but true; a high-level IAS officer in the Goa Industrial Development Corporation was recently in the news for purchasing a swanky car above the purchase limit and is become a regular visitor to the casino. Goemkarponn has come to understand that the Goa Industrial Development Managing Director Abhishek Pravimal is a daily visitor to casinos in Panaji. Not that we are…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Shack Owners Welfare Society has expressed displeasure over the harassment meted out to the beach shack owners. They have threatened to come on the streets and close all shack operations if the government fails to heed their demands. It may be recalled that Goa Tourism Department had informed the High Court that they had ‘discovered’ that shack owners had illegally dug 23 bore wells along the Candolim beach stretch without any permissions from any authority and had also dug soak pits despite conditions of the shack licence explicitly stating that no soak pits can be explored. Submitting…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today has assured the smooth and efficient functioning of Goa Medical College and Hospital. Rane today chaired a meeting with the doctors of Goa Medical College (GMC). “Met with the doctors of GMC to address their concerns. I have assured them that we will take issues head-on and ensure smooth and efficient functioning of Goa Medical College and Hospital,” said Rane. Rane said that the institute is presently under construction in the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) complex premises at Bambolim and is likely to be completed within the next 15-16 months.…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Friday said that it was extremely vital to impart quality education to the students of Government and Municipal schools in the state Salkar speaking to reporters after jointly launching the refurbished Municipal School along with Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar in the presence of Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Leo Rodrigues, Chief Officer Jayant Tari, City ward councillor Shami Salkar and the chairman of the MMC school Sub-Committee Yatin Kamurlekar said that he had already taken the initiative of restoring Government schools in Vasco city through CSR funds. “This is the only Municipal…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) today questioned the silence of BJP MLAs, including those eight legislators who had defected from Congress, on the crucial and much-debated Mhadei river diversion issue. “I want to ask these 8 MLAs who have defected. They are not talking on Mhadei, even they are not speaking in assembly because they are puppets like CM Sawant,” said GPCC President Amit Patkar. He further said that these 8 MLAs are gone to BJP only for Money, and I allege that Adani only must have given the Money. “In the past, Congress had made it…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: A large number of local residents, along with anti-coal activists and leaders, on Friday issued a final warning to the Railway authorities, warning of mass agitation and even taking the law into hands if the need arises. Velsao villagers accused the railways of forcibly damaging fences of private properties to bring in heavy machinery to carry out double-tracking works. The villagers also said that the Railways had begun entering the people’s houses under the police protection for demarcation while claiming private properties and houses as the Railway properties. The Velsao villagers put up a United front on…