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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that his government would bring a special law, an ordinance to regularise services to contract jobs. “Govt will bring a law, an ordinance to regular services to regularise contract jobs. The state Govt will also sign the agreement of Rs. 30 crores with Tata technology for skilling,” said CM Sawant. He further said that the construction board has Rs. 480 crores, but the Government can only spend Rs 3 crores on upskilling because of objections. “Youth look for LDC (lower divisional clerk) posts, though they are graduate and postgraduate. If LDC…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Though harvesting of paddy crops is as late as and as good as late sowing in Canacona, unseasonal rains passed a few days have created more hurdles for farmers in Canacona. It may be recalled that sudden heavy downpours of rains for two nights after scorching days have battered several paddy fields, especially the low-lying cultivations in Canacona Taluka. Interestingly, in Canacona, the cultivation/sowing of paddy fields gets completed as late as August, and reopening begins only in late October or early November. However, as the cloudy atmosphere was threatening safe harvesting procedures, a number of farmers…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: All is not Well in GMC & Health Department. CAG Report has exposed that it is the Wellness of Health Minister Vishwajit Rane & not the Patients, which is costing the State Treasury ₹162 crores. Will the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, sack Health Minister & order an investigation questioned Congress President Amit Patkar. “The purchases made by Goa Medical College from 2018 from M/s Wellness Forever Medicare to the tune of Rs.162 crores are now termed by the Comptroller and Auditor General as gross violations of government guidelines. This is nothing but corruption,” said Amit Patkar.…

Goemkarponn desk] PANAJI: “It appears that Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte is completely lost after joining BJP. He is clueless on the operational scope of his own department. He needs some coaching,” stated Congress Media Cell Chairman Amarnath Panjikar. Reacting to the recent statement made by Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte claiming that most of the objections filed against Jetty Policy are “Cut-Paste” work and that shows the intent of the people objecting, Amarnath Panjikar posted a video of former Aldona BJP MLA Glen Ticlo who had charged that “Tourism Policy & Master Plan” was “Copy Paste” work of the consultant. He…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF & CC) has signed and approved the Coastal Zone Management Plan(CZMP) based on the 2011 CRZ notification. Director Environment (Goa) Dashrath Redkar said that government will receive a physical copy today or tomorrow, and the same will be scanned and uploaded on the Environment Department as well as GCZMA websites. The Center had notified the plan in September this year, and the same had been sent to MoEF&CC. In the approved CZMP, Port limits and other structures have been removed. Heritage sites and archaeological sites have been…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: FC Goa head coach Carlos Pena praised his team’s fighting spirit as they beat Jamshedpur FC 3-0 in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Goa, on Thursday. After a strong start to the season where they secured two of out three wins on the road, FC Goa put on a solid show in front of their home fans after two Hero ISL seasons. They scored the first goal within two minutes as Iker Guarrotxena rifled it past TP Rehenesh. Carlos Pena thanked the supporters for coming out in large numbers and…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: Anjuna Police on Thursday arrested Edwin Nunes of Curlies restaurant, Anjuna, for submitting a fake covid certificate to the Anjuna Police station. According to the Police, accused Edwin Nunes was earlier arrested and released on bail in connection with the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) case. The Police said that after being released on bail, Nunes was called on several occasions at Anjuna Police Station in November for investigation purposes, but he had produced a fake COVID certificate from a private diagnostics lab and evaded investigation. “Hence, Anjuna Police had lodged another FIR against him for…