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Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: The 59th Babreshwar Jatra, also known as the banana festival, will commence on Saturday, 11 February 2023. The Babreshwar temple trust president Chandrakant Chodankar said that this unique festival goes on for seven days, i.e. till 17 February. Chodankar said that the devotees visit the temple and offer a bunch of bananas to Lord Babreshwar. Later the bananas are auctioned, and the money collected is kept for the maintenance of the temple. This time we have made a lottery to collect funds for the work of the temple, which is incomplete. The fisherfolk from the Christian community…

Goemkarponn desk The SP, addressing a press conference, said that the Goa Police has arrested Simanchal Parida, 31 years, Odisha; Alok Singh, 19; Nagendra Kumar, 25, both n/o Alwar, Rajasthan and Shahid Khan, 23, n/o Shivaji park, Dadar, Mumbai. He said the Colva Police have cracked the Betalbatim Murder Case within 24 Hrs. Giving details of the murder, SP said that the murder was reported at Nagvaddo, Betalbatim, Salcete, Goa wherein the dead body of one Dr. Nirwan Bharat of Betalbatim, who was working in a hospital at Nuvem was recovered by Colva Police under suspicious circumstances. An offence Vide…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “The Congress party is shocked, and deeply regretful of the bitter blow dealt to the people of Goa with the order of the High Court of Bombay in Goa quashing the demolition order issued by the ASI as well as the TCP Department on the grounds of not following the process of natural justice,” said Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) General Secretary Capt Viriato Fernandes, while addressing a press conference at Congress headquarters in Panaji. Reacting to the High Court order on the Old Goa Bungalow structure, GPCC leader Capt Viriato Fernandes said his party will spare…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aeroflot has announced the transfer of its direct regular flights Moscow-Goa & Yekaterinburg-Goa, to New Goa Manohar International Airport starting from October 2023. The flight schedule is as follows (all times local): Moscow – Goa (SU236): Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays with departure at 14:50 & arrival at 01:00; Goa – Moscow (SU237): Mondays, Thursdays & Saturdays with departure at 02:30 & arrival at 08:15. Yekaterinburg – Goa (SU632): Tuesdays, Fridays & Saturdays with departure at 22:20 & arrival at 05:35; Goa – Yekaterinburg (SU633): Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays with departure at 06:35 & arrival at 13.20. Tickets…

Goemkarponn desk NEW DELHI: The Central Government project to encourage RO-RO and RO-PAX ferry service in the port town of Goa is set to be built at a whopping Rs 21 crore. The passenger jetty at Vasco Bay-Mormugao Port is among 42 places in the coastal states of India selected under the Sagarmala project for development to boost inland tourism. Replying to an unstarred question on Tuesday, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal informed the Rajya Sabha that the government has already proposed to develop the ferry services to connect potential tourist places along the western…

Goemkarponn desk MANGALURU: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that the Konkani community should strive to promote their language, art and literature across the globe. He spoke after unveiling the brass statue of community leader late Basti Vaman Shenoy and a portrait of former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at the World Konkani Centre (WKC) at Shaktinagar here late Wednesday evening. Mr Sawant also inaugurated the centre for excellence to empower Konkani people at the WKC. The function was organised as part of the two-day World Konkani Samaroh, which began at the centre on Wednesday. Mr Sawant said the…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: As part of the initiative of mission ‘Swayampurna Goa’ Calangute Panchayat in association with Zonal Agricultural Office Bardez and Bardez Taluka Farmers Producer Co. Ltd is giving an excellent opportunity the farmers to apply for hassle-free Krishi Cards by organising a Krishi Card Camp. This will help promote farming in Calangute with the available subsidies provided to the farmers for various farming activities. “I urge people to come in out in large and register themselves with the mentioned documents on the 11 February 2023 at Dona Lavinia from 10 am onwards,” said panch member Sudesh Mayekar. Through this…