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Goemkarponn desk DONA PAULA: Save Mhadei, Save Goa Front delegation today met Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai seeking his urgent intervention in the Mhadei Water Dispute Issue. The Save Mhadei, Save Goa Front delegation also asked the Goa Governor to bring a solution to the Mhadei River Dispute case in favour of Goa. “We had passed some resolutions in our last public meeting on January 16. We have submitted the copy of resolutions to the Governor and have urged him to convey the same to the President of India,” said Prashant Naik. He further informed that they had a detailed…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant announced that the Government will provide an annual Bonus to 100 best-performing Swayampurna Mitras whose annual performance will be judged from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. He added that some Swayampurna Mitras have done praiseworthy jobs in their village Panchayats. He was speaking at the orientation/ refresher training Program for Taluka Nodal Officer and Swayampurna Mitras under the Swayampurna Goa Programme organized by the Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation at the Institute of Menezes Braganza, Panjim today. Highlighting the Modi App, Dr Sawant said the Government will launch the…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Finally, great news for Canconcars, Union Minister for Railways directed Railways to immediately begin ‘Halts’ of two long-distance trains at Canacona KRC Railway Station, assured Canacona Station ‘Halt’ of a third train in the near future. On Wednesday, the Goa Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar led a delegation of Canaconcar’s (including the Chairperson of Canacona Municipal Council) camping in New Delhi since Sunday to pursue various developmental works and demands of Canconcars, met the Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw over the hot issue of resumption of long-distance Trains Halts at Canacona KRC Railway Station. When the ‘Trains-Halt’ demand…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa today has directed the Goa Government to file a reply by February 13 on the application filed by Pastor Dominic D’Souza and his wife Joan D’Souza, pleading for interim relief to allow them to perform prayers at their house Sodiem Siolim which is barred by North Goa District Magistrate. The High Court will now hear the matter on February 15, 2023. The Judicial Magistrate’s First Class, Mapusa, had granted conditional bail to pastors Dominic D’Souza and Jo-An D’Souza. The court granted the bail on the condition that the couple should…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI; The High Court of Bombay at Goa directed the State government to seal all the illegal bore wells and soak pits along the Calangute-Candolim beach belt, observing it as a major environmental threat in CRZ areas. The Court directed the Tourism department to take immediate action and asked local police to provide the required assistance. The Court observed that the facilities are a serious environmental threat in the eco-sensitive CRZ areas. The Court has further asked the tourism department to issue show-cause notices to all such Shack operators who have put up such illegal bore wells and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The new recruitment process for ‘Agnipath’ will be conducted in two phases for the Indian Army. Online Registration/submission for Common Entrance Examination (CEE) for Agniveer recruitment for 2023-24 is open from 10 February to 11 March 2023. Eligible unmarried candidates from Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra and North Goa and South Goa of Goa can apply. Candidates need to select five examination centres for online CEE. The online Common Entrance Examination will commence from 12 April 2023 onwards. Selected candidates in Common Entrance Examination will be eligible for Physical Fitness Test, Physical Measurement…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: “Airports Authority of India, Goa International Airport, received a mail on 4th February 2023 from Mikhil Vasant on behalf of M/s. Katherine Frances Wolfie, a 62-year-old with Reduced Mobility travelling from GOI to LGW with TUI Airlines, said that two Airport staff who provided Special Assistance extorted Rs. 4000/- from the Passenger,” said the AAI release. Further, it said, the matter has been taken seriously by AAI Goa and investigated the incident. “Upon Investigation, it has been found that one staff Loader of Ground Handling Agency was assisting the PRM passenger and 02 Persons of the Trolley…