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Goemkapronn desk New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has given the aerodrome license for the new airport at Mopa in Goa, paving the way for starting commercial flights operations from there soon. The license for the Mopa airport, which will be operated by GMR group, was issued on October 26, according to a senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). After the commissioning of the Mopa airport, the number of flights landing in Goa will go up to 150, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had said in July this year. Goa International Airport developed on DBFOT basis GMR Airports…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – It may sound strange, but not many will be able to digest that except for two local passenger trains, no distant trains stop at Canacona Konkan Railway Station since some of these trains made their last halt in March 2021 and thereafter stopped altogether due to Covid -19 outbreak. The services of the three main-stream trains that made halts at KRC Station Canacona -Netravati Express and Magsyagandha Express (daily) and weekly Gandhidham Express (Weekly) were, however, discontinued following their last halts on 24th March 2021 at a time when the COVID-19 lockdowns at its peak. As…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: With one more academic year going by, the desperation of aspiring candidates belonging to OBC, SC, and ST for the admission for Post-graduate programmes of medicine and dentistry at Goa Medical College and Goa Dental College under 50% state quota has given rise to frustration. Despite persistent efforts by various leaders of ST, SC and OBC communities, Govt has once again appeared to have failed to implement its own order of providing 41% reservation to SC/ ST and OBC candidates. To discuss this issue and express their discontent, an urgent meeting of all concerned is convened on…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Green Club, Goa, organised a kitchen gardening and composting workshop. The workshop was inaugurated at the hand of Goa Forward President Vijai Sardesai Dr Eleuterio and Juliet Vaz e Carneiro were the resource persons who presented various kitchen gardening and homegrown crops, vegetable, as well as BSF fly larvae breeding techniques in Goa. The workshop covered upcoming winter crops, controlling plant disease, backyard composting and waste management techniques and other vital aspects which can be managed in home backyards. For city dwellers with space constraints, potting techniques and growing plants and vegetables in pots were also taught…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Even as the Union Minister for Tourism, Government of India G. Kishan Reddy has written to TMC M.P Mahua Moitra informing that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has issued a demolition order against the controversial construction at Old Goa, the High Court has stayed the demolition till further hearing. Earlier in the day, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said a special Archeological Survey of India team would look into the construction of the allegedly illegal bungalow in a heritage Old Goa precinct. “I have got the matter examined and would like to inform you that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has written to the Goa Government seeking its report into the matter of alleged illegalities by Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd (ZACL) on Sancoale Comunidade land. The PMO responded to a letter from Sancoale-based activist Narayan Naik alleging illegalities by Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd (ZACL) on Sancoale Comunidade land. A reminder was also sent by the Under Secretary (Revenue-1) Sandeep Gawde to the Director of Civil Administration/Collector (South Goa) to expedite the report on the alleged ‘illegalities and fraud committed by ZACL on the fertilizer project land of Sancoale Comunidade’. The Chief Secretary…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has come across a news report regarding mid-day meal issues in Goa. “This is worrisome, and the government should try to prevent this. The government’s mid-day meal scheme aims to provide food to young school-going children, ensuring the protection of their right to food and education,” said Peter F. Borges, Chairperson Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in a release issued here. The release says the whole idea behind MDMS since its conception in 1995 has been to provide nutritious food to all the children…