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Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHE), in a circular, has informed that the first terminal exam for Class X and XII students will begin on November 10. GBSHSE said that the class X exam would end on November 29, while the Class XII exam would end on November 25. “The examination will begin at 2.30 pm each day, during which students have to report to the examination centre at 2 pm,” said GBSHSE. Eighteen thousand students in each class are expected to answer the first-term examination. The second terminal exam will likely be held…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The existing Zuari Bridge on NH-17 (New NH-66) will be closed on October 30, 2022 (Sunday) from 6.00 am to 9.00 am for all types of vehicular traffic to record deck levels and inspection of the bridge. Traffic will be diverted via Borim Bridge on NH-17B (New NH-566) and also via ferry boats from across river Zuari from Cortalim to Agassaim and vice versa.

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In gram sabha held on Sunday ( 23), the villagers of Veling Priol Cuncoliem demanded imposed fine for the illegal display of hoardings and banners, including those by politicians in the village jurisdiction. The gram sabha members demanded that the panchayat should act and remove illegally displayed hoardings and banners or those who have displayed them should be fined. The resolution directed Panchayat Body immediately take action on banners. The first gram sabha of the new term was chaired by sarpanch Harsha Gaude in the presence of the panchayat secretary Sushant Naik. The locals held discussions on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Fisheries Minister Nilkanth Hilarnkar said that many fish traders operate their businesses and utilize facilities at various jetties across the state but do not pay the trading fee to the government. “Many fishing traders operate their businesses at Malim jetty. They seek help from government subsidies and utilize facilities but do not pay the trading fee. The Chairman of Malim jetty society functions as per his own whims and fancies,’ said Halarnkar. He further said that illegal businesses are operating at Malim Jetty. The government wants to crack down on these illegal business operations and so has…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: In a shocking incident on Diwali night, One person was killed and another injured after a LPG cylinder exploded at Anjuna on Monday evening. The tragedy occurred at a tea stall near the flea market at Peddem Piquen, Anjuna at around 7:15 pm when the stall owner Reshma Uskaikar was performing Laxmi poojan. The police gave the name of the victim as Denson D’Souza, 40 while Uskaikar was injured and she had been admitted to the hospital. Due to explosion the stall caught fire. The Mapusa Fire brigade received a phone call from control room Panaji informing…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Pondaitees are desperately waiting to see Acche din for one km long Daag -Ponda road, which is turned from bad to worst due to long pending sewerage work. The locals said they were tired of travelling through a bad and bumpy road which was dug six years back for the sewerage network. The locals say that the government takes note of their sufferings and relieves them. They demanded PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral inspect the road to find an urgent solution for the restoration of Daag Ponda road. Now suffering for six years, everyone major ordeal, including…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Former Goa Government Employees Association (GGEAP) president John Nazareth today has demanded the immediate termination of services of Satish Naik, working as a technician for occupational therapy in the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB), Bambolim, for allegedly submitting fake documents. “If Satish Naik is not suspended. I will file a case in the Vigilance department. Naik first joined the IPHB as a carpenter, and within three years, he was selected for the post of a technician for occupational therapy without verifying documents produced by him,” said Nazareth. He further said that he lodged a complaint…