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Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute Police today have arrested two accused for being in possession of ganja and charas worth Rs 6.90 lakhs. The accused have been identified as Ashish Kumar Jha, age 27 years n/o Sirohi Rajasthan and Rajan Kumar Jha, s/o Somnath Jha, r/o Sirohi Rajasthan. “Charas weighing 702 grams worth Rs. 5,60,000/ and a greenish colour leafy substance suspected to be Ganja weighing 1342 grams worth Rs. 1,30,000/- approximately respectively, all worth Rs. 6,90,000/- approximately were seized,” police said. Both accused were apprehended near Bosio Hospital, Candolim Bardez Goa, while searching for probable customers. This successful apprehending of…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The hype around batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun’s debut for Goa in Syed Mushtaq Ali cricket turned out to be damp squib even as Goa defeated Tripura by five wickets. Arjun Tendulkar, opening the bowling for Goa alongside Lakshay Garg, bowled three overs and conceded 20 runs at an economy of more than 6 runs per over. He did not get an opportunity to bat as Goa lost only five-wicket, chasing Tripura’s paltry score of 114. Batting first, Tripura 114 lost eight wickets, with SS Ghosh top-scoring with 24 runs from 24 balls. Three batsmen -…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The recurring problem of erratic power interruption and network connectivity issues once again irked the customers of the Indian Post office Ponda since they were forced to wait in a long queue for at least an hour. Vanita Naik, a retired teacher from Ponda, lamented, saying, “this has been the third time I am visiting the Indian post office to withdraw the cash from the SCSS scheme. I returned back twice due to a server error. And today, yet again the server is down. Postmaster Sulekha Parab informed that this problem has persisted for the last four…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Former Goa Government Employees Association (GGEA) President John Nazareth has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant requesting for termination of services of one Satish Govind Naik, working as a Technician for Occupational Therapy in the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour, Bambolim-Goa. “Govind Naik has secured the job of Technician for Occupational Therapy in the reputed Govt. Hospital, i.e. Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB), Bambolim-Goa w.e.f. 19/04/2010 by producing a fake qualification certificate and by tampering with the period of his residence in Goa in the residential certificate,” said Nazareth.…
AERIAL VIEW Well, idea prima facie sounds good as most metropolitan cities in India, like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad etc., now have the facilities of “Hire A Driver” in case the people feel they are too drunk. But in Goa, Godinho plans that instead of “Hire a driver”, and the onus lies on the bar owners as they would have to arrange for taxis to drop customers home. Now, the bar owner’s responsibility is not only to drop him home but also to see that the customer’s vehicle remains safe throughout the night; for this, he would need adequate…