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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The panicked Usgao locals, along with women today, gathered at Usgao Ganjem Panchayat Office and staged Dharnas to oppose the WRD Bandhara coming up at Sonarbag Usgao.Usgao. The women said they don’t want WRD Bandhara on the Khandepar river at any cost. They were upset that Sarpanch was on leave without giving charge to anyone. According to women, the area is prone to flood, and with the worst flood experience of 2021, they fear that Bandhara would only add to their problem, causing major floods in the Monsoon, and some houses collapsed in flood when nobody came…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Governor of Goa, Shri P. S. Sreedharan Pillai, launched the “Exam Warriors” book authored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at Old Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan. The Prime Minister has authored a book, “Exam Warriors’ exclusively in the interest of the student fraternity in 2018; considering the seminal impact made by the book, the National Book Trust, India, under the support of the Ministry of Education, Government of India has published this book. The launching ceremony was graced by Shri Damodar Mauzo, Jnanpith Awardee, Prof Harilal Menon, Vice Chancellor of Goa University, along with other prominent…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Office of Superintendent of Police (Training) and Child Rights Commission launched a series of training for Police Sub Inspectors at GO’s Training Hall in the presence of Sanjith Rodrigues, Secretary, GSCPCR, Sucheta B. Dessai, SP (Training), Peter F. Borges, Chairperson, GSCPCR and Child Welfare Committee, North Goa, and South Goa. The training will reach out to more than 260 PSIs from 19-24th January 2023. Sexual crimes against children have captured the stage for quite some time now, with Goa also witnessing a surge in recent times. “The state has a very low conviction rate, with several…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that a House committee under WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar would be formed on the Mhadei water diversion issue. Sawant was replying to the discussion on Mhadei Issue. The House unanimously resolved to demand the withdrawal of approval to the Detailed Project Report submitted by Karnataka and also demand not to allow out of basin diversion of Mhadei water. “House committee under WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar will be formed on the Mhadei water diversion issue, including legal and environmental experts and will also take inputs of opposition,” said CM Sawant. Sawant informed…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that the Opposition is more focused on getting political mileage out of the Mhadei issue. “Opposition is more focused on getting political mileage out of the Mhadei issue. They want to make people restless through meetings like at Sankhali,” said Rane during a special discussion on Mhadei. He further said that if the Opposition had attended the all-party meeting, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant would have even got the backing and would have even taken them for the Meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah and Jal Shakti Minister in Delhi. “Our government under…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: In a bid to streamline the shortfall of Tillari raw water, PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral today said that he has prepared a master plan to connect Amthane Dam and other local sources to ensure that raw water is available at all times, and this project is likely to be completed by May 2024. “WRD has prepared a master plan to connect Amthane Dam and other local sources to ensure that raw water is available at all times, and this project is likely to be completed by May 2024,” said Cabral. He further said that on studying the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Institute of Management has officially received joint accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Business Graduates Association (BGA), two of the world’s leading authorities on business education. Goa Institute of Management is a private, independent, non-profit institution based in India. AMBA accredits the PGDM part time, the PGDM full time, the BGDM BDA (Big Data Analytics), the PGDM BIFS (Banking, Insurance and Financial sector) and the PGDM HCM (Healthcare Management) at the school. BGA accreditation recognises the whole school. As part of the joint AMBA & BGA accreditation, a panel of assessors comprised of…