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  Parents Plan Revolt over Govt Neglecting Khotigao School 161 students, runs with only 2 permanent teachers Two Primary level teachers, Headmaster only for two days Three other teachers three days a week Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A High School with 161 students has just two regular teachers, two primary level teachers, and two teachers who come only three days a week, Headmaster twice and two alternately. Besides, the repair works of this school building started way back in 2018 and are yet to be completed even after a lapse of 6 years. This is the standard and government apathy towards its…

Out Of 140 Schools, 38 Closed In the Last 10 Yrs, 16 More are On Verge Of Closure Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Visionary first Chief Minister of Goa Bhausaheb Bandodakar brought education to the doorstep in Villages in the form of Government Primary Schools, but in the past decade, the negligence towards these schools they are on the verge of shut-down. Even more shocking is that the State government has given the Balarath buses to take the students to the doorsteps of Private Schools. The people will now have to pay for their children’s primary education in private schools. The Statistics……

Panchayat, MLA also against any move to enhance capacity or take garbage from elsewhere Panchayat takes resolution to Oppose move Goemkapronn desk SALIGAO: Ever since Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and the Goa government gave an assurance in the High Court that 30 Metric Tonnes of garbage from Margao Municipality would be handled additionally by Saligao Waste Treatment Plant, there has been a storm brewing in the small picturesque village. The locals have started speaking about the government planning to make Saligao a garbage capital and so on. The development has come three years after the capacity of the Saligao…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Referring to the statement of Industries Minister Mauvin Godinho that the Goa government will write to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking to reconsider the GST council’s decision to levy a 28 per cent tax on casinos, Congress has questioned the former about his intention to lose revenue from the casino industry. Addressing a press conference, GPCC General Secretary Vijay Bhike said that Mauvin Godinho has fallen in love with the casino industry and hence working on their welfare. “Mauvin Godinho should first think in the interest of the public and should request his double engine government…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute Police successfully traced and arrested a Rajasthani criminal who had been at large for several months. The Calangute Police Station team led by Police Inspector Paresh G. Naik arrested one notorious criminal from Kota, Rajasthan, namely Salman@Shafiq Mohammed s/o Abdul Hafeez, age 32 years r/o behind Chaman Hotel, Maypura Ladpura Kota Rajasthan, from Calangute. Salman had arrived in the state as a tourist. The accused person is involved in a very serious crime committed in Rajasthan using a firearm in which an offence has already been registered at Nayapur Police Station, Kota City, Rajasthan, and Rajasthan…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The state of Goa is playing a crucial role in hosting over 1500 delegates at the 4th Energy Transitions Working Group meeting under India’s G20 Presidency, showcasing its commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. The 4th Energy Transitions Working Group Meeting (ETWG) is scheduled to be held in Goa from 19th-20th July’2023. This significant gathering of global energy leaders will have the participation of over 1500 delegates from G20 member countries, special invitee countries and International Organisations such as the International Energy Agency (IEA), and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), .marking a crucial milestone in international…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Amit Kamat (18) and Fahad Teenvale (25) were taken into custody by Vasco police in the early hours of Thursday morning on suspicion of employing unlawful force against employees while performing their duties. PSI Mayur Sawant and chief constable Jayesh Gaonkar, according to information from sources in the Vasco police station, were out on night patrol. When they arrived in Mangor at around 01.30 am, they discovered two boys sitting and consuming beer on the road. Both boys were combative and began arguing with PSI and Staff when the police stopped and questioned them. They continued to…