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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Transportation of 20 tonne of wet waste from Sonsodo site to Cacora waste treatment plant has commenced since the last few days, the high Court was told by the Margao Municipal Council. Directions to this effect were given by the High Court to MMC is its previous hearing. MMC also informed the court that the work order for fire equipment mandated by the court will be given by tomorrow. The matter is posted for hearing next week. Meanwhile no intervention in the matter as was decided in its meeting yesterday. In the meeting CCMC has passed a…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: High Court has ordered temporary closure of school at Chimbel till the end of the academic year as it is operating from premises which are unsafe, illegal, unauthorised and not fire safety compliant. Court has ordered temporary closure of Jadeed Pre-Primary School, Jadeed Primary School, Jadeed English High School, and Jadeed Urdu High School. Education department has made arrangements to shift the 475 students studying in these schools to alternate schools in the vicinity by Sept 25 to ensure that their education is not hampered. The court order states that the arrangement of shifting the classes/students is…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho, who was facing a lot of flak on social media over an alleged sex scandal, today created a flutter by saying he has confirmed reports of some people trying to doctor a fake audio clip to ‘nail’ him. “Police officers have warned me that some people are trying to manufacture a fake audio clip by using Artificial Intelligence(AI) by cloning my voice. They had approached one expert who refused and now they have approached another person for this job”, he added. Speaking in a talk show of a local news channel, Godinho expressed…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Government is contemplating setting up a monitoring mechanism for registration of all the dentists coming from outside of the state. A portal is proposed to be created to enable everyone to register with the state Government, informed Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. “We are ready to take strict actions against people duping foreigners by faking as a dentist if complaints are registered. Besides, strict action will be taken against those who do not comply with the regulations. Also, each doctor will have to notify if he is getting any other doctors from outside the state for additional…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Ferry boat operations on the Chorao-Ribandar route were disrupted on Tuesday morning, as one of the five ferry boats plying on the route broke down. As per information the ferry raft broke down leading to disruption of services. Commuters from either side of the Mandovi River faced hardships, as they were held up for a long duration to cross the river, even one ambulance got stuck on the Chorao side of the river. The adjoining roads at the ferry ramps on the Chorao side were full of bikes and cars, a section of the motorists jumped the…

– Were there complaints in Tarun Tejpal, Milind Naik’s cases? – CM needs to protect the dignity of women. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI:: In response to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s recent statement asserting that the government would investigate a sex scandal only if there were complaints, Goa Congress leader Girish Chodankar raised a pertinent question: Were any police complaints filed against former minister Milind Naik and Journalist Tarun Tejpal? Recently Sawant advised people not to interfere in the personal & private lives of others including his ministers, no matter if they are public servants. Chodankar recalled that BJP’s Goa minister Milind…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Students of Goa College of Architecture Today protested against the non-allotment of Council of Architecture (COA) registration numbers to some students The students protesting said that it will affect their efforts to practice as architects after they complete the five-year professional program. Speaking to media, the fifth-year students that this is a significant concern for the students because, at random, more than 50 of the 250 pupils enrolled in the college do not have these numbers. “This registration number is significant to us since it was given by the Council of Architecture, which oversees architecture in India.…