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Goemkapronn desk MAPUSA: In a scathing attack on RSS and BJP, Former Congress Chief of Goa Girish Chodankar said that formers have always worked against the Bahujan Samaj and used them as a vote bank. He stated that it is in the DNA of the BJP to use the ‘caste card’ when they are frustrated and when they don’t have answers. Chodankar addressed the press conference in Mapusa and attacked BJP for misleading people, particularly the OBC community, over Rahul Gandhi’s issue. Former minister Chandrakant Chodankar, Virendra Shirodkar, Shashank Narvekar, Sanjay Barde, Vishal Volvoikkar, Sandeep Pednekar and others were present.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) at the Crime Branch, which is investigating the land grabbing in Goa, has given the Justice V.K Jadhav Commission of Inquiry details of the land grabbing and cheating by the Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar, who in March last year was elected on an MGP ticket and is now supporting the ruling government having been appointed as Chairman of the Goa Housing Board. In his affidavit filed before Justice V.K. Jadhav Commission, the SIT Police Sub Inspector (P.S.I.) Pritesh Dinanath Madgaonkar has given details on the manner in which Jit Arolkar grabbed land…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) today destroyed 800 kgs of chemically ripened bananas worth Rs 65,000 seized during a special surveillance drive at Mapusa sub yard. “A Surveillance drive today, at Mapusa sub yard to check for artificial ripening of fruits. During the checks, a Wholesale shop was found to have stocked Chemically Ripened Bananas Approx 800 kgs,” the FDA said. FDA further said that the chemical liquid ethaphone which was used for ripening, was also seized from the shop, and Banana stock sprayed with chemicals was destroyed with the help of the Chief officer of…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Murgao Hindu Samaj has requested the state government and Mormugao Municipal Council to allocate the land reserved for constructing a Hindu crematorium to them to build a pollution-free crematorium at Maimollem in Vasco. Addressing a press conference in Vasco on Wednesday, vice president of Murgao Hindu Samaj Shekhar Khadapkar said that the Mormugao Municipal Council has adopted a resolution long back to hand over around 8,600 square meters of land located at Maimollem to Murgao Hindu Samaj to built pollution free or electric crematorium. He said that the construction of the crematorium will be planned under the…

Goemkarponn desk SIOLIM: Former French national footballer Vikash Rao Dhorasoo and NRI interacted with and enjoyed a game of football with aspiring footballers from the Siolim Centre of the Goa Football Development Council in the presence of Chairman Brahamanand Shankhwalkar, the Siolim- Marna village panchayat members and other officials. Dhorasoo, who was part of the French national football team in the 2006 world cup and who came on the field in some games during the tournament, urged the young footballers to keep dreaming big and not give up on their dreams of playing football. “You have to dream and believe…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Ahead of the upcoming G-20 summit meetings starting later this month, regional and national media representatives were invited to visit Primary Health Centers (PHC) Corlim and Dharbandora on the first day of the two-day health track. The visit to these two PHC’s is part of the government’s plans to showcase the state’s digital health infrastructure and other patient-centric medical advancements and services in the state of Goa. G-20 health track first visited the PHC Corlim- Goa led by Dr Kedar Raikar, Nodal Officer Ayushman Bharat, Digital India, DHS, who is currently holding the position of OSD (Health)…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In the last four years 5,000 heart attacks were detected , 12,000 heart patients were identified and 1.7 lakh persons were screened in Goa through the STEMI (ST segment elevation myocardial infraction) program run by Goa govt in association with Bengaluru-based Tricog Health Services Private Limited, informed Shrivastava, official from Tricog. The program runs at 20 PHCs, CHCs, Sub district and District Hospital in Hub & Spoke model with Goa Medical College(GMC) acting as hub and other centers acting as spokes. Tricog official claimed that they were able to thromoblise 80 % patients at the spokes, thus…