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Goemkarponn desk FATORDA: Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai today has written to Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju demanding reservation for the ST community in Goa Legislative Assembly. “I have written to Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju demanding reservation for the ST community in Goa Legislative Assembly. Union Govt should take all necessary steps to give reservation to ST community,” said Sardesai. He further said that Based on the direction issued by the parliamentary committee, a proposal has been moved by the Director of Tribal Welfare, Govt. of Goa, to reserve four seats for Scheduled Tribes in the Goa assembly considering…

Goemkarponn desk KERI: In a tragic incident that occurred on Sunday evening, four persons drowned at the Keri beach as they were taking selfies. According to the Pernem police, the bodies recovered have been identified as that of Mohammad Vakil (25) and Sakina Khatun (17), Thabstun Khatun (12) and Mohammad Ali (16), also residents of Candolim. A local, Asif, who had tried to save the drowning persons, has been injured and is shifted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for treatment. According to the information available, a group of youth, comprising 15-20 individuals, had visited the Keri…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: BJP President Sadanand Shet Tanavade expressed Confident in winning Party backed Panels in the Ponda and Sanquelim Muncipalty Election. He, along with Ponda MLA and Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik and RS MP Vinay Tendulkar, announced the BJP-backed panel for Ponda Municipal Council. He thanked the Ponda locals for electing two of its candidate, Vishwanath Dalvi and Vidya Punalekar, unopposed. He said BJP would win the rest 13 seats of the PMC comfortably. Ward no 1. Roy Naik, Ward 2. Virendra Dhavlikar, Ward no 3. Jyothi Arun Naik, Ward no 4. Sandeep Amonkar, Ward 5 Ritesh Naik, Ward…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: BJP today has declared 13 BJP Supported and two Unopposed Candidates for the Ponda Municipal Elections. The candidates were declared during the press Conference held at Ponda on Saturday in the presence of Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik and Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar. Tanavade said that Party would win the Ponda and Sankhali Municipal Elections with a thumping majority. “BJP karyakartas are reaching out to voters at ground zero under various outreach programs. BJP will win Ponda & Sankhali Municipal Elections with a thumping majority,” said Tanavade. He further said that the people of Ponda and Sankhali…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Capital city Panaji went in shock after a St. Inez-based beauty products shop owner Dipak Parmar complained to the police that a masked person entered his shop in the afternoon and attacked him with a knife and robbed money from the shop. Panaji police immediately sent the complainant shop owner to GMC for treatment and started scanning nearby CCTV footage. Thankfully a CCTV camera was found to be covering the entire shop entrance. After scanning the footage of the given time, the investigation team didn’t find anyone entering or exiting the shop. GMC doctors also reported that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The child rights body took cognizance of the emerging substance abuse problem among children and brought together all stakeholders on a common platform on 21st April at Seminar Hall, Secretariat, Porvorim, to address the same through a multilateral, multipronged setting through effective and increased cooperation. The Commission will provide leadership to the largest coordinated effort to fight substance abuse amongst children in the state with decisive plans and quarterly monitoring. Taking heed of the report by the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the Chairperson said that both the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: According to sources, PharmEasy, 1mg, Flipkart, and Amazon India held talks with health ministry officials in Goa to discuss possible new regulations on the online sale of medicines in India. These discussions took place during the G20 health working group meeting. As part of the G20 health working group meeting, online pharmacies including PharmEasy, 1mg, Flipkart, and Amazon India have held discussions with health ministry officials in Goa regarding potential new regulations on the online sale of medicines in India, according to sources familiar with the matter. The companies have reportedly been asked to give a formal…