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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: After inspecting the ongoing works at Canacona’s Ravindra Bhavan separately on Wednesday, Minister for Arts & Culture Govind Gaude and Canacona MLA/Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar provided two different dates for completion of work, which has already missed several dates over a long delay for nearly 4 years. After paying homage to UTAA martyr Mangesh Gaonkar at Ziltawadi(Gaondongrim), Art and Culture Minister Govind Gawde headed directly to Chaudi and entered the complex to inspect the construction of Ravindra Bhavan. Soon after Gaude left, Canacona MLA and Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar reached to inspect the ongoing works in the final stages…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A visit by the Minister for Arts & Culture to Canacona taluka has exposed All-is-not-Well in the State Government. Minister of Arts & Culture Govind Gaude, in a tribute to the infamous UTAA’s Balli agitation Martyr, paid homage at the installation of a statue of Mangesh Gaonkar at Ziltawadi (Gaondongrim), and after that, also paid homage to Deelip Velip at Morpila (Quepem). Gaude, at Gaondongrim, said, ‘no one should make politics and take political mileage at the martyrdom of Mangesh Gaonkar. ‘It is due to the Agitation and sacrifice of Mangesh and Deelip that the Gauda, Kunbi…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: At a prestigious ceremony at the national level, Governor of Goa P. S. Sreedharan Pillai will present the Jnanpith Award to Damodar Mauzo, a Goan Konkani writer, on 27th May at the Raj Bhavan at 5 pm. The 57th Jnanpith Award ceremony will also be graced by Gulzar, a Special Guest and an internationally acclaimed Urdu poet, author, lyricist, and filmmaker. Shri Govind Gaude, Minister for Cultural Affairs, would be the Guest of Honour. Justice Virendra Jain, President of the Bharatiya Jnanpith, and Smt Pratibha Ray, Chairperson of the Selection Board, would also grace the occasion besides…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The lack of inaction by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) stood exposed after it managed to recover compensation towards environmental damage from only 5 per cent of violators of CRZ norms along the turtle nesting beaches of Morjim, Mandrem, Galgibag and Agonda- in last one year. This is even though its own expert committee submitted a detailed report about 93 structures way back in February 2022. It can be recalled that Goa Paryavaran Savrakshan Sangharsh Samitee had approached National Green Tribunal (NGT), pleading for action against temporary structures constructed along the turtle nesting beaches and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Just as the Monsoons approach closer, the mudslinging over the mess of Panaji Smart City has already begun with the politicians involved in a blame game. As experts speculate, Panaji could see worse floods these monsoons, owing to the incessant digging and sub-standard works of Smart City and PWD Sewerage works; the Panaji MLA has refused to take any blame, saying the “Chief Minister is Monitoring the works, and he does not want to interfere.” The Opposition political parties and the media have consistently raised the issue, but it has fallen on deaf ears. Panaji BJP MLA…

Goemkarponn desk The Goa Forward Party on Wednesday, for the second time in the last seven days, besieged Civil Supplies Department officials for supplying contaminated rice to public and sought action against staff responsible for mismanagement. On Tuesday last week, the GFP had held protests at the Department office and had served a seven days ultimatum to take action, and hence, they again came to the office and sought an update on action on their demands. “Today, we have been told by the Director that action would be taken by May 26, hence we will wait till that time and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Police on Wednesday arrested two persons for allegedly possessing drugs valued at around Rs 14.5 lakh. Police said a raid was conducted at Ponda in South Goa following which Budharam Bilbaram Bishnoi (56) and Jagdish Kojaramji Bishnoi (46), both natives of Rajasthan, were apprehended. “Around 145.21 gm of psychotropic drugs suspected to be MDMA valued at Rs 14,52,100 has been found in their possession. They had come to deliver the same to their prospective customers without possessing any legal document,” the police said. The case was registered under Section 22 (C) of the NDPS Act, 1985.