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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A three metre long Cobra (female) was rescued from a residential area at Peddem-Loliem on Monday morning. The Forest Department Rescuers from Hathipal, Khotigao Harischandra Chodankar and Gautham Bhagat carried out the rescue operations when informed about the sighting of the King Cobra, threateningly moving around the residential locality near the Peddem Chapel in Loliem village. Initially, it was sighted by a motorcyclist who saw it crossing the road, and soon after it crossed the road, it slipped into a roadside hole, as dogs around started to barking menacingly. At first people tried to ignore it thinking…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: With no signs of Hot-mixing or Black-topping of roads damaged during the extended monsoon rains in sight, the last hope of a Jet-Patcher has come handy to rescue even the village interior roads in Canacona. ‘Most of our roads are damaged during the extended monsoons, however, though most of these roads particularly our village interior roads are pending for execution of repair and black-topping, nothing seems to be moving in the right direction to execute these works. We are in December now, and people are rightly getting restless’, informed Agonda Sarpanch Preettal Fernandes. With many residents keeping…

AERIAL VIEW As the media and many politicians in Goa had written off BJP even before elections and claimed that whatever happened in Karnataka would be repeated, I decided to visit Madhya Pradesh and get the first hand knowledge of what was actually happening there. Even in the flight, a co-passenger from Mumbai, told me BJP is losing MP, I said “let’s see”. I visited the cities of Indore, Ujjain and Bhopal and found that the pulse of the people was completely different to what was being spoken outside MP. The first guy who told me BJP is winning was…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao constituency turns saffron as MLA Sankalp Amonkar organises a massive mega bike rally with thousands of bikes in Mormugao to celebrate the BJP Victory in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan. Speaking to mediapersons, Amonkar said that credit of victory goes to “Modi Guarantee”. “Modi Guarantee has won the confidence and trust from the people of different sections of society across the country,” he said. Amonkar also added that Goa BJP led by CM Dr Pramod Sawant along party President Sadanand Tanavade will win both the seats in the upcoming LS election by huge margin. “BJP is…

Cyclone Michaung Warning: The Andhra Pradesh government has issued an alert for eight districts – Tirupati, Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla, Krishna, West Godavari, Konaseema and Kakinada New Delhi/Chennai: Cyclone Michaung, which is swirling over the Bay of Bengal, is set to make landfall near Bapatla on the Andhra Pradesh coast, after causing rain mayhem in Tamil Nadu. So far, at least eight people have died in rain-related incidents in Chennai. A storm surge, or tidal wave, of 1-1.5 metres is expected to inundate the low-lying areas of south coastal Andhra Pradesh and the peak storm surge will be over the Bapatla…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) will be organizing a three-day conference from December 6 to December 8, 2023 at Goa State Pollution Control Board, Saligao, Bardez. The objective of the conference is to showcase the State-of-the-Art Infrastructure facilities and initiatives in Solid Waste Management and Sewage Waste Management, in addition to sharing experiences on the subject of Waste Management challenges in larger public interest. Inaugural session will be held on December 6, 2023 at 10.00 a.m. at Auditorium, GSPCB, Saligao. The conference will be inaugurated by Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant in the presence of Minister for…

NEW DELHI: This autumn was a time rich with promise for the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. The state, the largest of the three provinces headed for assembly elections, appeared prime for a change. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had been in the saddle for 18 of the last 20 years and suffered from internal factionalism in a state where it has powerful leaders in every region. There were allegations of corruption. And signs of anti-incumbency appeared to dog chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Most importantly, the Congress had just stormed to a historic victory in Karnataka, running a rooted, energetic…