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Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Asking opposition not to polticise the ‘Shram-dham’ initiative to build houses to the poorest of the poor in Canacona, Sarpanch’s of Khotigao and Agonda rejecting the allegations outright against the Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar said if Tawadkar is defamed unnecessarily, no one will dare come out to help the poor people of Canacona. Addressing a press conference at the government Rest House at Shristhal, Agonda Sarpanch Fatima Rodgrigues said, Tawadkar is a person who not only thinks but helps out every poor person to come out of their poor-status. ‘Tawadkar sir, understand the plight of poor people he…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Stating the protection of coastal land is of paramount importance, Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) member secretary Dr. Pradeep Sarmokadam assured all the help to protect Agonda beach from coastal erosion. On Friday, a team of GSBB led by Dr. Sarmokadam and consisting of Scientist Sujit Desai, Program Officer Varsha Hoble along with the Agonda Sarpanch Fatima Rodrigues, Panchayat Secretary Amol Naikgaunkar, Agonda Biodiversity Management Committee Chairman Shaba Naikgaunkar, Shristhal BMC Chairman Vinay Tubki and others inspected the Agonda beach shore, and observed a few areas needing attention to preserve the beach from future erosion. Infat, the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Cinephile Film Club in association with the Film Critics Guild, will screen 5 short films on May 4 from the Critics Choice Awards. Film Critics Guild member and curator of the Cinephile Film Club Sachin Chatte will introduce the films. These acclaimed films, directed by some well-known names like Devashish Makhija and Varun Grover along with some very talented young filmmakers, have made it to several festivals around the globe and present a unique opportunity for film lovers in Goa to catch them on the big screen. 1. Bittu (Dir. Karishma Dube, 17 mins) – Bittu is…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Soon Online facilities will be available to avail labour card informed Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. He was speaking  at  Shram Gaurav Shramik Mitra award 2023  on the occasion of International Labour Day organized by Office of the Commissioner, Labour and Employment and Disha Foundation at Panjim today. Chief Minister further said as promised in the budget 2023-24, it is mandatory for every labourer to have labour card so that the labour  department will have information about where they are hailing from and their past activities. Chief Minister also appealed the Labour Association and Union Association to…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Crime Branch in a narcotic raid has arrested a Maharashtra and Karnataka native for being in possesion of narcotic drug ganja weighing 1.5 kg worth Rs 1,05,000 in the international market. Crime branch team led by PI Nitin Halarnkar alongwith staff PSI Jairam Kunkalkar, HC Nityanand Halarnkar, PC Godish Goltekar, PC saimulla Makandar, PC Prakash Utkuri, PC sudesh Matkar conducted a narcotic raid at near chapora football ground vagator, Anjuna Bardez Goa. During the raid the Crime Brach caught Vikram Umesh Uppar, age 21 years native Dandeli uttar kannada, Karnataka and Sahil Anil Ujjaniya, age 26 years,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a joint operation along with the tourism department, Goa police on Saturday detained 30 touts operating in Calangute, the popular coastal area in North Goa. “In a joint operation by Goa Police and tourism department more than 60 constabulary staff were deployed in plain clothes at calangute police station jurisdiction from police stations Valpoi bicholim Colvale and tourist police to nab touts,” said SP North Goa Nidhin Valsan He further said that the raid started from early morning till late night and due to rigorous efforts these police personnel nabbed 30 touts. Valsan said that Calangute…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: In a tit-for-tat, Janardhan Bhadari and Vikas Bhagat who are booked reportedly at the instance of pressure from Speaker/Canacona MLA in a PWD Engineer locking incident, have retorted by filing a complaint with the Forest Department for illegal felling of forest trees by Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar in connivance with some forest officers. Congress leader Janardhan Bhandari and Goa Forward Party Environment Cell Chairman Vikas Bhagat submitting a memorandum -filed a complaint with the Dy. Conservator of Forests (South) Dyaneshwar M Kudalkar against Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar and Forest Officials for illegall cutting of protected forest trees. Janardhan…