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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ponda Police, led by PI Vijaykumar Chodankar, arrested Eight accused of stealing 15.70 lakh goods from Kundaim Industrial Estate. The accused persons are r/o Bhoma, Ponda, and Goa, working as scrap dealers beside four security guards in the vicinity of Kundaim Industrial Estate. Ponda Police team successfully cracked the blind theft case at Vrindavan Polymers Pvt Ltd at IDC Kundaim reported on 23 by arresting the seven culprits involved in stealing 501 bags of plastic raw materials worth Rs. 15,70,000/- Those arrested security guards include Sujit Goala, Aged 26, Papu Goala, Aged 22 Yrs, Sumatlal Goala, Aged…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On the occasion of the Republic Day function, the Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) installed a bust sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in the PMC garden at the hands of Ponda MLA and Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik. PMC Chairperson Ritesh Naik and Councilors were present on occasion. Minister Ravi Naik appreciated PMC for the initiative and said this will encourage and inspire the children and people visiting the garden to take inspiration from great leaders. Chairperson Ritesh Naik said that the statues are installed based on the demand of NGOs and people. Besides this, a…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho on Friday afternoon said that a new scheme called ” Young Transport Entrepreneurs” would be offering free taxis to unemployed youth in Goa. Godinho speaking to reporters after inaugurating hot mixing works on internal roads at Jairam Nagar in Dabolim. “We are planning to launch a Young Transport Entrepreneurs scheme which will be launched at the hands of CM Dr Pramod Sawant soon. Under this scheme, unemployed youth will be given taxis free of cost without any investment, and even the margin money for these taxis will be paid by Goa Miles,” he…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Accused in the Gauri Achari Murder case, who is currently in judicial custody at Colvale jail, has pleaded for urgent transfer of him to another cell owing to threat issues from other inmates. Accused Gaurab Bidre also submitted to the court that he was allegedly assaulted by some inmates and needs dental treatment. This court has directed the jail authority to file a reply on January 30 and to take Gaurav Bidre to Goa Dental College for treatment. The police have filed a 303-page charge sheet against Gaurav Bidre under Sections 365, 342, 302 and 201 of…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A couple had a miraculous escape after their Jeep, luckily, hung onto the side concrete railings of Dumane Bridge on Canacona-Agonda road in the wee/early hours of Thursday. Both the occupants had to jump out of the Jeep at significant risk of falling down the rivulet/gorge, even as the jeep with a burst right side front tie hung on to the broken concrete railings of the culvert bridge at Dumane. According to sources, the Jeep with registration no.HP 39E 3308 coming from Agonda, was heading towards Canacona/Palolem when just before reaching out onto the Culvert Bridge at…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The ruling and opposition MLAs gave a miss to the crucial discussion on Mhadei organized by the Legislative Forum. Except for BJP Premendra Shet, none from the current Legislative Assembly were present. Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar and Deputy Joshua D’Souza were present for the discussion. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was also not present for the discussion. None among the two MPs- Vinay Tendulkar and Francisco Sardinha were part of it. Several ex-MLAs expressed their view on the issue and urged the Government to take everyone on board to ensure that the Mhadei water is not diverted. They clearly…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Thomas Seva Foundation and ASG Eye Hospital, Goa, have entered into the first of-its-kind strategic tie-up wherein the NGO and the hospital have adopted an entire constituency, the Velim constituency in the state of Goa, providing free eye-health check-ups. Over the next 5 years, Thomas Seva Foundation and ASG Eye Hospital will work together to roll out free eye camps across the 62 panchayat wards in the Velim constituency. Dr Sean Da Silva, ASG Eye Hospital, said that each year, the hospital will be conducting 15 eye camps across the 62 wards wherein Thomas Seva Foundation will…