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Goemnkarponn desk VASCO: The Excise Station Mormugao carried out a raid in the Bogmalo area on Thursday and seized liquor worth Rs 38,000 from a restaurant “We raided Illegal Restaurant premises at Chicolna Bogmalo and seized various brand liquor worth value of Rs. 38,002. The total liquor seized was around 64.570 bulk litres and included different brands of Alcohol. The raid was conducted under the In – Charge of Taluka Excise Inspector Devendra Ghanate, Flying Squad In – charge of Taluka Excise Inspector Samit Nayak, along with the team of officials namely Rameez Mulla, Mayur Gokani and Shabbir Shaikh,” said…

Goemkarponn desk MYSORE: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant attacked the Karnataka Congress and predicted the arrival of a “double-engine” government shortly to lead the state toward growth. “The Congress with its ‘Super CM’ and ‘Shadow CM’ will collapse after the elections and the BJP-JDS alliance will form a form of a double-engine government,” said Sawant. Sawant believed that had the JDS and BJP formed a pre-poll agreement during the assembly elections, JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy would have been the chief minister. He asserted that Goa has experienced complete progress since the double-engine government took office and that, during the previous…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Verna police have succeeded in recovering Rs 8 lakhs cash from the two main accused, Nitish Naik and Aniruddha Pawar on Thursday morning “The police recovered Rs 4 lakhs cash from Nitish Naik and Rs 4 lakhs cash from Aniruddha Pawar and a total of Rs 8 lakhs in cash have been recovered in the incident. While the businessmen had complained that Rs 16 lakhs had been seized on March 31st, both the accused have informed the Verna Police that only Rs 8 lakhs were seized in the incident ” said a top source in the Goa…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: After dilly-dallying for two days, Canacona Shigmosthav Mandal announced the winners of the different categories of floats held in the Canacona Shigmosthav parade held on Tuesday. In the main attraction of the Chitrarath category, Adpai Yuvak Sangh is adjudged as the best amongst the 17 Chitraraths who participated in the Canacona leg of Shigmosthav Floats winning the Rs.54,000/- cash award. SHREE SARSWATI KALA AVISHKAR DAG PONDA (2nd place cash award of Rs.30,000/-, Shree Sateri Yuvak Mandal (3rd place Rs.25000/-, Jai Santoshi Maa Khorlim (IV-Rs.20000) and Hot Sports Group (5th place-Rs.15000/-), respectively, in Chitrarath competition. Gajanan Yuva Sangh…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Amidst fear that the water level in Canacona’s ‘Chapoli Dam’, has dwindled in the ensuring hot summer season, the water storage is much better placed at 58.30% as compared to last year’s corresponding period. Chapoli Dam, the lifeline of Canconcars with a gross storage capacity of 11.22.30 ham, presently has storage of 654.29 ham, which is equivalent to 33.54 metres of RI (reduced level) on Thursday morning. This storage is slightly above 58.30 % and is much higher than last year’s corresponding period of 55.26%. According to the information collected from Taluka observatory, last year’s corresponding R.L.…

SMART TREE CUTTING – The Goa State Urban Development Agency is removing a rain tree and relocating a banyan tree, both identified as obstacles to the implementation of a smart road project in St. Inez – IPSCDL is intensifying green cover efforts across Panaji city by planting approximately 500 trees equipped with geo-tagging functionality Goemkapronn desk Panaji: In its commitment to developing smart infrastructure, the Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) is spearheading the transformation of St. Inez Road. This initiative aims to enhance connectivity and urban mobility, ultimately contributing to the city’s modernization agenda. To expedite the smart…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goan traditional fishermen are warning of a sharp drop in catches this year, which they blame on trawlers from Maharashtra and Karnataka entering Goan waters. They claim that these trawlers are robbing local fishermen of their livelihood by taking up most of the catch and leaving them with meagre returns of about 4000 Rupees, even though in the past they have produced sizable catches in just three hours. Fishermen have expressed their shock at the worrying sight of 30 to 40 trawlers from nearby states pillaging their fishing grounds. They said that the lack of action from…