Author: Team Admin

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: A group of concerned locals met the Dy. Collector and voiced their serious concerns of various problems including defunct functioning of various health facilities, plaguing the only government hospital in Canacona. In a meeting with the Dy. Collector Madhu Narvekar, residents have demanded the visit of Health Minister Vishwajeet to inspect Community Health Centre (CHC) and discuss the issues regarding health services in Canacona. People alleged that there is a grave shortage of doctors in this only government hospital of Canacona and people are suffering for this shortage. Even the lab technicians are irregular, and the patient’s…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Following the audacious crime that occurred during school hours on Wednesday, parents are worried about their children’s safety. In response, the Goa Police have stated that they are willing to keep a 24-hour watch at the Cujira educational complex. According to SDPO Sudesh Naik, provided they have the necessary facilities and appropriate infrastructure for operation, they are ready to post staff members for the protection of the students. “We are dedicated to offering 24-hour security, but in order to accommodate our staff, we require at least one room with a bathroom and other necessities. Speaking to The…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: MGP’s Deepak Dhavalikar, stated that constituencies like Marcaim, Ponda, Shiroda, and Sanvordem remain their citadel to this day. We have between six and seven percent of the vote in South Goa. We will win this seat by at least ten thousand votes with our backing for the BJP in the Lok Sabha, Dhavalikar declared. “It is clear that the party with our backing in the South has prevailed. Constituencies like Marcaim, Ponda, Shiroda, and Sanvordem are strongholds for us. This benefits any party that accepts our backing,” he remarked. Francisco Sardinha, a South Goa Congress MP, acknowledged…

Goemkarponn Desk KARMALI:The Konkan railway police were rewarded with a pat on the back for successfully tracking down a missing six-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh who had vanished from a train. A nine-member family from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, was reportedly on vacation in the state, according to the police. The boy vanished from view on the train as they were heading back home. At the Karmali railway station, police constables Brijesh Naik, the head constable, and constables Raghesh Naik, Manjunath, and Deeptesh Kerkar later located the missing boy. Later on, his parents were given safe custody of him.

MUMBAI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has clarified that recent statements made by Krishnamurthy Subramanian regarding India’s growth figures do not reflect its views, reported news agency PTI. Subramanian serves as India’s representative at the IMF and is the former Chief Economic Adviser of the Government of India. Julie Kozack, spokesperson for the IMF, told reporters that the remarks attributed to Mr Subramanian were made in his capacity as India’s representative within the IMF, rather than as a statement of the IMF’s official position. “The views conveyed …by Mr Subramanian were in his role as India’s representative at the IMF,”…

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves increased $2.951 billion to $645.583 billion for the week ended March 29, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. This is the sixth consecutive week of a jump in overall reserves. The kitty had increased $140 million to $642.631 billion in the previous reporting week. The country’s forex kitty had in September 2021 reached an all-time high of $642.453 billion. The reserves took a hit as the central bank deployed the kitty to defend the rupee amid pressures caused majorly by global developments since last year. For the week ended March 29, the…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: The South Goa Sessions Court on Friday sentenced the two laborers who were found guilty of killing their fellow worker in Velsao village in 2021 to life in prison. Dinesh Kumar, an Odisha native, and Shivnath Mhaji, an Uttar Pradesh native, were found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 each by Judge Kshama Joshi. In this instance, which took place on April 3, 2021, the Verna police were called to report that a fight involving several laborers had resulted in one of the laborers’ deaths. Additionally, the police were informed that one of…