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Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Goa Governor P.S Sreedharan Pillai today said that a new era has begun for the mining sector in Goa while stating that it is a major step to ensure employment to locals and ending hardships faced by mining-dependent workers. The Governor was speaking while addressing the House on the first day of the Assembly. “A new era has begun for the mining sector in Goa. This is a major step to ensure employment to locals and ending the hardship faced by the mining-dependent workers,” said Pillai. He further said that Government efforts to resume mining have finally…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Even as the first day of the winter session of the Goa Legislative Assembly rocked over the Mhadei issue with opposition creating a ruckus, Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai gave a miss to the ongoing inter-state river diversion issue in his opening address to House. Opposition comprising of AAP, Goa Forward, RGP and Congress dressed up in black outfits entered the well of the Assembly and started chanting the slogan “Amchi Mhadei Amka Zay”. The opposition benches also tried to disrupt the Goa Governor P.S Sreedharan’s address demanding his statement on the issue of Mhadei. During this,…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The first ever Educational Society formed in 1922, which eventually sowed the seeds of education in Canacona, is all geared up to celebrate its Centennial Celebrations. Beginning on 28th January, a series of centennial programs and competitions at Centro Promotor de Instrucao (CPI’s) Shree Mallikarjun Vidhyala, Char-rasta, setting the tone of year-long celebrations in Canacona. Centro Promotor de Instrucao was formed on 28th December 1922 by a group of few people who thought education is the key to human development, beginning the first ever School, a ‘Marathi Shala’ in a private house at Char-Rasta in Canacona. It…

Goemkarponn desk SAVOI-VEREM: To curb the stray cattle menace, Savoi-Verem: Vere-Vaghurme Panchayat has given a final-week ultimatum to owners to claim their ownership of teh stray cattle, which are roaming in the jurisdiction of Panchayat. Stating that the cattle roaming freely on the streets happen to block the narrow village roads and pose a grave threat to motorists, Shobha Perni, Vere-Vaghurme Sarpanch, informed that the public interest notice has been issued to reduce the trouble caused due to stray cattle menace. Perni said the Panchayat, in the last two months, encountered various cases of Lumpy skin disease (LSD) among stray cattle.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress on Sunday worshipped river Mhadei at Nanora Valpoi and sought blessings to spread awareness about fighting for its existence. Under the program, ‘Mhadei Jagor’, Congress workers from across the state had gathered to seek blessings of Mother Mhadei by performing Pooja for the success of the Peoples movement which will begin on 16th January at Virdi Amona in Sankhelim Constituency. GPCC President Amit Patkar, MLA Carlos Alvares Ferreira, and other office bearers and workers were present. According to Amarnath Panjikar, water collected in ‘Kalash’ from the river Mhadei at Nanora will be taken to all the…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Government College of Commerce and Economics, Borda, under the aegis of the Directorate of Higher Education, has installed the first of its kind, “”Assessment Lab”” in the presence of Deputy Director, DHE, Prof Dr F.M. Nadaf and Director of the IQAC of the College, Dr Elizabeth Joey Henriques. Directorate of Higher Education, Goa state, had roped in ideas Unlimited, a leading consulting firm, into Assessment centre development. Based on the Centre for Research in Experiential Aids in teaching & Education”” (CREATE-LABS) of GDP Foundation, this first-of-its-kind Assessment Lab has been established to augment NEP 2020 in higher…

Goemkarponn desk SANKHALI: Asserting that the State Government will complete the mining auction process of all the 86 mining leases in the State within 3 months, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that we all have witnessed how mining-dependent people have suffered after mining was shut down in the State. Speaking at a Reboot Mining-Heralding New Era function organised by the Directorate of Mines & Geology to distribute the grant of Letters of Intent to the successful bidders of four iron ore blocks, namely Vedanta, Fomento, Rajaram Bandekar Mines Pvt ltd and Salgaocar Mining auctioned in the first Notice inviting…