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Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Narcisco (Nadin) Fernandes, councillor of Ponsulem ward is elected as the new Vice-Chairperson of Canacona Municipal Council. On Thursday, councillor Nadin alongwith the CMC Chairperson Ramakant Naikgaunkar and other supporting/ruling councillors submitted his nomination papers to the Chief Officer Madhu Narvekar. Thursday was the last day for filling of nomination papers for the vacant post of vice-chairperson, after the previous incumbent Paloloem-II Councillor Laxuman Pagui resigned from the chair as per pre-agreement to rotate the post amongst the rulling councillors. Today, the Chief Officer Madhu Narvekar declared Narcisco Fernandes elected unopposed to the post of CMC Vice-Chairperson.…

Goemkarponn Desk VASCO: Reacting to the increasing cases of stray dog bites in Vasco, MLA Daji Salkar today urged the locals not to feed the dogs with raw meat while stating that he urged the authorities to immedialtely take action against such feeding activities. “The incident which happened in unfortunate. The root cause is people feeding raw meat to stray dogs, I have already instructed the Dy Collector and Police to immediately arrest anyone feeding stray dogs with raw meat,’ said Salkar In a s incident, a pack of stray dogs attacked a 38-year-old woman at Maimollem, Vasco on Tuesday…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Canacona police registers against congress leader Janardhan Bhandari and GFP Environment Cell Chairman Vikas Bhagat and two others over the locking of PWD Assistant Engineer’s incident of Wednesday at Canacona. Incidentally, Canacona police are on the lookout/searching for the accusds. According to Canacona PI Chandrakant Gawas, upon complaint of Deelip Kerkar Asstt. Engineer PWD (Roads), registered an offence on Janardhan Bhandari, Vikas Bhagat and two other persons for criminal trespass, wrongfully confined of the complainant in his cabin by putting lock and obstructing him while discharging his lawful duty. The FIR is registered under section’s 342, 353,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a repeat of the similar past incidents, yet another road in Panaji caved in while a tanker was passing along it. The vehicle tilted sideways on the road and suffered damages, however no one has been injured in the incident. This is the s10th such incident in the past one month or so, at various sites of the ongoing Start City works. The rear tyre of a tanker travelling along the St. Inez area was trapped in the ‘caved in’ road. The area had been dug up to carry out sewage works. The driver of the…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: ‘We for Palolem’ organised Home-made Decor workshop as part of women empowerment at Palolem recently. According to ‘We for Palolem’ president Gaspar Coutinho, the women empowerment mission encourages women to be self-reliant, so that women can have a positive self-esteem and generate potential. In a day long full of fun and knowledge, various learning activities and fun games including Home made Decor workshop, was held and young girl’s were also given tips to develop their skills for future posterity. Amongst other things, Wealth out of Waste, Stocking Flowers, Paper Bags were taught to the women and girls…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Kai International, an Odisha based mining company has bagged the Tivim-Pirna mineral block with the highest premium of 100.1 percent of the average sale price set by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM). Tycoon Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Steel has won an iron ore block in ongoing auctions in Goa, a first for the company, as it seeks higher raw material security, Goa media reports said. As of FY22, 43 percent of JSW Steel’s iron ore requirements were being met by captive mines, which the steelmaker is targeting to increase to 50 percent. JSW Steel has quoted the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In what could be a setback to the Sawant government’s efforts to restart the mining industry, the High Court of Bombay at Goa said that winning bidders of freshly auctioned mining blocks will have to obtain environment clearances (EC) afresh before resuming mining operations. The court was hearing a petition filed by Sociedade de Fomento Industrial Pvt Ltd, one of the winning bidders, who had contended that a winning bidder need not have to obtain fresh environment clearances before carrying out mining operations. “However, we clarify that fresh ECs will have to be obtained even by the…