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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating Speaker/Canacona MLA is putting pressure on police to arrest them GFP Environment Cell Chairman Vikas Bhagat and Congress leader Janardhan Bhandari who were instrumental in locking up PWD (Roads) AE and JE, challenged Ramesh Tawadkar to arrest them over the issue. Addressing a press conference over the Speaker’s reported press-note that PWD officers should register an FIR against the activists for locking –up them in their offices on Wednesday, stating ‘in a democracy, agitation should be done, but in a proper manner, Bhandari and Bhagat are outdated, and they are doing such things to regain relevance,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Government of Goa, together with Refyne, launched the Mukhyamantri Saral Pagar Yojna at Panjim Convention Centre today. The Refyne app is a new step to democratise financial wellness and empower individuals toward financial freedom. While speaking at the launch, Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant said that the Finance Department and Directorate of Accounts are working tirelessly to implement various schemes. “Sometimes some employees have the financial burden and take loans from Co-operative and Nationalised banks, use credit cards to meet their needs. But with Refyne app one can withdraw advance salary without paying any interest. Human…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The District Magistrate North Goa has imposed Section 144 in the view of polling of votes for the General Election to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly-2023. DM has ordered all licensed premises existing from 5 km surrounding to Karnataka State border in North Goa District to remain closed for liquor sale from 06.00 pm of May 08, 2023, till 00.00 hrs. of May 10, 2023. DM further ordered the licensed premises to have a license for Bar and Restaurant and allowed to keep the Restaurant open for serving food only. The Bar counter shall be closed, and no…

Goemkarponn desk VERNA: In a shocking incident, a six-year-old child, a resident of Zorint, was killed after being hit by a speeding car near BITS Pilani on Wednesday evening. Sources in Verna Police said that the child was crossing the road near BITS Pilani towards the residential area of Zorint when the mishap occurred. “A Skoda car ( GA 08 M 8586 ) was being driven by Kapil Betgiri ( 42 ) and moving towards Dabolim’s side and gave dash to the deceased child while he was crossing the road, thereby causing him grievous injuries,” a source said. Sources also…

Goemkarponn desk MOPA: Thomas Cook (India) Limited, India’s leading omnichannel travel services company, inaugurated new Forex outlets at the new Manohar International Airport – at Mopa, Goa. The Company has won a 5-year contract for setting up and operating 4 foreign exchange counters at the new Goa Airport. This expands Thomas Cook India’s forex network/consumer access in Goa to 6 outlets: 2 branches and 4 airport outlets. In addition, the Company operates 25 airport counters across India, Sri Lanka and Mauritius. In an initiative to ensure safe, seamless and convenient merchant payments, Thomas Cook’s Goa airport counters will empower foreign…

Goemkarponn desk BENAULIM: Former Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao today said that he is not sure whether he will join the BJP in future or not. “I have supported CM Pramod Sawant as he is a common man and such people should run the state government in Goa. I don’t know whether I will join BJP or not in the future. I have not decided anything,” said Alemao. Alemao stated that he has no interest in contesting the election but believes that the BJP will win both seats as they deserve it and will stay in power for the next 15…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The launch of the District Panchayat Development Plan will enable stakeholders to make proper development of their respective constituencies, stated Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, speaking after launching District Panchayat Development Plan( DPDP) at a function organized by North Goa Zilla Panchayat held in the city today. The Chief Minister further urged the stakeholders of Zilla Panchayat to walk the extra mile to tackle and manage various issues plaguing one’s village like garbage, environment water, sewerage etc. The Government will provide all sorts of cooperation apart from financial assistance. The central Government under the Atmanirbhar mission has…