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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Angered by inactiveness and inactions to take corrective measures on the treacherous, accident -prone and bad roads in the Canacona section, residents locked up PWD officers in Canacona on Wednesday. The office/cabin of finding no presence of any officer in the PWD (Highways) Asstt.Engr cabin, the activists took the anger on Assistant Engineer PWD (Roads) and locked him for over two hours in his cabin. ‘Fatal accidents and bad conditions of Roads are taken very lightly by these officers, and does nothing to take corrective measures, informed Janardhan Bhandari. Congress leader Bhandari and Goa Forward Party Environmental…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today announced that National games will be held in October and will be inaugurated by the hands of PM Narendra Modi tentatively between the 23rd to 25th of October. Chief Minister Sawant, Sports Minister Govind Gaude, and IOA President PT Usha met at the CM’s official residence to discuss the national games. “National games to be held in the month of October; it will be inaugurated by the hands of PM Narendra Modi tentatively between 23rd to 25th October. Infrastructure is ready to host the national games in Goa,” said CM Sawant. He…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A 28 year is nabbed from his native State of Orissa, where he fled after committing theft of cash and a Laptop from a hotel in Canacona. According to Canacona police, one Shubham Natak, 28 years, committed theft of an HP laptop and cash of Rs.210936/- from Hotel Ark Comfort, Canacona and fled away with the booty. He was tracked in Orissa and where a special team from Canacona police arrested him and brought him to the Canacona police station on Tuesday. Canacona Police under Canacona PI Chandrakant Gawas is investigating the case further, while the accused…

Goemkarponn desk SANKHALI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared a 12-member panel for the Sankhali municipal elections, including two unopposed candidates. The candidates are Yeshwant Shrikant Madkar (ward-1), Nikita Namdev Naik (ward-2), Siddhi Sandesh Porob (Ward-3), Rashmi Dilip Desai (ward-4), Ward 5 – Unopposed, Vinanti Vinayak Parsekar (Ward-6), Brahmanand Raghunath Desai (ward 7), Riyas Hamid Khan – Unopposed (ward 8), Anand Babani Kanekar (ward Ward-9), Dayanand Pundalik Boryekar (ward 10), Deepa Nilesh Jalmi (ward 11), Anjana Arjun Kamat (ward 12). Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade were present for the announcement of the panels.

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute Village Panchayat Sarpanch Joseph Sequeira today said that the Sewerage Treatment plant in its jurisdiction is operating illegally with permission. The Calangute Village Panchayat Sarpanch Joseph Sequeira and members inspected the Sewerage Treatment Plant today. “Today, we inspected the Sewerage Treatment plant. It is operating without permission. PWD engineer has sought no permission to operate it. Today sewage is being discharged. The video is the same is viral on social media,” said Sarpanch. He further said that according to the engineer, it is consent to establish, which is for three years, and that was from 2011…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Stating that the Food and Drugs Administration is shying away from the responsibility of checking sewage incidents in water tankers, Congress has appealed to people to be vigilant and check water quality supplied through tankers. GPCC President Amit Patkar and other Congress members on Tuesday submitted a Memorandum to the Director of FDA in this regard, wherein the office head stated that they are not aware of any such incidents. “Incidents of water tankers carrying sewage were caught red-handed by people. But FDA Director Jyoti Sardessai is shying away from her responsibilities. It is surprising that she…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: After the reports that National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched the places of some persons connected with Popular Front of India (PFI), Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that it is need of the hour to keep a check on them. “If they have been raided by the NIA, then they must have some connection with PFI. The NIA may have raided only after getting information. If someone has contacts with PFI, then NIA will raid them. It is very important (to raid),” Sawant said. Sources from Goa Police informed that NIA officials searched the premises of some…