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Goemkarponn desk PONDA The Parents in Ponda panicked after a message on social media about the kidnapping of school children went viral. The message read, “since past three to four days after message of 4 school children were kidnapped by kidnappers while playing and going to school and that certain groups are involved in the locality in abducting of children.” The message also alerted the people to take care of ward and while dropping them to school. Following this message, parents in Ponda panicked and worried for the safety of their children, and a few also rushed to schools. Reacting…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Stating that the new amendment is to regularise the illegal buildings, the Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) has demanded immediate withdrawal of the new Amendments to the Goa Land Development & Building Construction Regulations, 2010. GRE General secretary Olencio Simoes said the new Amendments are brought to regularize illegal multi-dwelling units. He slammed the Chief Town Planner and TCP department, saying the same TCP failed to regularize the traditional coastal dweller’s houses like kharvi, kunbi, Gavda samaj, etc., under the Coastal regulation zone, which was established in 1991. “TCP will Regularize all unauthorized construction like flats, buildings, resorts,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral today informed that a public grievances app will be launched next week where the citizens can directly lodge complaints regarding potholes. “I’m making an app where people can lodge their complaints directly, and the potholes will be repaired immediately. This is a permanent mechanism for potholes,” said Cabral. He said that the app will be launched next week while stating that JE, AE, CE, and others will be held responsible if they fail to take action on complaints received via the app, including suspension or termination of their services. “We want to put…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai has taken a dim view of the ‘Goa for Goans’ agenda being propagated by some local political groups, noting the past has shown that such ideas do not work in the country. Pillai’s remarks came against the backdrop of the demand by the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP), the state’s youngest political entity, that Goa should be only for the people of Goan origin. In a veiled swipe, Pillai also referred to Shiv Sena, known for its aggressive “sons-of-the-soil” brand of politics in Mumbai, saying the old views of such organisations have…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Pained by his ailing wife not being able to feed their differently-abled daughter, a daily wage worker in Goa having no technical knowledge has built a robot to help the girl have food without anyone’s support. The Goa State Innovation Council has lauded Bipin Kadam for his innovation, which he has titled ‘Maa Robot’, and is providing him financial support to work on the machine further and explore its commercial viability. AD The food is kept on a plate which is part of the robot. It feeds the girl, who cannot move and lift her hands, on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Navratri is one of the most ancient and significant Hindu festivals in the country in honour of the goddess Durga and her several avatars, celebrated from 1st of Ashvin month and ends on the 9th of the same month. This year, Navratri starts on October 17 and ends on October 25. The goddess, a personification of Shakti, (power) is known by different names, Durga, Kali, Laxmi, Saraswati, Chandika, Bhavani, Ambika, Ashtabhuja (eighteen hands). She has weapons like Shul (pike), Chakra (wheel), Parshu (axe) and Talvar (sword) in her hands (four, eight, eighteen) and her main task is…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adv. Aires Rodrigues today accompanied by Mapusa-based 76-year-old Rawloo Khalap currently residing in the US who has been the victim of land grabbing of an area admeasuring 1,48,800 sq. Mtrs at Dhargal in Pernem Taluka by Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar met DGP Jaspal Singh the Panaji Police and submitted a representation seeking his intervention in the case as the SIT had taken no action for over two months. In the complaint filed on 4th July, Adv. Rodrigues had pointed out that a hilly landed property known as “Kapni Voril Ghera”, bearing Survey No. 481/0, admeasuring 1, 48,800.00…