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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Alleging forgery and manipulation in the passing of 14 tender works by the Shristhal panchayat, a resident knocked on the doors of several authorities to stop the misuse of public funds. In his complaint, Prashant Shanta Tupaki, resident of Shrishthal, called for immediate site inspection and inquiry alleging forgery/manipulation by Village Panchayat Shrishthal during the passing of 14 tender works in Shristhal village. Shrishthal panchayat published 14 Sealed percentage rate tenders in December 2021. Out of these 14 tenders, works at 6 of the published tenders already existed and bills for the same will be raised…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Continuing the pressure to hasten the commencement of works at the accident-prone Karmalghat section, Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar directed Secretary (PWD) to take up the matter on War-Footing. Tawadkar convened a meeting with the Secretary (PWD) Gupta along with PWD EE D Kamat and other Officers at the Speakers Chamber on Thursday to discuss the Karmalghat road widening issue. The Speaker directed the Secretary and his officials to take up the work on war footing to complete the 4- lane Highway at the earliest. He also directed to call the meeting with PCF and his officers to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Dnyanprassarak Mandal’s College and Research Centre, Assagao were the overall champions at the Goa University conducted the Inter Collegiate Judo Championship 2022-23 for Women from 22nd to 23rd September 2022 at the Jubilee Hall, Goa University. Over 65 athletes from various affiliated colleges participated in 8 different weight categories. Dnyanprassarak Mandal’s College and Research Centre, Assagao were the overall champions while Vidya Prabodhini College of Commerce, Education, Computer and Management, Porvarim and V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar were awarded overall second and third place respectively. The Chief Guest of the championship was Sanjay Bandodkar, Head…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI:  In a place like India, Electricity is termed as the fundamental right of every citizen, and it is undoubtedly the modern necessity in this day and age for every individual, area and household. From urban cities turning into smart cities, the rural side of the land is a little backtracked with its still struggling stage for a proper supply of electricity. When we look back to the Rural Electrification Act of 1986, we see the highlighted points of why such an Act was needed. At the time, when farmers benefited tremendously from it, there were still many…

AERIAL VIEW Now, we Goans demand the government makes papers public which prove the land is owned by the Zuari Agro. Secondly, even if the courts have given the ownership of land to Zuari, why has the government not yet appealed to the higher courts or the Supreme Courts. The minister’s statement certainly seems suspicious. There seems to be something more than what is meeting the naked eye. If the land ownership is with Zuari, why is the State not informing the PMO, which had sought a reply? The State authorities are dragging their feet on the Prime Minister’s office’s…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: A day after his resignation, the Goa Forward Party backed Ghanashyam Shirodkar lost the no-confidence motion tabled against him by 0-15 votes. A special meeting was called at the municipality to vote on the no-confidence motion against Shirodkar, which was passed 0-15 versus zero votes this morning. As per information, 10 councillors, including Ghanashyam, were absent during the no-confidence vote. Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, who recently joined BJP, said that there was no surprise in the result and was expected. “We had seven councillors, and BJP had 8, which becomes 15, and the result today was on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR 9), the Exclusive Assemblia of Civil Engineering conference hosted by the Institution of Civil Engineers ( India) on the Theme Sustainable Design and Eco Technologies For Infrastructure, was held in the city today. The Award Ceremony was another event of the conference, which was attended by the Governor of Goa, P. S. Sreedharan Pillai. The Governor, Shri Pillai, addressing the function, said that we believe that the world is one family. “We aim that knowledge may come to us from any way from the world. In the field of…