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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The hot-mixing works may have begun and are going-on on a war footing on NH-66 road, but persisting the mission against bad to continue, Canacona Congress reiterated its demand to stop overloaded and over-speeding commercial vehicles and Mining trucks on Canacona-Margao NH-66 section. GPCC General Secretary Janardhan Bhandari, with other Congress functionaries and Goa Forward leader Vikas Bhagat, called on the Dy Collector (Canacona) Madhu G Narvekar and submitted a second Memorandum, reminding him to take immediate action on the memorandum submitted on 24th March to ban traffic of overloading, overspeeding commercial vehicles and mining trucks as…

Make A Difference (MAD), the NGO working for the upliftment of underprivileged vulnerable children, has been named as one of the three honorees for the prestigious 2022 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Selected from almost 100 organizations globally, honorees will receive an unrestricted financial award of $100,000 and executive training and support from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. The Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize at the University of Pennsylvania acknowledges efforts from individuals and organisations towards initiating far-reaching transformation in the social sector. The evaluation criteria of the award are leadership, impact, innovation and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Don Bosco Vocational Training Institute (DBVTI), Quepem, associated with the Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB), Panjim, recently conducted another beekeeping course. Approximately 23 individuals from various parts of Goa enthusiastically participated in this day-long offline seminar held at the DBVTI premises, Quepem, on Saturday, April 23, for a nominal fee of Rs 400. An experienced apiculturist, P Shaliyo, educated and trained the participants on how to handle the bees, besides providing them valuable knowledge about the different seasons, flowering plants, the feeding and maintenance of the bees during the monsoons. The DBVTI, Quepem director Fr Michael…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Indian Navy states the allegations that access to Ayyappa Temple, Varunapuri, has been blocked. Navy claims that access to the Ayyappa temple has been through Ram mandir gate. As per the statement issued by the Indian Navy, access to the Ayyappa temple at Varunapuri has always been through the Ram Mandir gate; and this passage still provides unhindered access to the temple. This gate also includes access to other religious structures in the vicinity _viz_ St Mary’s Church, Kali temple, Ram Mandir, and the PWD reservoir. Further, the press statement says that the Court of South Goa,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: For the last three years now, one name in the police department that is of Sagar Ekoskar, who has been recently promoted to the position of Deputy Superintendent, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Be it the Melauli agitation, the mining agitation or assaulting a panch member, Sagar Ekoskar does not seem to believe in courts and likes to take the law into his own hands in a typical Bollywood villain style. Recently, he has been in the news after the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in New Delhi has asked the State government…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today took stock of infrastructure development projects in the state and discussed proposed projects for the state of Goa. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today chaired the GSIDC meeting at the GSIDC office in Panaji. “I took stock of infrastructure development projects in the state and discussed proposed projects for the state of Goa. Existing projects will be taken on a fast track basis,” said CM. He further said that no new projects have been taken so far, but existing projects related to health and school infra will be finished on priority. “Instructions…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Locals from Assolda-Xeldem question why authorities play blind against illegalities such as hill cutting etc., happening openly in daylight? The new prez of the Shree Chadreshwar Bhoothnath temple committee inspects the hill cutting site. With the Panchayat election month ahead, the illegal cutting of hills and developing residential plots illegally in Xeldem-Assolda villages has become the talk of the town. The locals from Xeldem-Assolda are questioning why the government authorities who can take strict action against such illegalities are tight-lipped and don’t want to act against illegalities on their own. People openly blame government authorities such as…