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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Shantadurga Kala and Krida Sangh have made the largest Sarvajanik Ganesh idol of 12.5 feet, made of around 20 kg mirror glass pieces in Vasco. Fondly known as Sambhajinagarcha Raja, this is also the only Sarvajanik Ganesh idol that has been worshipped for 21 days. Speaking to the media, Santosh Naik said that the group has been doing Sarvajanik Ganesh for over 12 years. “We have a different theme every year that attracts many people to our Pandal. We also have many cultural, religious, musical and other programs for people of all categories, from women to senior…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The Coast Guard ship ICGS Sujeet on Saturday afternoon arrived at the Mole berth of Mormugao Port and handed over the 19 rescued crew of MT Parth ship to coastal police for further formalities and medical management The African captain of MT Parth ship has said that he was thankful to the Coast Guard who responded in quick time to save the lives of his crew while adding that it was the right decision to abandon the ship as it sank moments later after the crew had escaped on a life raft. “The ship was moving towards…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Stating that he is one of the two in the Government, GLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar told Agonda residents no works he proposed can be rejected and to bring maximum proposals to his attention. Tawadkar even asked the residents to bring 5 major projects/proposals in the first year, even to the extent of 5- 30’crores of rupees, and he will get it done for the people of Agonda. Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar, who attended the 1st Gramsabha of the new Panchayat at Agonda briefly, later addressed the residents soon after Sarpanch Fatima Rodrigues adjourned the Gramsabha and invited…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Water, Electricity and Roads were the main demands raised at the first Gramsabha after the general Panchayat elections on Sunday. Members, in fact, listed out not only demands but called for improvements in Water-supply, Electricity and Roads infrastructure in the village of Agonda from almost all the Seven Wards. Sarpanch Fatima Rodrigues informed the members that a Toilet -cum-changing Room block was coming up on the beach and assured members that whatever issues and problems raised will be resolved in a phased manner in cooperation with the government. ‘I expect full support and cooperation of our MLA/Speaker…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Responding to the allegations levelled against the Congress party by the defected Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar, former AICC secretary and former GPCC president Girish Chodankar said that Amonkar read the script of BJP before the media persons, which was aimed at tarnishing the image of Congress’ tall leaders including Rahul Gandhi. “Sankalp’s body language during the press conference speaks about the reality as his body was not cooperating with what he was speaking. Sankalp has surrendered his soul to BJP for a ministerial berth,” he said. “If Sankalp Amonkar was serious about accusations, then he would have…

Goemkarponn Desk MORMUGAO: Mormugao Port Authority ( MPA ) Chairman Venkata Ramana Akkaraju on Friday said that the port had plans to privatise the berths no 9,10 and 11 to stress more on green cargo and improve the financial health of the port. Akkaraju also assured that the main thrust of the MPA will always be to provide more employment opportunities to locals ” Goa was a mono-cargo port where iron ore would be handled but because of various state and central government policies ,there were restrictions and we had to depend on other cargo for survival. We have to…

Goemkarponn Desk MORMUGAO: In a major boost for the tourism activity in the state , the Mormugao Port Authority ( MPA ) will get as many as 52 international and domestic cruise ships in the upcoming tourist season between September to April MPA Chairman Venkata Ramana Akkaraju said that by September end , MPA will get the first domestic cruise followed by international cruise ships in October. ” We expect 21 International and 35 domestic cruise vessels in the fair season till April. The domestic cruise Angriya will also resume operations after two months somehwere in November-December . We have…