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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Revenue Minister Atanasio’ Babush’ Monserrate today said that there should be no injustice to Alvara landowners. “There should be no injustice to Alvara landowners. Their demands also need to be considered,” said Monserrate. He further said that there is a requirement for an amendment to the law and that he will discuss this in detail with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. “We need to have a dedicated mamlatdar to look after these types of matters such as tenancy, mundkarial cases,” he added. The Minister further said that the full staff under the Revenue department should be re-shuffled. “People…

Goemkarponn desk SANCOALE: Cortalim MLA Antonio Vas urged youths to take up agricultural activities and farming to cultivate unutilised fields. Desilting of nullahs work worth 20 lakh started on Thursday at the hands of MLA Vas. Much awaited work of desilting of the major nullahs was started in a small function held in the presence of Cortalim MLA Antonio Vas and Sancoale Khazan tenents association members. Later speaking to Goemkarponn, Antonio Vas Cortalim MLA said that time has come for youths to take up farming and other agricultural activities. He said that youths need to enter into agriculture and cultivate…

By Valmiki Faleiro PANAJI: At a time when bright Goan lads shy away from the defence services as a viable career option – compared to numbers joining in the 1950s through the 1980s – comes some great news. A Goan-origin serving Major General has just been cleared for Lieutenant General. When Major General Michael Anthony Jude Fernandez picks up the 3-star rank a few weeks from now, he will join an elite band of Goans who rose to the topmost echelons of the Indian Army. Goa has had one Chief of Army Staff (Gen SF Rodrigues-Curtorim), three Army Commanders (Lt…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Goa Dairy’s Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for 27 April. The farmers say they did not get the financial statement, indicating that the Goa Dairy’s financial condition is delicate, and this issue would dominate the AGM. Besides this, various farmer related issues are likely to dominate the meeting. Farmers say if Goa Dairy’s financial status is not improved, then it may meet the same fate as Sanjeevani Sugar Factory. In the coming AGM, farmers have many questions over Goa Dairy’s financial condition and functioning by the Administrator. Several farmers affected issues are likely to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a shocking incident, a medical officer was assaulted by a prisoner at Colvale Jail. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Goa State had condemned the assault on the doctor. According to information from sources, the assault took place when the said prisoner had gone to the doctor for a routine checkup, during which he confronted the doctor about the food quality. “It had been many days that the prisoners at the Colvale jail were complaining about the poor quality of good serves to them,” sources said. IMA Goa State President Dr Rufino Monteiro said that he was…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Shifting of fish vendors from the existing fish market will be done within a week. These fish vendors will be shifted to the newly erected temporary shed in Vasco, said Damodar Kaskar, Chairperson of MMC. A newly-erected temporary fish market shed near Mormugao municipality has turned into a safe heaven for the beggars, homeless and a parking place for many people. The shed, which was built to temporarily shift the existing fish vendors from the old shed to the new shed, has been filled with plastic, food residual waste littered by the beggars. Many people are also…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister for Panchayati Raj, Mauvin Godinho, inaugurated the new premises of the Directorate of Panchayat at Myles High Building at Patto today in the presence of Guest of Honour, Secretary, Panchayats, Sanjay Gihar, IAS, Director of Panchayats, Halarnkar, Deputy Director, Panchayats (North), Fiona Cardozo and others. Godinho stressed on the need to have a good ambience to work and said that with the new premises, the focus has been on becoming a people-oriented department, where there will be minimum government and maximum governance. He spoke of the ministry’s aim to encourage a clean and green Goa in…