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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: WRD Minister Subhash Phal Dessai today said that public input will be taken into account before making a decision regarding ferry boat fares. “If people are unwilling, the government will make a choice. If necessary, CM will step in and make a decision, he stated. He further said that he would talk to MLAs and local leaders as well,” but pleaded with the public to embrace the idea. According to Phaldessai, the goal of charging more for ferry boat travel for four-wheelers and introducing tickets for two-wheelers is to increase income by improving the service and preventing…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Cash worth Rs 2.80 lakhs, CCTV and DVR have been stolen from MIBK school in Khandepar-Ponda. Police said that in the initial investigation, it has been revealed that cash worth Rs 2.80 lakhs and CCTV had been stolen. “Investigation is on and our fingerprint experts are here at the premises for investigation,” police said. The police said that the accused entered the school by breaking the latch of the main door.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, also agreed that Raghav Chadha apologising to Rajya Sabha chairman would be a better option. Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: The Supreme Court today urged AAP MP Raghav Chadha to apologise to the Rajya Sabha chairman over his suspension from the house. The court also asked the Rajya Sabha chairman to consider the apology sympathetically. “During the course of the hearing, a way forward has been suggested by both the parties. The petitioner has suggested he would seek an appointment and apologise on record, which would be considered sympathetically by the Rajya Sabha Chairman,”…

Air quality in Delhi’s Lodhi Road, Jahangirpuri, RK Puram, and IGI Airport (T3) areas remains severe, with AQI readings of 438, 491, 486, and 473, respectively. The air quality index in many areas has already exceeded 400. Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: Delhi continued to be engulfed in a thick layer of smog on Friday, as the air quality in several parts of the national capital remained in the ‘severe’ category. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 346, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Air quality in Delhi’s Lodhi Road, Jahangirpuri, RK Puram, and IGI Airport (T3)…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral said that the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) 2019 will be ready by next year. “Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) 2019 will be ready by next year. It will not experience an unanticipated delay like the previous plan did,” said Cabral. He further said that in the minutes of its meetings, the NCZMA has noted a few things and they have not received any explicit instructions from it specifying that we cannot approve new structures until CMZP 2019 is prepared. “Until the new plan is ready, clearances will be given in accordance with…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Canacona police have arrested two persons including a native from Himachal Pradesh in possession with Narcotic substance worth Rs.7,90,000/- at Agonda on Thursday afternoon. According to Canacona PI Chandrakant Gawas, a NDPS raid was conducted between 12.40 hrs to 15.00 hrs on Thursday and two persons were caught red handed near Saleri Bridge in Agonda in possession with Narcotics Substance. The narcotics substance suspected to be Charas is weighed at 790 grams and have a market value of rupees 7,90,000/-, informed Gawas. Canacona police provided the names of the duo caught in the raid are Shivkumar Raju…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Inaugurating the first of its kind Public Awareness program on ‘Fortified Rice’ organized by Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs, in Canacona, Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar asked the people not to fall prey of believe to the Opposition led false Propaganda as PDS supplied ‘Plastic Rice’. Speaking after inaugurating the awareness camp by the Canacona Taluka office of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (CSCA), Canacona MLA and GLA Speaker Ramesh Tavadkar categorically appealed to all present not to fall prey to this propaganda started by the opposition. Speaking further Tawadkar appealed saying, ‘This rice is nutritious and people should…