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Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: Members of the All Goa Toddy tapers employers association from Sanguem and Quepem taluka demanding an inquiry into ongoing malpractices in the association. During the press conference by Goa Toddytapers association members held at Dando-Sanguem, they questioned the improper functioning of the association and claimed that it is not according to the association laws. Further, some members claimed that some association members are trying to misuse the association office by selling community certificates to other community persons, which is totally illegal and unjust to those who belong to the toddy taper community and to whom the benefits…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant and Tourism Minister Shri Rohan Khaunte felicitated founders of BLive – Samarth Kholkar and Sandeep Mukherjee for winning Gold at the Outlook Responsible Tourism Awards. BLive, Goa’s first EV startup was declared the winner in the Sustainable Leadership: Travel Enterprises category. Considered to be the highest Indian award for Sustainable Tourism, this was a big win for BLive whose shared vision with Goa Government is to develop the state as a premier quality destination vis a vis responsible tourism. Outlook Magazine India Responsible Tourism Summit and Awards 2022 were held in UNESCO…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has distributed the remaining portfolios to three ministers namely Sudin Dhavalikar, Nilkanth Harlarnkar and Subhash Phaldesai. As per the order, Sudin Dhavalikar has been allocated Power, New and Renewable Energy and Housing. Nilkanth Halarnkar has been handed over Fisheries, Factories and Boilers and Animal Husbandry. Subhash Phal Dessai has been enthrusted with Social Welfare, Archives and Archeology and River Navigation. With this, three independent MLAs who backed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form government in Goa earlier this year failed to get a berth in the state cabinet. Dhavalikar was a…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: JMFC Panaji today today has granted bail to Dharmesh Saglani in the alleged extortion case. Saglani was granted bail over personal bond of Rs 50,000. Crime Branch has arrested Congress Leader Dharmesh Saglani for his involvement in criminal act along with five others by forming unlawful assembly and inturn extorting Rs 50 lakhs. It is alleged that the five accused and who were bouncers and Saglani had formed a wrongful confinement and then later assaulted the victim Ankit Jagodia, a native of Haryana and extorted Rs 50 lakhs. The crime branch have claimed that the other co-accused…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The Vasco Police has arrested 13 persons in connection with the clashes that took place in Baina on the occasion of Ramnavmi celebrations. “We have arrested 13 persons for their involvement in the clashes that took place in Baina on the occasion of Ram Navmi celebrations,” said sources from police. However, details of the 13 arrested have not yet been communicated until the filing of the story. Also, 2 units of the Indian Reserve Force units have been deployed in the Vasco area to maintain law and order. The trouble started at around 8.30 pm when a…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a major relief to the Pissurlem villagers, the Bombay High Court at Goa has stayed ore transportation in the village. While granting ad-interim relief to the petitioner Goa Foundation, the Court has sought details from the government on the e-auction method adopted for ore at TC No 95/52. High Court has granted one week time to govt to submit their reply on how e-auction was held without ascertaining the grade of ore. The hearing has been adjourned till April 20. GF has also challenged the State cabinet decision to allow extraction and transportation of iron ore…

Cattles feast on huge uncovered and unsecured dumps Bio-Methanisation plant turns useless and white elephant, unused Bio-Remediation machinery taken away Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Come monsoon rains, and a major ecological disaster/ catastrophe is making Canacona as Canacona Municipal Council’s (CMC) prestigious Garbage Treatment Plant (GTP) at Dumane is in total disarray. Massive untreated/ unattended garbage heaps dumped by CMC compactors inside the GTP compound are precariously lying exposed. Several cattle regularly are noticed feasting on the waste, mostly plastics, while the garbage keeps on piling up every day by the CMC Vehicles. Interestingly, a Bio-Methanion plant with a…