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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Food & Drugs licence issued to Silly Souls Café & Bar at Assagao stands in the name of Eightall Food and Beverages Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) which is operating in partnership with Ugraya Mercantile Pvt Limited, of which Zubin Irani, the husband of Union Women & Child Development Minister Smriti Irani is a Director. This has been revealed in the information furnished by Goa’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information Act. As per the documents obtained under RTI, the property surveyed under survey No 236/22 of village Assagao…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Anushka Kulkarni, a student of Aakash BYJU’S from Goa, scored 705 in NEET UG 2022, secured AIR 24 and became the Goa state topper. Anushka, whose father is a business consultant and mother a banker, is hopeful of obtaining a seat in AIIMS Delhi and becoming a neurosurgeon in the future. Anushka joined Aakash BYJU’S for NEET coaching after she decided to become a doctor in Class XI. Until then, she could not fix her mind on any one discipline for higher studies. “After attending a month of higher secondary classes, I convinced myself I liked biology…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A herd of bisons were sighted while crossing the road twice in Agonda since last month. The bison was sighted twice at the same place (while crossing the road) within a fortnight’s gap at an isolated place in Keri Agonda. The sightings of the Gaurs herd consisting of 8 bison assume significance as, according to farmers, these canines are known to damage the paddy and other crops more than other wild animals are known to create havoc, especially as the paddy fields are already in the advanced flowering stage and soon going into ripening stage. According to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the students, after completing their courses, should depend on their parents or local MLA to get jobs. “Some students think that after graduation, their parents or the MLA of that concerned constituency will provide them jobs. This is true. The students should not depend on this; they should either search for their own job or start a business,” he added. He further said that there are so many opportunities in the state at the moment, and the students should take advantage. “There are opportunities in various sectors, the demand is…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: JMFC Mapusa has granted four days police remand to accused Sandric Fernandes in the land grab case. The special investigation team (SIT) probing the land scam re-arrested Fernandes in connection with the land scam. The accused, Fernandes, a resident of Valpoi, was earlier arrested in the case related to a property located in Calangute. Fernandes had been out on bail in the first case. It is important to note that Rajkumar Maithi, the main accused in the scam, was arrested on Tuesday. He was remanded to three-day police custody. The SIT, which was formed on June 15…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: A day after the Railways sanctioned a new overbridge near Tanya hotel, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar said it was the need of the hour as the authorities faced major issues during the emergency of the Naphtha fire at Dactolem. He said this was a long-pending issue of access to emergency vehicles in areas of Mestawada and Mangor areas. He said the Central railway ministry has now sanctioned a 4-meter height for the bridge. Salkar said the height of the existing railway overbridge was too low, and emergency vehicles like the Fire brigade and ambulance could not pass…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Superintendent of Police Nidhin Valson informed that alleged serial killer Shivprasad Dhurve arrested by the Madhya Pradesh police, is not involved in any crimes in Goa. The alleged killer was interrogated by the Goa police as the pattern of the murders matched with some incidents in the coastal state. “Alleged serial killer Shivprasad Dhurve arrested by the Madhya Pradesh police, is not involved in any crimes in Goa. He had confessed to having worked in Goa,” said Valson. He further said that  Dhurve had worked in a restaurant in the Calangute area from May 1 to 31…