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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa State Information Commissioner (GSIC) Vishwas Satarkar today adjourned to the April 28th hearing on the two appeals filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues over the failure of Goa Raj Bhavan to furnish the information sought by him under the Right to Information Act. Secretary to Governor Mir Vardhan, the First Appellate Authority, and Gaurish Shankhwalkar, the Joint Secretary besides the designated Public Information Officer (PIO) at Raj Bhavan, sought time to file their replies. Adv. Aires Rodrigues, in his appeals, has submitted that the Raj Bhavan had denied information with erroneous, frivolous, unwarranted bald-headed and malafide intentions…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar on Wednesday alleged revenge politics was being played n the Mormugao constituency with the transferring of government employees, registering cases on innocent people, stop orders on house constructions selectively by two individuals. Amonkar said his aim is to take all people of Mormugao together and move ahead. “The people of Mormugao today are happy to see the change in their leadership,” he said. Addressing a press conference, Amonkar said that there was some altercation between two families during the Holi festival, but unfortunately, this issue was politicised. He further said, “in the past,…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Soon after being appointed as the leader of the Congress legislature party, the political heavyweight of Goan politics, Calangute MLA Michael Lobo said that the Congress will soon form the government in the coastal state. The Congress MLA has even said that the change could come in as early as 10 to 15 months. Michael Lobo said that nothing was impossible in Goan politics and that there could be a sudden change depending on the ground situation. “We will form the government in the coming months and we will try our best to achieve it. Within a…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Senior citizens from a house in the Vidhyanagar area of Headland Sada had a miraculous escape after a sudden fire breakout at midnight. In a shocking incident of fire breakout in the Vidhyanagar Sada area, a family of Rama Nagvekar was saved from this fire due to a short circuit on Tuesday midnight. Speaking to the reporters, Rama Nagvekar said that at around 2 am, his wife got up and panicked, seeing a bedsheet catching fire. Nagwekar further added that she raised the alarm and woke him up. “Me and my wife ran out of the house…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The blockade at the entrance of the market shed due to the construction of the third phase market complex has irked the vendors, who demanded answers from the PMC officials. Irked Ponda Market shed vendors gheraoed PMC officials over issues of blockade of entrance passage to market and footpath vendors eating into their business. Following the vendor’s grievances, PMC officials assure to clear the pathway by Friday. It may be recalled that digging for slab construction for the final phase of the PMC Market complex began; however, it blocked customers’ access to the vegetable market, which irked…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Nagazar Curti locals have demanded action against tenants residing in rented premises for dumping garbage into the Ponda main nullah. Damodar Naik and other locals pointed out that the tenant made the Ponda Main nulla a dumping ground, with most tenants residing on the nullah bank at rented rooms throwing their garbage and various waste into the nullah. Not only tenants but also the vendors in Ponda Market dump garbage at the internal nullah of the City, which finally culminates into the main nullah. The Industries operating at Bethora also released untreated waste into the nullah.…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Pole erected at Ponda Bus Stand for installing CCTV is on the verge of collapse. The passengers had demanded to remove the pole, which may pose a risk if it fell on passengers or a moving vehicle. The CCTV installed in Ponda has been non-functional for the past many years and has just remained a showpiece at Ponda Bus Stand. This pole is located at the busy old Ponda Bus Stand junction near the newspaper stand. The passengers and locals were urged to clear the pole for the safety of passengers.