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Goa Govt signs MoU with Paytm for Digital and Cashless Payment Technology in Goa. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today announced that all state government departments and services will go cashless in the coming days. The State government today signed an MoU with One97 Communications Limited for Digital and Cashless Payment Technology in Goa. “We want to take forward PM Modi’s vision of digital India. The government today signed an MoU with One97 Communications Limited for Digital and Cashless Payment Technology in Goa. All state government departments and services will go cashless in the coming days,” said Sawant.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The 93 erstwhile SMCL workers who have recently been employed by Vedanta Limited for the resumption of mining at Bicholim Mineral Block met with Sarpanch Karishma Gaonkar and Panch Members of Sirgao village. These workers were offered employment by Vedanta Limited- the preferred bidder and current leaseholder of the Bicholim Mineral Block. This group of 93 workers led by Atmaram Tilve met the village Panch Members to garner their support for the resumption of mining at Bicholim Mineral Block, which was secured by Vedanta Limited during the first auction of Goa mining leases in December 2022. The…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar said that the opposition did not have the numbers, so no candidate was fielded for the Rajya Sabha Polls. “if we had put an independent candidate, we require 10 MLAs, and we do not have that, and similarly for a party candidate, we require 4 MLA. This is the reason we did not field a candidate,’ said Borkar. Seven Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Opposition Benches have unanimously decided not to field a Candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha MP polls. The press communique signed by all…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant handed over a Letter of Intent to the four successful Minning bidders for five iron ore blocks in North Goa. Congratulating the bidders, Chief Minister requested all the bidders to accommodate the people dependent on mining. He further assured that the Department of Mines and Geology and the State government will fully support them and further advise them to complete the formalities required with the government of India and State government, such as Environment clearances, to ensure that mining activities commence soon in Goa. The successful bidders were Vedanta, Fomento Group, JSW…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa unit of Congress on Wednesday held a day-long maun satyagraha’ (silent protest) at Azad Maidan-Panaji against the disqualification of the party’s former President Rahul Gandhi from Parliament following his conviction in the Modi surname defamation case. The leaders wore black bands on their mouths to symbolically convey that freedom of speech has been stifled by the BJP. Speaking to reporters, GPCC President Amit Patkar said that ‘maun satyagraha’ is staged nationwide in support of Rahul Gandhi. “BJP government has murdered the democracy of the country. This became clear after they hatched a conspiracy against Rahul…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Mapusa police have arrested one person for committing housebreaking and theft. As per SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi, Sheshishekhar Shivanand Patil, aged 31 years R/o Dhuler, Mapusa, Bardez, Goa N/o Bijapur, Karnataka, has been arrested for committing theft at Jolly Hotel, Dhuler, Mapusa. Kissan Narayan Shetkey R/o Mala, Panaji, Tiswadi, Goa owner of Jolly Hotel located behind Chapel, Dhuler, Mapusa, Bardez, Goa, had lodged his complaint that on the intervening night of 07-08/06/2023, some unknown accused person break opened the lock installed on the Complainant’s business outlet and decamped with valuable items from the Complainant’s business premises. In…

While Congress President Amit Patkar takes the Mining delegation to meet another Party’s president, he skips meet of the delegation with LoP. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The differences between Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar and Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao are wide open. On Wednesday, Goemkarponn broke the story of how President Patkar ignored his own party’s Leader of Opposition, Yuri Alemao and took the retrenched mining workers delegation to Goa Forward President Vijai Sardesai to take up the issue on the floor of the House when the Assembly session begins next week. The issue had not gone well…