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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Canacona is all decked up even as preparations are in full swing to welcome Ganesha, even as several residents rush to make last-minute purchases in Canacona. While idol artists are ready with the idols, some of the devotees who have given specific orders for specific preparations of the elephant-faced Ganapati Idols are visiting the workshops to approve the works. The commercial Chaudi town is witnessing a heavy rush of people making various purchases, including the decorations and dresses, while many are also on a buying spree of Matoli and other items needed for the rituals and…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – A 35-year-old labourer died on the spot while another had a broken leg as a Canter -Truck carrying Bamboos for Tourism activities turned turtle at Gulem in Canacona early Tuesday morning. The name of the deceased is Porama Chutia, 35, a native of Assam. Porama got buried under the fallen bamboos, removed by police and fire services personnel, and shifted his lifeless body to Community Health Centre (CHC) only to be declared dead, informed police. The body is shifted to Margao for preservation to conduct postmortem. Another labourer Manom Gam, 18 years and also a native…

AERIAL VIEW Once seen as a paradise, today, only the dubious and notorious tourists looking for such entertainment come to Goa. One is at a loss of words to express when we see many youth, including locals, involved in the drug peddling business. What is even more shocking is that every day, we see in the media that drugs worth so and so amount seized, so many persons arrested for possession of drugs, but despite these arrests and seizeures, one fails to understand why the culprits are not discouraged in carrying out the business. Why is that? Are there any…

Goemkarponn desk DAHISAR: The family of BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat, who was allegedly murdered in Goa, have raised fresh allegations that her personal assistant and his friend – who were on Friday arrested in connection with her death – possibly murdered her to grab her property. The actress had assets worth approximately Rs 2.74 crore, according to her 2019 poll affidavit. Phogat’s family members, including brother Rinku Dhaka, sister Ramen Phogat and brother-in-law Aman Punia, have alleged that she was murdered by her personal assistant Sudhir Sangvan and his aide Sukhwinder Singh Wasi with a motive to grab…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today informed that the entire project of the Zuari Bridge will be completed by March 2025. CM Sawant was speaking on the occasion of the lifting of the last segment of one side of the four-lane Zuari Bridge. “Entire project of Zuari Bridge will be completed by March 2025. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will be called for the inaugural,” said CM Sawant. He further said that the 545-crore Cable Stay Bridge is the 2nd longest cable bridge in India and will be open to the public by December 2022. “Once four-lane of the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Medical College & Hospital (GMC) has achieved yet another milestone of being permitted by NMC and granting two DM seats in Endocrinology, which is available only in a few medical colleges in India. “It is to inform that the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) reviewed the Assessor’s Report dated 12.05.2022 regarding faculty, their experience, publication and other teaching facilities, including infrastructure available at Goa Medical College, Goa under Goa University in the State of Goa for starting of course DM (Endocrinology) for the academic year 2022-23,” the order states. The Commission has also decided to…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Stating that condition of the Baina fish market is worse, the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation’s (GSIDC) vice chairperson Deepak Naik said that the Corporation intends to renovate the Fish market. He made this statement after he conducted a joint inspection of the dilapidated fish market at Baina along with Mormugao Municipal council chairperson Leo Rodrigue. Naik said that the fish vendors have explained their tremendous hardships while operating from the market. “I have requested the MMC Chairperson to bring the municipal engineers for an inspection. The market condition is bad; the roof sheets are blown over,…