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…
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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,…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With an aim to make Goa the first stroke intervention-friendly state, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that a specialized stroke centre with a dedicated Neurosciences cath lab will be built at the Super Specialty Block to cater to all types of stroke cases. “A specialized stroke centre with a dedicated Neurosciences cath lab will be built at the Super Specialty Block to cater to all types of stroke cases,” said Rane. He further said that Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) has started initiating Neuro-interventions in the last two months. “These include digital subtraction angiograms of the brain…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Even as the controversy rages over Goan, non-Goan issues in Goa, Minister for Agriculture Ravi Naik has kicked up a storm with a controversial statement that Malayalees contributed to the education sector after Goa Liberation from Portuguese rule. “Like Maharashtra, Karnataka contribution the Malayalees teachers were in Goa for teaching students,” Naik said. He further said that despite people of various religions and cultures, India’s uniqueness is united and diverse. Naik urged the citizens to preserve this great cultural heritage. “We should celebrate the festivals of each other, forgetting race and religion,” Naik said. He said to…