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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte today announced that Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) will soon be putting up a tourism counter at MPT. “Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) will soon be putting up a tourism counter at MPT. This counter was shut earlier; now will soon start it. Que system will be followed for the counter,’ said Khaunte. Reacting to the MPT violence by taxi operators, Khaunte said that such behaviour is not acceptable and that he apologizes for such behaviour of the taxi operators. “The captain of the ship is on record that he will never come…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: In a tragic and unfortunate incident, a motorist was grievously injured after a tree came crashing on him at Chicalim while he was on his way to Vasco Sources said that the person was moving towards Vasco city on his bike when the incident occurred at around 9.30 am on Thursday morning. The huge tree created a huge lineup of vehicles on either side of the road, even as bystanders and other motorists immediately shifted the person to Chicalim Sub District Hospital, where he was transferred to GMC for further medical attention. Vasco police rushed to the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The State government has ordered an inquiry into the Vasco Cruise terminal incident wherein tourists from the United States of America were held hostage by local taxi operators. Reacting sharply to the incident, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has warned taxi operators from indulging in such an act and said that their “dadagiri” will not be tolerated. “I am warning the taxi owners that such kind of dadagiri will not be tolerated and that an inquiry has been ordered on the issue,” said CM Sawant. He said that police are issued directions to take action as per…

At the fifth physical edition of the Serendipity Arts festival, being held in Goa, curators and artists are playing with forms and ideas Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: These days, Goa has turned into a site for experimentation, with artists and curators playing with forms and ideas. So you have Suno, a new media experiment by artists Kanchan Joneja, Sukriti Thukral and Mayank Joneja that explores the intersections between storytelling and digital soundscapes. It recreates an obscure site from Delhi at the Old GMC Complex in Goa through aural immersion. In Terra Nullius/Nobody’s Land: Excavations From Image 3.0, eight multimedia practitioners from…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The cross-examination of the witnesses in the infamous Panaji police station attack case is likely to be held on December 17 before the trial court. On Thursday, the burnt vehicles during the attack were brought for verification before the Court. The Court has adjourned the matter to December 17, when the witness’s cross-examination will take place. “The car which is attached is with the Porvorim police station. The Court directed the accused to verify the car, which was burned during the attack, along with investigating officer,” said Adv Alfonso. On December 2, the CBI produced the original…

The new airport named as Manohar International Airport (MIA) which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday is set to commence operations from January 5, 2023 The new airport named as Manohar International Airport (MIA) which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday is set to commence operations from January 5, 2023. The greenfield airport in Goa, is expected to bring respite to passengers from air high fares to and from Goa, which officials have been attributing to the four-hour closure of the airport every day. This closure is for sorties by the Indian Navy which…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Cyber Crime Police today has registered an FIR against unknown persons for disrupting and disconnecting the network from RBL Bank ATMs across 4 cities, thereby illegally withdrawing cash worth Rs 9,24,000. As per information, the criminals, with their common intention of cheating, intensionally disrupted and disconnected the RBL Bank ATMs location at Panaji, Mapusa, Calangute and Margao from the network. The disruption was done while there were processing transactions of debit cards numbers for RBL Bank Ltd and withdrew the cash of Rs. 924000/- Police have launched an investigation and technical analysis based on specific human intelligence…