Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that his department is looking to fast-track the tertiary Cancer Centre. Rane held a discussion on the way forward to fast-track the Tertiary Cancer Centre with Mr S.C.Garg, HSCC MD, Sandeep Jain & Dr Geeta Deshmukh. “We shall be expediting the agreement pending with the Public Health Department. Work has already begun for a state-of-art centre that we are planning to have in a tripartite collaboration with Tata Memorial Hospital and Govt of India,” said Rane. He further said that the project was initiated by PM Narendra Modi in Assam, and…
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Goemkarponn desk SANCOALE: The development of a crematorium or a place for performing final rites is the priority for Sancoale, says Deputy Sarpanch Girish Pillai. The newly elected Dy Sarpanch of Sancoale Panchayat Girish Pillai told this to Governor Sreedharan Pillai, who was on Thursday day’s visit to the taluka. Pillai said that Sancoale Panchayat was densely populated, but no sites were available for final rites. He said that places for final rites need to be developed as a top priority for the people of all religions living in the jurisdiction of Sancoale. Deputy Sarpanch said that the Covid19 Pandemic…
Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The Mapusa JMFC Court has granted bail to Royson Rodrigues, Sandric Fernandes and Rajkumar Maithi in the SIT land grabbing case. According to police officials, the individuals are among the masterminds of the entire land scam. Royson is involved in 60 such land properties whose area will be over 1.30 lakh square metres, while Sandric is involved in 26 properties with over 64,000 sq. mt. Four such properties are in the name of the brother-in-law of Rajkumar. SIT had arrested Sandric Fernandes and Rajkumar Maithi, while Royson Rodrigues was arrested outside the airport in Mumbai. Royson, who…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Secretary of Goa Legislature Secretariat Namrata Ulman, who is also the designated First Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act (RTI) will, on Monday August 29th pronounce her order on the appeal filed against the order of the Public Information Officer (PIO) at the Legislature Secretariat Mohan Gaonkar declining to furnish the information sought by him. Final arguments by Adv. Rodrigues and PIO Mohan Gaonkar concluded today. Adv. Aires Rodrigues, on June 28th, had sought a copy of the file notings and correspondence pertaining to that two-day training workshop for MLAs held on 27th and 28th…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa University (GU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Harilal Menon today said that the university is trenchantly gearing up to roll out all pertinent dimensions enjoined within the NEP 2020 from this academic year. Menon was addressing the gathering on the occasion of the 33rd Convocation. “There is no gain saying that the recently unveiled New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, by the Government of India and am happy to assert that, in consonance with NEP and the distinguished mentions commended by the Chancellor and the Chief Minister on this issue, we at the Goa University are trenchantly gearing-up to roll-out…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Goa Governor Shreedharan Pillai batted for mother tongue Konkani as he said that the Indian Constitution says the mother tongue must be given top priority. He also assured to do his best to promote the Konkani language and promised to open Centres in other states to promote the Konkani language. “As per the mandate of the Constitution and the mother tongue must be given the first priority. Konkani is also the only language that is also spoken in four states of Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala as well and as the Chancellor of Goa University,” he said.…
Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – The alignment of the Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR) has once again come for criticism, even as a Car jumped on the Divider at the sharp turn at Rajbhag junction on Thursday. According to sources, a Maruti Swift Car bearing registration No. GA10 A2273 belonging to a local resident coming from Loliem was racing towards Char-rasta when the driver lost control at the sharp turn at Rajbhag junction, and the Car climbed on the road Divider. Luckily, neither the driver nor any occupants of the Car were injured, but the vehicle got badly damaged in…