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Goemkarponn Deak CANACONA: Doubts were raised over the functioning and conducting of Tests on Fish consignments brought into Goa at Quality Council of India(QCI) unit functioning at Polem Checkpost at the border with Karnataka in Canacona. The transporting assistant/driver is asked to himself pick-up a sample or small quantity of fish from the fish-lot being transported and hand it over to a person, who comes out of the QCI Laboratory functioning at Polem set-up for conducting Quality Tests. Neither, the transporter or his assistant is allowed to enter the room/Laboratory of QCI, but the lab-assistant in a matter of 15-20…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Stating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant are working to provide opportunities to the youth in many ways, GLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar exhorted that the Apprenticeship Scheme(2023) concept under NAPS concept will be useful for creating competent employees in government offices in future. Tawadkar was speaking at the World Youth Skills Day where Directorate of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship held Apprenticeship Training 2023 under National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Goa Chief Minister’s Training Policy for Government was held at organized at Govt Higher Secondary School Auditorium on Saturday. Speaking further, Speaker Tawadkar…

BMC Lolliem-Polem wants to turn Bhagwati plateau at hotspot of Biodiversity Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – A day after PBR(People’s Biodiversity Register) was approved at the Loliem-Polem gramsabha, Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) of Loliem-Polem held Vanmahotsav (plantation drive) at Bhagwati Plateau. Bringing its opposition to the fore, BMC asked to ‘handover the plateau to us, We will turn it into a Biodiversity hotspot’. On Sunday , BMCs ‘Vanmahotshav’ swiftly turned into a protest drive, with many youngsters turning up with placards shouting slogans to Save the Bhagwati Plateau from deforestation opposing any sorts of developments, and least the IIT campus. Placards…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Balrath employees have announced today that they will stick to their earlier announcement of going on an indefinite strike. State Education Dept had said that they have increased the salary of the drivers and the attendants by Rs 1,000. With the rise, salary of driver would be Rs 12,000 and that of the attendant would be Rs 6,000. Expressing displeasure over the nominal hike, the employees have decided to go on strike from tomorrow over their demand for salary hike and regularisation. Until last academic year, the balrath employees were paid for only ten months. Zingade said…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A total of 2,387 questions have been submitted to the Goa Legislative Assembly so far for the forthcoming monsoon session, which starts on July 18. State Assembly, has already received 589 questions with stars and 1,798 questions without any stars. Additionally, eight government measures have been delivered to the Assembly, and more are anticipated. The 18day program that lasted a month will come to an end on August 10. The new Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament will be chosen by a vote of the House on July 24. Sadanand Shet Tanavade, the BJP’s state president, has been…

*Cops crack murder case within 24 hours Goemkarponn Desk OLD GOA: The murder of Vishal Golatkar, 35, of Merces, who was discovered dead near Voilem Bhat-Merces on Sunday, was solved by the Old Goa police. Speaking to reporters, SP Nidhin Valsan said that the suspects hadbeen arrested and were Sai Kundaikar, also known as Cobra, 30, Omkar Chari, 19, Gaurish Gawas, 25, Tushar Kundaikar, 38, and a minor. All of the suspects were from Merces. Valsan continued by stating that Sai, the principal accuser, and Vishal were once close friends. Sai was frequently mistreated by Vishal, and this behavior eventually…

A video purportedly showing the tourists being stopped at the railway tracks has gone viral on social media. Goemkarponn desk MOLLEM: Days after Goa’s forest department barred visitors’ entry at waterfalls inside wildlife sanctuaries in the state, hundreds of tourists were on Sunday morning seen walking along railway tracks near the picturesque Dudhsagar waterfalls, and were stopped by officials of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the forest department. The tourists were on their way to the waterfalls, officials said. A video purportedly showing the tourists being stopped at the railway tracks has gone viral on social media. After the…