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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Morjim village panchayat and the Department of Tourism have been instructed by the Bombay High Court in Goa to forbid cremations in the vicinity of the Olive Ridley turtle nesting site in Morjim. The Department of Tourism owns the land, which is roughly 70 meters from the turtle nesting site. The villagers used the land for cremations. In their petition, the Morjim villagers requested permission from the court to keep using the location for cremation, claiming that it had been used for this purpose for several decades and that the turtles, who had been laying eggs…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today hinted at possible cabinet to former minister Nilesh Cabral in the near future. “Nilesh is my good friend. Whenever there was a need he has sacrificed for the party. He was even ready to leave his sit if the party said,” said Sawant. He further said that Nilesh not being a minister today doesn’t mean he will not be a minister in the future. “You people don’t have to worry about anything. He will be a minister again,” he added. Public Works Department Minister Nilesh Cabral had resigned from the Cabinet to…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco traffic cell led by PI Shailesh Narvekar convened a joint meeting with Rent a Car and Rent a Bike operators from Vasco. Speaking to the media, Vasco PI Shailesh Narvekar said that the meeting was convened with rising accidents involving the Rent a Car vehicles “We have to control the situation and we decided to have a meeting to understand the issues. We have now given these operators a form with 10 points regarding offences and fines and these forms have to be given to the customers and take a signed copy from them to maintain…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Fishing boat owners from in and around Vasco met MLA Krishna Salkar demanding support towards their pending subsidies. The boat owners also submitted a memorandum to Salkar with their demands during the meeting and Salkar assured the boat owners of all the support from his side Seby D’Souza, a member of the delegation said that VAT reimbursement in the form of subsidy had not been cleared by the Government for a long time “We led a delegation of small boat owners as we face a lot of difficulty as we have not got the subsidies from the…

Goemkarponn desk MOPA: In a shocking incident, Taxi operators at Manohar International Airport this morning caught one person red-handed giving private car on rent. As per information, taxi operators this morning caught one person red-handed giving private car on rent to tourist. Immediately, taxi operators dialled Goa Police who were quick to arrive at the parking lot of the airport. When questioned the Customer, he said that he booked the car online and even paid advance and knew nothing about the vehicle being a private car. More details of the incident are awaited. The taxi operators said that they will…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that Goa Medical College & Hospital – GMC has emerged as patients’ preferred choice for the treatment of kidney diseases and transplants. “It is heartening to see Goa’s kidney healthcare evolve over the years with our sustained efforts to provide outstanding treatment to the kidney patients,” said Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. He said that Goa Medical College & Hospital – GMC has emerged as patients’ preferred choice for the treatment of kidney diseases and transplants. “It houses an advanced HLA lab and has dedicated team of doctors skilled in kidney transplants. What…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Thursday morning launched the works of hot mixing the internal road in an around area under ward number 15. The works were launched in the presence of ward Councillor Priya Raut, Mormugao Municipal Council Chairperson Girish Borkar and other Councillors. Speaking to the media later, Vasco MLA said that the proposals for hot mixing of roads had been placed before the government but were sanctioned in phases. “We had place proposals as per priorities and we first took up hot mixing of road in New Vaddem which had not been attended to…