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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In a midnight operation, Karnataka Excise officials detained a Tanker with Karnataka Registration smuggling IMFL liquor bottles from Goa on Wednesday midnight According to sources, the Karnataka Excise Sub-Inspector M M Naik at Majali Checkpost, acting on a tip-off, stopped a Tanker bearing registration no KA-05 AL-1721 at about 2.30 am on Wednesday midnight. The Tanker was searched at length and breadth and recovered a total of 111 IMFL liquor bottles of different brands of Whiskey and Brandy of 83.250 Litres. The Tanker’s driver is taken into custody, and the Tanker is detained for further investigation. The…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Ponda Municipal Council ( PMC) had decided to construct an ambitious Palika Bazaar Project by demolishing an old market shed. To clear the way for the construction of Palika Bazaar. It was decided to shift or rehabilitate the vendors conducting business in an old market shed at the earliest, said Chairperson Ritesh Naik after the council meeting. He also said that the statues of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi would be erected in the PMC garden near the statue of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. It was also decided to collect the pending house tax…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High of Bombay at Goa has granted two-day interim bail to Vikat Bhagat, accused in the alleged rape and murderof Irish national Danielle McLaughlin at Canacona in 2017. The HC has granted interim bail to Bhagat on November 25 and November 26 to attend the last rites of his father. During his interim bail period, accused Bhagat will be under police scanner throughout the bail period. Danielle McLaughlin, from Buncrana in Co Donegal, was found dead in a secluded spot in Canacona, a popular area of Goa, in March 2017. The 28-year-old was on holiday when…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has extended the time limit for firms to submit bids for building a waste processing plant at Bainguinim. As per the information, this is the fourth time that the bidding time frame for companies has been extended due to poor outcomes. “GWMC has extended the date for bids from November 22 to Dec 2, 2022. GWMC is trying to find an operator for designing, engineer, build, operate and maintain Rs 120-crore worth 100-tonne per day (TPD) solid waste treatment plant for a period of 10 years.” the circular states The decision to…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Karnataka Excise officials are on fire, as yet another truck smuggling IMFL liquor from Goa is detained at Majali Checkpost at Goa -Karnataka at Polem on Thursday night. The detained truck bearing registration no. KA 01 AJ 5751 was loaded with Sanitaryware items and was headed to Bangalore, but when frisked in-depth, found 105 Liquor/(whiskey, Brandy) IMFL bottles concealed amidst the Sanitaryware (Washbasins, Commodes, etc.) consignment. Karnataka Excise team posted at the Majali Checkpost had just switched over with a new team headed by Excise Sub-inspector P K Haldankar at 8 O’clock when tr the Excise…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Former Goa deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai on Thursday dared Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to conduct a site inspection along the Mahadayi river while slamming the BJP-led state government’s ability to stop efforts by Karnataka to create infrastructure for the diversion of the river’s waters. After conducting a site visit to the Goa-Karnataka border areas to take stock of alleged development works carried out by the Karnataka government to divert the inter-state river’s waters, Sardesai also said that Goa could face a major water shortage if the river water is diverted by Karnataka. “I dare Goa Chief…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Labour and Employment Minister Babush Monserrate has asked the striking workers of IFB to apologise and resume work as the management has not decided to retrench them. The IFB worker’s representative met Minister Atanasio Monserrate and the management to resolve the issue. “Management has assured him that the company has no plans to retrench the striking workers and that it would extend their contract by one year. Of the 130 workers who had resorted to strike, 14 have resumed duties,” said Monserrate after meeting workers He further said that he had asked the workers to join their…