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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Fifteen College Students had a lucky escape as a container truck fell on its side at the accident-prone GVM Circle this morning. Around 15 college students stood in front of the College gate and parking area and left just a minute before the accident. The container truck driver was injured and admitted to Sub District Hospital. Following the spate of accidents, the locals gathered at the spot and demanded to reduce the size of the GVM circle be reduced. A local, Milind Desai, said challans would not stop accidents here and demanded to improve the road. He…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Leo Rodrigues has on Tuesday said that development works will be taken across all 25 wards of the MMC jurisdiction under the 14th Finance funds. “We have received a fund of Rs 5 crores under the 14th Finance scheme. We have decided to equally distribute the funds for works across all 25 wards to see development works under all the MMC jurisdictions simultaneously,” he said. Rodrigues added they have been informed by MLA Krishna Salkar that there must be no discrimination between the ruling and opposition Councillors and that every ward must…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa state Election Commission (SEC) today has started the delimitation process for municipal wards for the general election to Ponda and Sankhali municipal councils scheduled this year. “In exercise of the powers conferred under Sub Section (1) of Section 10 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, Goa State Election Commission initiated dividing the Ponda and Sanquelim municipal area into wards for ensuing General Elections to these Municipal councils,” the notice states. The Mamlatdar of Ponda taluka and Mamlatdar of Bicholim taluka are appointed as the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), and Awal Karkun in the office of the…

Goemkarponn desk For Indian families looking to travel domestically, Goa is the most common search destination, while Dubai is the most popular international destination. Based on search data from the digital travel platform Agoda, the states/cities of Goa, New Delhi and NCR, Mumbai, Pondicherry, and Jaipur popped up as the top five national favourites, while Dubai, Singapore, the Maldives, Bali (Indonesia) and Phuket (Thailand) lead the search charts in the international segment. In addition to Dubai, the search data reveals that Southeast Asian countries are preferred by Indian families for their international holidays. These places are appealing because they have…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Tuesday said that Urban development minister Vishwajit Rane had been a blessing for Vasco. Salkar was speaking to reporters after launching the works of about Rs 20 lakhs in Belabai in the presence of Mormugao Municipal Chairperson Leo Rodrigues, ward councillor Girish Borker and other residents. “We are blessed to have Vishwajit Rane as the Urban Development minister as he has sanctioned the smallest to smallest and biggest development works in Vasco. Development works are going at full pace, and today we are launching works of Pavers, drainage and footpath through municipal…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: As a protest against the show-cause notices issued by Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC), the shopkeepers from Mapusa Municipal market closed their shops and gathered outside the Mapusa Municipality office. The Mapusa Merchants Association also demanded that an ordinance be issued to protect the interest of the vendors and to sort out the issue. “We demand that an ordinance be issued to protect the interest of the vendors and to sort out the issue. Already, MMC has issued around 309 show-cause notices to the original leaseholders of the shops and stalls for allegedly subleasing the municipal property to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Crime Branch unit of the Goa Police has busted a gambling racket at Anjuna and arrested four people from Delhi. As per information, the raid was conducted at La Pasado, Villa – A, Badem, Anjuna, wherein the accused were caught red-handed while they were in the process of accepting bets from customers from Delhi on a live cricket match of Pakistan Super League, 2023 played between Lahore Qulandars, and Peshawar Zalmi held on February 26. The accused have been identified as Surinder Karla, Rajat Karla, Kashish Karla and Hitesh Karla, all residents of Adarsh Nagar, North West…