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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Vande Bharat train on the Mumbai-Goa route, along with four more new routes, will be operational from June 26, as per the railway official. The inaugural ceremony of the Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train, earlier scheduled on June 3, was cancelled due to the Colamandel train accident. The Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who had arrived for the Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train inaugural event in Goa, had to rush to Balasore district, where the accident occurred, to take stock of the situation. The operation of Vande Bharat trains on five more routes from June 26 will be the…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Cortalim MLA Anton Vas, along with other leaders, including former minister Prakash Velip, and ZP Merciana Vas, on Wednesday evening arrived in Vasco to congratulate Gracina Colaco for topping the NEET exams. Colaco, a student of St Andrews, probably was the first girl from the ST community to have topped the NEET exams. Speaking to the media later, Vas said that Gracina Colaco had made the entire state proud with her achievements and especially the ST community. “It is a matter of pride for our community that our girl Gracina Colaco has topped the NEET exams, and…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating illegal digging is going on at Karmlaghat, Congress in Canacona objected to the same, saying it will further aggravate the already treacherous and dangerous accident-prone zone on NH-66 road in Canacona. “On one side, Collectors of both districts are issuing notification not to dig roads during the monsoon as it creates obstacles for smooth flow of vehicular traffic/cause accidents during the monsoon. But we think these notifications are issued only as a routine formality and not for implementations as digging work on the road/side of the road is still going on unabated in rains also.’, pointed…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The Congress on Wednesday asked the people of Goa to join their ‘Yatra’ on June 18, Revolution Day Goa, from Donapaula to Azad Maidan-Panaji to raise their voices against inflation, unemployment and other issues. “BJP government has been a failure in Goa. It ranks second in the country over unemployment. There is no control on inflation. The poll promise of providing three free LPG cylinders is not delivered. It doesn’t have a strategy to create jobs,” Youth Congress secretary in charge for Goa, Richi Bhargava, said during a press conference. “Scams in smart city projects are ignored,…

Goemkarponn desk The only and oldest municipal garden of the Portuguese era at the centre of Chdwdi town in Canacona Municipality is thrown open public on Wednesday. The Municipal Garden, virtually lying in the doldrums and remained for public entry for the past few years, is now renovated by the Forest department’s Social Forestry Parks & Gardens at a cost of over Rs.7 lakhs. The garden renovated with decorative and ornamental plants, fresh Lawns, Swings, Slides for children to play, Benches, and Chairs for sit-outs slides is, inaugurated by the cutting of ribbon by Canacona MLA/Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar in the…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The much-awaited road widening of the accident-prone dangerous sharp-curve at Karmalghat and the narrow Gulem NH-66 road finally began on Wednesday. The commencement of works costing approximately 4 Crores is done at the hands of local Velips, Ram Velip and Ghatu Velip, in the presence of Canacona MLA and GLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar and others. It may be recalled that an accident a day on average at the treacherous and sharp curve on the Karmalghat slope and the narrow Gulem section (with no set-back) of NH-66, some resulting in deaths and others causing heavy damages to vehicles,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: An age-old Bhatti-Hut (Toddy-Distillery) went up in flames at Palolem on Wednesday evening. The family staying in their house noticed the Bhati hut, which they used to cook food and warm water for baths and stored with firewood in flames, and alerted the fire services for help. Incidentally, while the fire raged on high above, an overhead water tank placed over a stand nearby to the Bhatti – Hut got burnt due to the fire flames and came tumbling down, dousing the fire to some extent, but the thatched leaves Bhatti, was almost reduced to ashes, by…