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Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Viraj Phadke was elected unopposed as the chairman of Mapusa Municipality after councillor Anand Bhaidkar withdrew his application. The opposition group in the Mapusa Municipal Council had decided to make the election to the Vice Chairperson’s post a little lively by fielding councillor Anand Bhaidkar while the former market committee chairman and councillor Viraj Phadke was the candidate of the ruling group. As MMC Chief Officer Amit Shirvoikar received only two nominations for the post of Vice Chairperson, Presiding officer Gurudas Dessai declared Viraj Phadke unopposed as vice chairperson. Councillor Viraj Phadke filed two nominations, with councillors…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: 850 persons bathing in Goa beaches have, over the last three months, claimed that they were stung by jellyfish. The data was released according to data provided by lifeguards. The bulk of the attacks – 710 – were reported along the lesser crowded beaches in South Goa, with 225 incidents reported from Betalbatim alone, while Colva had 180, and Benaulim and Zalor beach 50 each. At a swimathon event, 125 participants too complained of jellyfish attacks. However, the most crowded beaches of north Goa reported only 140 such incidents, with Calangute and Baga reporting 60 each, with…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Jindal South West (JSW ), a coal handling company at the Mormugao Port Authority, on Wednesday offered around 100 waste bins to the Mormugao Municipal Council under CSR, which were recieved by the MMC Chairperson Leo Rodrigues in the presence of Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar and other Municipal councillors Speaking to the media, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar said that the bins were provided as a part of Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan. “Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan, an initiative by PM Narendra Modi has been very instrumental in tackling the garbage menace, and results are showing up in Goa. Many people…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO; Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Wednesday met the Municipal workers who complained that salaries were not paid and further appealed to the people to pay their dues while warning that Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) will start taking stringent action on violators and creditors as the MMC has to recover outstanding to clear salaries of staff. “MMC staff is not getting salaries on time, and this is because the MMC is not getting its outstandings and the recovery is not strong. We set up shops, but the licences are not taken for the boards, which has led to…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: A massive accident between two two-wheelers was reported from Mapusa. One person died, and four others were injured in the accident. It is said that the accident occurred between a bullet motorcycle and a scooter, which was completely destroyed in the accident, near Bodgeshwar temple Mapusa. The name of the deceased was given as Saddam Hussein, aged 30, a resident of Mapusa. Police informed that the deceased was proceeding towards mapusa along with two pillion riders for a wedding reception after his Dio scooter was hit by a Java bullet coming in the opposite direction. The incident…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The day was supposed to be Love-in-the-Air with many couples out in the open for Valentine’s Day at the world-acclaimed Palolem beach visited for its scenic, and romance was to a rude shock and disbelief, as after one after the other, two dead bodies of two youngsters were found on the beach since early Tuesday morning. Supriya Dubey, 26 and Vibhu Sharma, 27, both natives of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (UP), were found drowned dead at Palolem beach. Supriya’s body was found lying on the Ourem side of Palolem beach at about 7 am on Tuesday. At the…