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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: 59 women were screened through mammography in a special Health camp for women organized at Mataji Mandir Student Hostel in Tembewada, Canacona, on Sunday. All the women were given written declarations by the doctor that they were defect-free. The special day-long camp attended by Dr Stephanie Cardoz and Dr Maria, both breast cancer specialists made available through Indian Medical Association, did the screening of the women participants. Earlier, they were welcomed by Councillor and CMC Ex-Chairperson Neetu Sameer Desai in the presence of Mataji Mandir Students Hostel in charge Shrikant Gaonkar, office bearers of the management committee…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: CM Dr Pramod Sawant on Sunday said that Baina beach would be developed with infrastructure and other amenities to boost tourism activities. Sawant spoke to reporters after attending the Chath pooja at Baina beach in the Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar, Mormmugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar, Chicalim Sarpanch Kamla Prasad Yadav, MMC Chairperson Leo Rodrigues and other BJP dignitaries. “Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar has been organizing this Chath Pooja for the last five years at Baina beach, and I congratulate him for getting people to the Baina beach, which was once very infamous many years ago. This pooja organization…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa chief minister, Pramod Sawant on Sunday, met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari here to discuss road and highway infrastructure in the state. Sawant said they discussed road and highway infrastructure issues, adding that Gadkari was always positive in giving “much-needed Central assistance to Goa”. “Met Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Ji at Panaji, Goa. Discussed various issues related to the road and highway infrastructure in the state,” CM Sawant said. He said Gadkari has always been positive and forward-looking in giving much-needed Central assistance to Goa. “He has further asked us to propose…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: “The harvest season has commenced in Fatorda with 250 local farmer families availing the free harvester provided by We for Fatorda, an NGO set up by local MLA Vijai Sardesai. This year marks the 18th consecutive year that We for Fatorda has provided free harvesting support,” said Vijai Sardesai. “We for Fatorda help farmers access modern machinery, which requires huge capital investment for purchase and maintenance, ” said Sardesai. Our objective is to free farmers from taking on debt by purchasing this modern machinery. As a result, they can reap higher profits from their yield,” said Vijai.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, while commemorating the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Patel & Death Anniversary of Indira Gandhi at Congress House here, vowed to save India from divisive forces. “Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister of Independent India, tackled the most intricate and baffling problem of the States’ integration into the Union of India. With his tact, powers of persuasion and statesmanship, he managed in less than a year, to reduce the Princely States from 562 to 26 administrative units and bring democracy to nearly 80 million people of India, comprising almost 27 per…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today informed that 306 complaints have been registered by the people of Goa with the Public Grievances Cell, out of which 70 per cent of complaints have been addressed. CM Sawant was addressing the top officers at the secretariat during the launch of Vigilance Awareness Week. “Today, I urge all the people in Goa to file their complaints with the Public Grievances Cell. Of the 306 complaints received, the department has addressed 70 per cent of the complaints,” said CM Sawant. Sawant informed that the state government has been continuously making the cell…

Goemkapronn desk MARGAO: Harsh Mane and Ritika Chelluri continued with their fine run, winning their second successive triple crown, while Sakshi K, Janhavi Mahale, Aryaman Saraf, Trisha Joshi and Minoshka Pereira bagged twin titles each at the State Badminton Ranking tournament organised by BPS Sports Club under the aegis of Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, at Navelim. Harsh bagged the Sub Junior (U15 & U17) Singles titles in emphatic style. He also won the U15 Boys Doubles title partnering Shaheen C.K. Ritika emerged triumphant in U13 Girls singles and added the U13 and U15 Girls doubles…