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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Pained by his ailing wife not being able to feed their differently-abled daughter, a daily wage worker in Goa having no technical knowledge has built a robot to help the girl have food without anyone’s support. The Goa State Innovation Council has lauded Bipin Kadam for his innovation, which he has titled ‘Maa Robot’, and is providing him financial support to work on the machine further and explore its commercial viability. AD The food is kept on a plate which is part of the robot. It feeds the girl, who cannot move and lift her hands, on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Navratri is one of the most ancient and significant Hindu festivals in the country in honour of the goddess Durga and her several avatars, celebrated from 1st of Ashvin month and ends on the 9th of the same month. This year, Navratri starts on October 17 and ends on October 25. The goddess, a personification of Shakti, (power) is known by different names, Durga, Kali, Laxmi, Saraswati, Chandika, Bhavani, Ambika, Ashtabhuja (eighteen hands). She has weapons like Shul (pike), Chakra (wheel), Parshu (axe) and Talvar (sword) in her hands (four, eight, eighteen) and her main task is…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adv. Aires Rodrigues today accompanied by Mapusa-based 76-year-old Rawloo Khalap currently residing in the US who has been the victim of land grabbing of an area admeasuring 1,48,800 sq. Mtrs at Dhargal in Pernem Taluka by Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar met DGP Jaspal Singh the Panaji Police and submitted a representation seeking his intervention in the case as the SIT had taken no action for over two months. In the complaint filed on 4th July, Adv. Rodrigues had pointed out that a hilly landed property known as “Kapni Voril Ghera”, bearing Survey No. 481/0, admeasuring 1, 48,800.00…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that three warning notices will be issued to errant employees to improve their performance before ordering premature retirement. The statement came following a request from the Goa Government Employees Association. “Three warning notices will be issued to errant employees to improve their performance before ordering premature retirement. Notification is applicable to all,” said CM Sawant. He further asserted that the office memorandum regarding premature retirement of non-performing govt employees is applicable not only to the Secretariat staff but to all employees of the Goa government. Sawant said the Office Memorandum (OM)…

PONDA: The villagers of Bhoma strongly opposed to widening of NH4A from Bhoma Bazaar, and the Bhoma panchayat has also supported the villagers. Locals suggested that the government must find an alternative route for this road. Sarpanch Damodar Naik, Panchayat member Sunil Bhomkar, Vishwajit Naik, Sanjay Naik and others were present for a meeting on the road widening issue. Opposition was also shown earlier to take a four-lane road from Bhoma village. However, it was expressed that if the road alignment is from the village, it will not be possible for the villagers to find their way through the heavy…

Goemkarponn desk VERNA: Verna police on Sunday arrested 24-year-old Shivpratap Halwai, resident of Vasco, for possessing 63 grams of Ganja worth 6,300 rupees. Police said the accused Halwai was nabbed at the parking area outside Bits Pilani Campus, Sancoale, based upon specific and reliable information in a narcotics raid conducted by PSI Sanket Talker. The Ganja was found in the toolbox of TVS Jupiter bearing no GA06Y4083. An offence has been registered at Verna police station, and the accused Halwai is arrested under section 20(b) (ii)(B) of the NDPS Act. PSI Pravin Shimepurslushkar of Verna police station is carrying out…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Yet another loaded Inter-State truck dived down the road destroying the cultivated paddy fields on the Narrow NH-66 road, this time at Barcem in the Padi area on Sunday. According to sources, the tuck bearing registration no. KL 58 S 4488, loaded with fertilizer coming from Karnataka, was headed to Margao. The Truck, however, fell off the narrow NH-66 road just after alighting the Karmalghat on Padi into the cultivated paddy fields. While the Truck fell on its side, partly destroying a large amount of flowered paddy crop, traces of burnt oil oozing out from the…