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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Mines Department and Collem police conducted a raid on an illegal laterite stone quarry and arrested four locals at Tatodi Dharbandora. According to Police, after getting information, they reached the site and informed Mines Department, who reached the spot after some time and registered FIR into the case. Following this, Police arrested four, including the owner, and seized machinery involved in laterite stone extraction. This includes one JCB, two cutting and three power tillers seized.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: BJP State President Sadanand Tanavade today informed that tasks that needed to be done for the state and the constituents were discussed during the Delhi meeting. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, State President Sadanand Tanavade, and 7 newly joined BJP MLAs called on BJP National President J.P. Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah at party headquarters in New Delhi. “We discussed the tasks that needed to be done for the state and the constituents. The prime minister was unavailable since he was busy,” said Tanavade. Tanawade further said that as Michael Lobo was out of India, he could…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Advocates Association of Pernem today demanded that the North Goa Collector should appoint Joint Mamlatdar 2 and 3 in their Taluka, which had been pending for the last 2 years. “We had come to meet the collector over the non-appointment of Joint Mamlatdar 2 and 3 in their Taluka. This has been pending for the last 2 years. After the previous officers were transfered, none were appointed back at Pernem,’ said Adv Murari Parab, President of Advocates Association Pernem. He further said that there are a lot of files which are pending due to the non-appointment of…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Seven India Post employees retrenched from service staged dharna along with family in front of the post office. There has been growing support to post office employees as locals warned to stage agitation if they were not reinstated. Pondaitees led by Dr Ketan Bhatikar grilled the post office in charge over the sudden removal of these employees, replacing them with Maharashtra employees. The post office in charge said they are appointed by their seniors in Central Government and that he has to follow the order. They are recruited after due exams of the Department. However, Ponda locals…

AERIAL VIEW A lot has been spoken about the morals and ethics of politicians who switch over. Can we, as the voters, say that we did not take money to vote for these leaders. If we have taken it, then there is no moral right to question these politics. The cash distribution was their investment, and by defecting to other parties, they are recovering the investment with interest. The politicians do not care for the voters’ sentiments since they have purchased the votes; they feel they are at liberty to decide whatever they want. They know for every festival and…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Margao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Ghanshyam Shirodkar today informed that the voting on the No Confidence Motion moved against him will be held on September 23 (Friday). “Voting on the No Confidence Motion moved against him will be held on September 23 at 11 am. I have officially received the notice from the Department of Municipal Administration (DMA),” said Shirodkar. BJP-backed Margao Municipal councillors had moved a No Confidence Motion against newly elected Chairperson Ghanshyam Shirodkar. They requested the DMA to hold a fresh election to elect the Chairperson and to restrain Ghanashayam from discharging his duties…

Geomkarponn desk PANAJI: Alleging mismanagement of Verna Industrial Estate by the Goa Industrial Development Corporation, the Constituents of Nuvem Constituency have demanded the Corporation to seriously inspect all plants under your jurisdiction for deficiencies in handling pollutants and following procedures. “The land on which VIE stands today has been acquired from the villages. The failure on the part of your Corporation to implement procedures as also monitor and enforce regulations has detrimentally impacted the lives and environment of the surrounding villagers, who are facing serious health and other problems created by the Adhoc functioning of the unregulated and disorderly VIE,”…