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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Margao Municipality Chief Officer Gaurish Sankhwalkar has issued a notice to withdraw the recruitment process of the municipality on Wednesday. It was decided to conduct this recruitment process on August 10. The recruitment was for 43 posts including 8 LDCs, 1 mason and 34 labourers. “Recruitment advertisement published in local dailies on August 11 has been withdrawn and cancelled,” the notice states. These developments will have a direct impact on politics in Margao where the BJP has been in power in the municipality for 11 months. It is understood that the brothers of two ruling councillors were…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Indian Super League (ISL) outfit FC Goa have acquired the services of defender Narayan Das, the club announced on Wednesday. The left-back has signed a one-year deal with the club, marking his third stint with the Gaurs. The West Bengal-born footballer was previously a part of FC Goa’s squad in the inaugural season of the league in 2014, before returning for a second stint in the 2017-18 season. “It feels great to be back. I played a lot of my football in Goa and this is my second home, my home away from home. Now that I’m…

Goemkarponn desk CUNCOLIM: Cuncolim police have registered a case against miscreants for manghandling a villager and vandalising Janmashtami posters at Rangalim, Velim. One Pramod Zuvekar, president of Nav Yuvak Sang Trust, Rangalim- Velim had filed a complain that Congress supporters manhandled committee member. “The committee members were putting the banner on the arc one Lavu Kerkar alongwith two of his other brothers Ankush kerkar and Vasudev Kerkar appeared at the spot and pushed away the ladder and further started arguing with us over the installation of the banner,” the complainant said. He further said since he was the president he…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Keep the guard intact against the dreaded and widely threatening vector borne diseases in Canacona, taluka health authorities have so far encountered just 5 confirmed cases of Dengue, during the June-August months even as monsoon is on the verge of its end soon. All the five (5) confirmed dengue cases affecting patients between the months of June (1case), July (3) and August (1) months, have been fully cured and patients have fully recovered, according to Canacona Health Officer Dr. Jose Tavares. Dr Tavares further informed that while the fogging and keeping the surroundings clean and tidy also…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Police has ordered a preliminary inquiry against police inspector Mohan Gaude, who oversees the Mardol police station, for failing to detain the “co-accused” in the case, in order to gain more insight into the alleged police failings following the terrible traffic accident in Banastarim that claimed the lives of three people. Director General of Police Jaspal Singh gave the directive in this case on Wednesday. Nelson Albuquerque, superintendent of police at headquarters, will handle the initial investigation. According to sources, an investigation has been ordered to determine the details and reasons why the ‘co-accused’ in…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Irked at the frequent and erratic power failures, residents complains to the Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker of the pathetic condition of Power supply in Canacona taluka. “Without any ‘let-up’ to the unfathomable power fiasco, the entire Canacona taluka is plummeting into darkness more frequently and more erratically during the entire monsoon months and continues till now. Sometimes, the frequency is such that on an average more than 5 times a day, blackouts are happening on any single day”, states a resident Kisan Dessai. “This affects the entire electrical equipment’s in the household at one point and disturbs…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 6) stayed the disqualification of two elected members (Sarpanch and Ward member) of the Anjuna Panchayat, GoGoa. The Court, while issuing notice to the State Government of Goa, also restored the position of the sitting Sarpanch and Ward Member. The proceedings before BDO(Block Development Officer) who was given 15 days to decide as regards disqualification proceedings were also stayed. The bench comprising Justices Surya kant and Justice Dipankar Datta was hearing an SLP against a Bombay HC judgment which had directed that the two panchayat members would stand deemed to be…