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Goemkarponn desk Panaji : Congress Party today called on the Governor of Goa Shri. P.S. Sreedharan Pillai and submitted a memorandum on issues of utmost importance ignored & sidelined by the BJP Government. Congress Party has demanded visit of the Governor to inspect Illegal Bandhara Construction Sites on River Mhadei, Dismissal of Ex-Civil Supplies Minister for Toor Dal Wastage and White Paper on Employment Scenario in Goa. A delegation led by Congress President Amit Patkar met the Governor at Raj Bhavan. Congress Working President Yuri Alemao, Senior Vice President M.K. Shaikh, Deputy CLP Leader Sankalp Amonkar, Chief Whip Adv. Carlos…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Stage is set for three-tier panchayat elections to be held on Wednesday as the poll-bound districts dispatched teams to booths with polling materials amid tight security. With the campaign process ending, Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in North and South Goa, wherein the assembly of five or more persons will be deemed unlawful. The Section will remain in force till the polling process ends. As per the State Election Commission, the polling will be held across 1,464 wards, wherein 5,038 candidates will battle it out. A total of 64 candidates have already been declared elected…

AERIAL VIEW Though there is not much significance to Panchayat Raj in a small state like Goa, yet it is a very important institution. We may say why do we need panchas when every voter knows the Ministers and MLAs personally? Also most of development works are being carried out by MLAs? The answer is even if we know MLAs, they will not visit every ward to do your work of overflowing gutters, tree cutting, road widening, supporting people in getting panchayat related documents, garbage management, helping people getting schemes like Swayampurna Goa, Sarkar Tumchya Dari, Ladli Laxmi etc. No…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Waste Management Minister Babush Monserrate today informed that the tender for the Solid Waste Management Plant at Baiguinum would come out in the next two months. “This plant is the need of the hour, and work is going on in that direction; tender for the waste management plant will be out in the coming two months,” said Monserrate. He further said that they have the necessary permissions pertaining to the plant, and there is no question of the local MLA’s opposition. “We have all the clearances from the Court; we will go ahead with the plant,” he…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A delegation of AAP leaders led by AAP Goa unit President Adv Amit Palekar on Tuesday handed over a memorandum to the Director of DOE, Shailesh Zingade, requesting him to take back the decision of merging the Government Primary Schools in the interest of public and students. Expressing concern over the government’s decision of merging the Government Primary Schools, AAP made the offer to adopt the Government Primary Schools which are to be merged. “AAP is willing to take over these schools if the government acknowledges that it has failed to provide Goan children with educational facilities…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ponda Police arrested former Dharbandora ZP Govind Kushta Gaonkar (49 in connection with illegal laterite stone extraction at Borkotem, Mollem, after Court rejected his anticipatory bail application. The accused, apprehended by Police, had filed an anticipatory bail in the Court of Session Judge, South Goa Margao, following a crime registered against him by police. The Mines Department alleged that accused had conducted theft of laterite stone amounting to Rs 1.39 Crore. According to Ponda Police, on 25 July, Collem Police registered an offence against Govind Gaonkar based upon the complaint of Jeetendra Veluskar, Assistant Geologist Department of…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – A mega celebration of Tiranga Mahotsav as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on the completion of 75 years of Independence of the Nation is scheduled for celebration on Saturday (13th Aug) in Canacona. GLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar informed significant celebrations are planned at the three main state borders at Patradevi, Castlerock and Polem. ‘The responsibility of Polem is with Canconcars ‘, Tawadkar said. The Tiranga Mahotsav is jointly celebrated by the Directorate of Higher Education in association with Shree Mallikarjun and Chetan Manju Desai College and Dy. Collector (Canacona), supported by the Directorate of Education…