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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – A sudden spurt of Cloudburst has destroyed paddy fields in Khotigao in Canacona. According to sources, very heavy rains pounded the Nadkem area between 2 pm to 5 pm, creating a flood-like situation and destroying the paddy fields of at least six farmers in the locality. As the heavy gush of rainwater entered the already choked river where earlier demands for desilting were partially carried, and instead, bypassing the river, the floods tore through the paddy fields, destroying the same and almost creating a new rivulet in the area. Locals informed large tracts of paddy fields…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that his department would look into the matter of the Silly Souls Bar and Restaurant issue. “Just because someone says it is controversial and someone goes to court in the matter does not make it controversial for me,” said Rane. He further said that his department would look into the matter and then brief the media on the issue. The restaurant is already facing accusations of running the bar on a forged liquor license. Adv Aires Rodrigues last week met Chief Town Planner Rajesh Naik and submitted a complaint seeking his…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Former Sancoale Sarpanch Ramakant Borker on Monday demanded that the state election commission immediately withdraw the Ball Symbol for the Panchayat elections and allot new symbols for candidates, even if it means delaying of Panchayat elections by a few days Borkar speaking to reporters, questioned why the Ball Symbol, which is the symbol of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP), was included in the list of symbols for candidates if the Panchayat elections were not held on party lines. “I have got a symbol of Ball, and many Candidates across Goa may have also got this symbol, and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Close to 1500 applications, which were either granted provisional approvals or final approvals, will be kept untouched pending matter in the high court, said TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane. “Out of the 6000 applications of 1B, 1222 are provisional approvals, and 253 are final approvals. This matter is subjudice,” said Rane. He further said that the rest application pertaining to 16B will be withdrawn. Rane also informed the House that the TCP department is reviewing all in-principle approvals granted under Section 16B of the TCP Act. In November 2019, the state government had assured the high court of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has urged Goans to keep the Indian Flag as their display picture on social media platforms from August 2 as a part of the Har Ghat Tiranga initiative. “I urge Goans to keep the Indian Flag as their display picture on social media from August 2 onwards. I also appeal to people to participate in the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign and hoist the National Flag on their houses from August 13 till August 16,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav will be celebrated in a big way…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: On the first day of resumption of fishing after a 60-day ban period, the All Goa Fishing boat owners association (AGFBOA) said that the fishing season ahead does not look promising. Addressing media, AGFBOA president Jose Philip D’Souza on Monday said that several small boats reported not even a single kilo of prawns were available in the sea. At Kharewado jetty, the former fisheries minister stated that the fisheries department should change the fishing ban period and alter it to accommodate and adjust the fishing of solar prawns for small boat owners and traditional canoe owners so…

Goemkarponn desk BAMBOLIM: The Rotary Club of Porvorim on Sunday organised the 8th edition of the Rotary Rain Run (RRR), at the Sports Authority of Goa’s (SAG) athletic stadium in Goa’s Bambolim on Sunday. For the rain marathon, the two Signal Training Centres (STC) of the Indian Army and the Goa Naval Area of the Indian Navy joined hands with the Rotary Club of Porvorim in organising the 8th Goa Tourism-BNI Rotary Rain Run 2022. Avinash Parmar, the chairman, of Rotary Rain Run, said at the closing ceremony that the event received a very good response from Goans and other…