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Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has assured 3 percent increment for Balrath Employees on a yearly basis. The assurance was given by CM Sawant on the floor of the house. “There will be salary hike for Balrath employees, every year 3% increment, salary for 12 months,” said Sawant The Opposition demanded Rs 20,000 salary for drivers and Rs14.5 k pay for drivers & attendants. State Education Dept had said that they have increased the salary of the drivers and the attendants by Rs 1,000. With the rise, salary of driver would be Rs 12,000 and that of…

Goemkarponn Desk VERNA: Verna police arrested a 31-year-old man from Margao in connection with a hit-and-run incident which claimed the life of a pedestrian by the side of Old Mardol road proceeding towards Verna Church. According to reports, a person had driven his vehicle in a rash in negligent manner and struck a pedestrian Pavan Kumar Singh (30), a native of Jharkhand but residing at Verna, on the night of July 15 and fled from the site without giving medical attention to the injured pedestrian and without informing the police. The pedestrian later succumbed to injuries and the body was…

*Goa CM urges youth to stay away from drugs Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: Drug Destruction Day was observed at Kundaim Biotic Waste treatment plant in presence of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant where in 25 Kg seized Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic worth Rs 1.10 crore was Incinerated and disposed off at Kundaim Biotic Waste treatment Plant. Substances were seized by Goa Police & Anti Narcotic Police Station. Chief Minister said there should be not drugs by youth. He said he specially attended the programme to create awareness on issue. The programme Undertaken by NDPS Drug Disposal Committee, GOA Under the leadership of…

   *Slav that collapsed part of an open air auditorium *Goa CM seeks report from PWD over the incident Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A huge portion of under renovation Kala Academy building collapsed in the intervening night of Sunday-Monday. The portion of open auditorium came down crashing with authorities yet to ascertain the cause for the same. The public works department (PWD), which is the nodal agency for undertaking Rs 56cr renovation of the premises, inspected the site. The Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has sought detail report from PWD and is also likely to order an inquiry. The opposition, who had…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: 56 Blood units were collected in the Blood Donation Camp held in Canacona on Saturday. Blood Donation Camp was organized by Sanghatit Canconkars in collaboration with Cankids India NGO and Goa Medical College & Hospital, Bambolim on Saturday at Disaster Management Shelter, Char-Rasta in Canacona. ’56 donors who came with smiles on their face returned with Smiles, after realizing their blood will help someone someday to save a life in danger. These 56 donors made this donation camp a memorable one’, stated Coordinator of Sanghatit Canconkars Amey Puranik. Earlier , the blood donation camp was inaugurated in…

*Requests to pass resolution i.e Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary as Tiger Reserve Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: In a ‘Save Tiger movement’ all the local bodies including the lone municipality in Canacona are urged to pass a resolution to declare Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary as Tiger Reserve. Infact, Rajan Ghate alongwith Janardhan Bhandari, Vikas Bhagat and several others as “Jagrut Canconkars” submitted memorandums to all Village Panchayats and Canacona Municipal Council in Canacona Taluka demanding their support to declare Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary as Tiger Reserve. The crusaders to protect and ‘Save-Tiger’, urged the respective local bodies to pass a resolution during the Gramshaba./Panchyat Meeting(Members…

Goemkarponn Deak CANACONA: Doubts were raised over the functioning and conducting of Tests on Fish consignments brought into Goa at Quality Council of India(QCI) unit functioning at Polem Checkpost at the border with Karnataka in Canacona. The transporting assistant/driver is asked to himself pick-up a sample or small quantity of fish from the fish-lot being transported and hand it over to a person, who comes out of the QCI Laboratory functioning at Polem set-up for conducting Quality Tests. Neither, the transporter or his assistant is allowed to enter the room/Laboratory of QCI, but the lab-assistant in a matter of 15-20…