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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Congress leader from Dabolim Viriato Fernandes demanded Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant should submit all land dealings to SIT in which he was involved since he became MLA to get a clean chit from SIT. Fernandes pointed out that on social media, allegations on the AAP leader Amit Palekar alleging his involvement in the land dealing of a dead person who happens to be the relative of Goa’s First Arjuna awardee Otilia Mascarenhas is being surfaced. A new storm of land-grabbing scams seems to be brewing in Goa, and it is not too far to unleash its…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco Urban Health Centre officers say only two suspected Dengue cases in June were detected. Anti-larval measures and fogging are being carried out in vulnerable areas prone to mosquito breeding. It is good news for Vasco people that this year, only two Dengue cases have been detected in the Vasco area. In the last few years, Mormugao taluka has been in the news for the outbreak and rise in the number of Dengue cases. But this year, in June, only two suspected Dengue cases were identified by the Vasco Urban Health Centre. The Health officer of Vasco…

AERIAL VIEW Zuari Agro Chemicals, the agriculture vertical of the Adventz Group, has completed the sale of its Goa fertiliser plant to unlisted joint venture company Paradeep Phosphates for $280 million (about ₹2,135 crore). Zuari Agro said it will use the proceeds from the transaction will be used to “take care of the long-term liabilities”. But the issue here is the land where Zuari factory is situated in Samcoale belongs to Sancoale Commundade and was given on lease to the company. Now, activists and experts say Zuari has no right to sell the land. In fact an activist, Narayan Naik…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai today has said that yoga and the concept of Namaste is widely accepted and yoga is India’s gift to the world. The Governor further said, Namaste is the traditional Indian practice of respectful greeting or welcoming another person. It gives the practitioner an attitude of devotion and gratitude, the Governor added. He further said, the traditional Bharat concept is now accepted all over the world. The Governor said, yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice which brings about unison of the body and the consciousness with the surroundings and nature. oga…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Canacona BJP handed over the keys of a house built under the party’s ambitious ‘Shram -Seva Dham’ project to a family of Khotigao village. The keys were handed over to Kamlakar Gaonkar and his wife of Baddem-Khotigao , before the House inaugural ribbon was cut by Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar, Goa State BJP President Sadanand Tanawade, Ex-Dy CM and BJP Vice-president Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar in the presence of SC/ST Commissioner Deepak Karmalkar, CMC Chairperson Simon Rebello, BJP General Secretary Satish Dhond, Secretary Sarvanand Bhagat, South Goa Vice President Mahesh Naik, Canacona BJP Mandal President Vishal…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Statues of yesteryears great leaders and freedom fighters in Port town remain neglected for a long time. Statues from T.B Cunha circle, Bhausaheb Bandokar park continues to remain in the dark due to the neglect of the local authorities. We people, especially politicians take pride in talking, celebrating and at annual garlanding ceremonies to the statues of great leaders, freedom fighters on certain remarkable days. But after the ceremonial function, these statues and the surrounding area once again go into the darkness for a year’s time. Vasco city is no exception to this negligence. The present condition…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Investment Promotion Board meeting approved 5 out of 6 proposals (out of which 2 were expansion projects) with a total investment of INR 64.4 crore and projected employment of 311 with 52% proposed local employment. The 30th Board meeting of Goa Investment Promotion & Facilitation (GIPB) was chaired by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant at Paryatan Bhavan Panjim today. The projects are from manufacturing, agro-food processing, hospitality and construction sectors. The Board also deliberated on 5 projects which were previously approved for administrative issues. The  Board proposed to create a database of private land parcels that…