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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The protest against the construction of an allegedly illegal bungalow in Old Goa’s heritage precinct completed 200 days on Sunday and protestors, including citizens from all over Goa, demanded that the structure be demolished. The village panchayat of Se Old Goa had, in January, issued a showcause notice to the owner of the bungalow in Ella village, which has been at the centre of a citizen-led protest that gathered momentum in November 2021. In the showcause notice, Sumerlal Jain of Corus Urban Infrastructure Limited, a Mumbai-based construction firm, had been asked to cite reasons for why the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that strict action would be taken in the matter of hill cutting in the Cuncolim constituency. “Action will be taken in the matter of hill cutting in Cuncolim Constituency given by Congress MLA Yuri Alemao; I am here to work and to save Goa and its Cultural Heritage from Posterity,” said Rane. He further said that there is no time for comments, and it is time for action, and action will be taken on all complaints, be it MLA from the government or the opposition. Rane warned that he would not…

Dhiraj Harmalkar/ Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Dabolim International Airport Director feels that considering the need and the footfall of the tourists, there won’t be any impact of the new Mopa airport on Dabolim. “The airports are built. I don’t think there will be any effect on the Dabolim airport if the Mopa airport comes up in the North,” said S.V.T.Dhananjay Rao, new Director of International Airport Dabolim. He added, “in my opinion, there won’t be any effect on the Dabolim International Airport if the Mopa airport becomes operational in the North”. When questioned about the people’s doubts about both airports operating…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant informed us that National Education Policy (NEP) would be implemented for higher education for the next academic year. CM Sawant this afternoon chaired a meeting with the Directorate of Education officials to discuss the implementation of NEP. “National Education Policy (NEP) will be implemented for higher education for next academic year,” said CM Sawant. The new education policy proposes a new curricular and pedagogical structure, with a 5+3+3+4 design covering the children in the age group 3 to 18 years. Under this, there are five years of the Foundational Stage: 3 years of…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco women fish vendors are now complaining about no water supply to toilets, water logging and dangerous overgrown tree branches at new market sheds. The Fish vendors demanded that MMC act swiftly and provide proper facilities at the new market shed. It is true and a milestone moment in the political career of Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar, who has succeeded in shifting the Vasco fish vendors into the temporary shed and taking up the new fish market complex project in Vasco town. The fish market project and the shifting of fish vendors was a very tedious task…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists celebrate Shivrajyabhishek Din at Curchorem. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj successfully used the techniques of guerrilla warfare, which used surprisingly fast movements and precise attacks to demoralise powerful enemies and established the Maratha Swarajya by waging a historic struggle against the Mughal Empire. Today’s youth should follow the example of Shivaji Maharaj, said Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Goa state functionary Mohan Amshekar at the Shiv Rajyabhishek program organised at Curchorem. Amshekar further said that the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is also called Shivkal. In Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s Hindhavi kingdom, he did not…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The teaching and non-teaching staff of St. Joseph Vaz College, Cortalim, undertook a pre-monsoon garbage clean-up drive from Sancoale Health centre to Sancoale lake as a part of community service. In a press note issued by Fr. Bolmax Pereira, parish priest of Chicalim, ” It is ridiculous that the roadside area just opposite the health centre has been turned into a garbage dumping site by irresponsible and insensitive citizens, and the panchayat body is turning a blind eye to the health hazards of it” said Fr. Bolmax Pereira, dept. of Botany. “If the dumped garbage is left…