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SGPDA says it will come out with the solution & decide whether to allow retail fish selling at wholesale fish market or not Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: The Wholesale Fish Traders’ Association today said the SGPDA failed to maintain a clean fish market while stating that they would be filing an affidavit in the High Court of Bombay at Goa. The Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA) arrived quickly to assess the current filthy conditions at the wholesale fish market following a warning from the High Court over the matter, the authorities conducted a combined inspection of the fish market. “10%…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today laid the foundation stone for the construction of new Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) building. “I am very happy to lay foundation stone for this project. A new building was required for the CCP. The cost of the project is approximately Rs 75 crore,” said Sawant. He further said that the project will be completed very soon and will be inaugurated. CCP Mayor Rohit Monserrate said that CCP will now get a state-of-the-art four-storied building with a basement. “The proposed building for the CCP consists of the commercial enterprises and…

 Balram Residential High School (BRHS) (Amone) teacher assaults 6th STD student for not cooperating in Swatchta Drive held on Monday Canacona police registers FIR against the Teacher u/s 324(Assault) and Goa Children’s Act. Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: A 13-year old VIth Student of Shree Balram Residential High School, Amone (Poinguinim) is assaulted by the school Teacher for not cooperating/participating during the school organised Cleanliness Drive in the school vicinity on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Monday. United Nations celebrates 2nd October as International Day of Non-Violence, nationally and internationally adopted Mahatma Gandhi’s philosopy of Non-Violence. The teacher is learnt to…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: delegation of Opposition parties on Tuesday met Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai over the issue of communal tensions in the state and also demanded reservation for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the legislative assembly. Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao led the delegation which included representatives of the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Revolutionary Goans Party and Trinamool Congress. The Goa Forward Party was not a part of the delegation. The BJP government is fooling people over reservation for the STs in the assembly, Alemao later told reporters, demanding an immediate caste census in the coastal state, like…

Earlier in July, The Goa government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen MSMEs in the state. The MoUs signed with the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises for administering the Goa Credit Guarantee Scheme or Mukhyamantri Saral Udyog Sahayya Yojana in the state. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The central government plans to establish a training centre at the cost of Rs 200 crore to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Goa, Chief Minister of Goa, Dr Pramod Sawant told at an event of Niti Aayog in Panaji, according to a report by the Press…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Ahead of the country’s biggest endurance sport race, the IRONMAN 70.3 India, which is scheduled to be held in Goa on October 8, tourism and travel industry stakeholders in the state have backed the hosting of established adventure and endurance sports fixtures, because of the economic spillover they trigger benefitting tourism-related businesses across the board. According to the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), major events like the IRONMAN 70.3 India, ring the cash registers of a range of businesses, including airlines, hotels, restaurants, cafes and local transportation in Goa. “To begin with, the airline business…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: DGP Jaspal Singh IPS today urged citizens to keep the social media platforms civilized and not let it tear our social fabric apart. “Think before you act on Social media posts as it may be fake, diversionary or disinformation by anti- social elements. Verify, fact- check before you believe and forward. Keep the platform civilized, don’t let it tear our social fabric apart,” said Singh. “It has also been seen that these antisocial individuals recycle previous posts. Citizens are asked not to be swayed by such anti-social elements, even if criminal cases have been registered in this…