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Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho today said that the state government has sent the file about conducting elections to the Advocate General (AG) for his opinion. “The state government has sent the file pertaining to conducting elections to the Advocate General (AG) for his opinion. The State Election Commission (SEC) had recommended to the government that elections must be held,” said Godinho. He further said that the state government thinks elections must be held after the monsoon season. Godinho said that both – the government and State Election Commission (SEC) – are facing a situation wherein a Supreme…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Paradeep Phosphates Limited has announced that the acquisition of Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited’s fertiliser plant at Goa and associated businesses of ZACL by the Company on a slump sale basis under the Business Transfer Agreement(BTA) executed by the Company with ZACL on 1st March 2021 has been consummated with effect from 06:00 hours on June 01, 2022. Shares of Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited were the last trading in BSE at Rs. 138.50 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 146.90. The total number of shares traded during the day was 153209 in over 3190 trades. The…

* Three arrested in gun shootout case at Mapusa * No casualties have been reported in the incident Goemkarponn Desk Mapusa Police have booked three persons in connection with the open firing that took place in Mapusa this early morning. The open firing took place at two locations that is near Alankar cinema and Syndicate bank in Mapusa. A complaint was received from one Naved Shaikh R/o Bicholim informing that while he was coming back from work today morning, he was retrained by a car with 03 occupants who then got down and identified as Narcotics officers and assaulted him…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Nimrit Kaur Pasricha from Goa has emerged as the winner at Telengana Squash Open Championship in the Girls under-13 category. Telangana Open, a 3-star rated Squash Racket Federation of India (SRFI) National Circuit event, was held at Secunderabad from 27 May to 1 June 2022. A Class 8 student at Navy Children School (Goa), Nimrit is presently ranked 6th in Asian Junior Girls rankings and has already qualified for Asian Junior Squash Championship to be held in Pattaya, Thailand, from 15 to 19 June 2022.

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The Ministry of Railways has issued a revised COVID Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for the movement of passengers by trains. As per the information given by Aneesh Hegde, Chief Information Officer of South Western Railway, all rail passengers are advised to wear face covers/masks at the time of entry/exit and also during the entire journey. On arrival at their destination, all travelling passengers are advised that they should follow the Covid protocol/guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, and concerned State/Union Territory on the subject from time to time.

Says looking to strengthen Dept of Emergency Medicine at GMC Additional posts will be created for the department says Rane Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today his department will further strengthen the Department of Emergency Medicine at Goa Medical College by creating additional posts. Rane today chaired a meeting with the Goa Medical College (GMC) Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar and Secretary Health. “Had a detailed meeting with the Dean of GMC & Secretary Health, we discussed further strengthening of Department of Emergency Medicine at GMC; We shall be creating additional posts for the department,” said Rane. He further…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Swarali Chaudhari, a class 10 student of Navy Children School (Goa), has secured the second position in the prestigious National level Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) organised by NCERT in association with Vijnana Bharati and Vigyan Prasar. The objective of VVM is to create interest in pure science among school children and educate them about India’s contributions to the world of science and technology. Participants were evaluated vis-á-vis class peers at various stages, i.e. school, state and national levels, going through multi-level testing procedures. 60 students from all over India have participated in the National Camp held at…