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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) is likely to announce the Class X results this week. GBSHSE Chairman Bhagirath Shetye said the result would be a consolidated one, adding the first and second term performance. A total of 20,594 students, that is, 10,539 boys and 10,055 girls from across secondary schools had registered for the exam. Goa Board introduced a unique scheme for Class X and XII in 2021-22, dividing the academic year into two terms – the first ending in November-December and the second in April-May The first terminal examination was held…

Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: One of the Historic submerged Someshwar Temple of Lord Shiva at Cardi Vaddem will be rebuilt again, assured Sanguem Constituency MLA and Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phaldesai. Speaking to the reporters during the religious program of Shri Mahalakshmi Mandir Temple in Curdi Vaddem, he said, “We are once again trying to build a Someshwar temple at Cardi Vaddem, and I am seeking the help of the government to restore the Someshwar temple,” said Phaldesai. He said that after the submerging of Curdi village there needs to be the rehabilitation of the people of this village in Vaddem…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that his government is working overtime to promote cultural tourism in Goa. “Government is working overtime to promote cultural tourism in Goa, which is one of the most sought-after destinations for tourists,” said CM Sawant. He further said that in every village, there are a couple of temples and that we have to take people from the beach to the temple,” Sawant said, adding his government is pushing for “cultural tourism”. As many BJP-ruled states are inclining towards a uniform civil code (UCC), Sawant said Goa already has this code in place,…

Goemkarponn desk COLLEM: Five coal-laden train wagons derailed on Sunday evening at the Collem route were re-railed after speedy work and effects put on by the SWR staff with the help of a special crane and mechanised machinery at 10.15 pm on Sunday. Many regular travellers of the Collem-Vasco route panicked after the news of railway wagons derailing surfaced in most mainstream media. Many passengers were worried about regard to the functioning of other passengers and interstate trains. But fortunately, the South Western Railway staff were quick enough to sort out the issue within a few hours. When contacted, Anish…

Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: Mother-daughter duo cultivators from Dando-Sanguem cry foul over non-payment from Horticulture farming. Tina Naik and her mother started their horticulture plantation around two years back, considering that it would help our family to do independent business without depending on others. After losing her father, Tina and her mother are totally dependent on the horticulture business, but she said she has been running the family business for the last two years; the major problem they are facing from Goa State Horticulture Corporation is that they are not paying our bills on time. “They are taking 2 or 3…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – It’s the 13th. You heard it right. The 13th accident at Kolsar -Galgibaga has been recorded at a well-known accident-prone Crossing on the Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR) NH-66 in Canacona on Saturday. According to police sources, a Tourist taxi from Karnataka bearing registration no. KA30 A-2998 headed towards Margao got hit by a Maruti -Van bearing registration no. GA-08 R-1857, which came on the MPCBR road at a crossing in Kolsar -Galgibaga. The car (which had its airbags blown off due to the hit-impact) reportedly suffered injuries and was shifted to Canacona community health…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Poinguinim, the cultural centre of Canacona, kept its date with the Triennial festival of ‘Gadyaanchi Jatra’, celebrating it with great devotion and spirituality on Saturday evening at Welwada, a small hamlet of Poinguinim village located in Canacona. Considered to be an important festival to the habitants of three villages of Poinguinim, Loliem and Kharegal, the Gade (4 men dressed in a turban and white dhoti, holding a sword and cloth piece in each hand) came from 10-12 km distances to the Shri Betal Temple at Welwada-Poinguinim, where the celebration took place in the name of Betal…