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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that Goa would pioneer the implementation of the New Education Policy. “Goa to pioneer implementation of the New Education Policy,” said CM at Media Manthan Conclave in Delhi. He further said that his government plans on making Goa a Tourism Capital, an environment-friendly mining state and an entirely Swayampurna. “We have focused on mining, tourism, health and infrastructure development as we entered this new phase of Governance,” he added. Sawant, further speaking on recently held elections, said that defeating TMC was easy as they were only present in advertisements. We kept doing…

Christanand Pednekar/ Goemkarponn SANGUEM: Goa’s historians erupted in joy as another site was listed in the UNESCO world heritage sites. However, illegal mining of laterite quarry is ongoing in full flow as close as 100 to 200 meters away from this site, at Colomba village of Sanguem area, proving to be a danger to the protected archaeological site consisting of ancient rock carving. Locals ask, “Who says there is a mining ban in Goa when openly illegal mining of the laterite quarry happens daily at a serene village of Colomba, Rivona in Sanguem taluka?” The biggest problem here is that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane today has moved a file to declare Vagheri as an eco-sensitive area. Rane this morning called a meeting with PCCF, CCF, Range forest officers, other Forest Department officials, and officials from the Town and Country Planning Department to discuss declaring Vagheri as an ecosensitive area. “I’d like to draw attention to how illegalities have occurred. Looking at the two images, we can see that the hill at Vagheri has been cleared from the top, but no report has been filed. This is done by a few landowners who have sold their property to…

AERIAL VIEW Surprisingly, in the current government, Vishwajit Rane, who missed out on the Chief Minister’s chair, was the biggest winner getting the biggest portfolios of TCP, Forest, Health, Urban Development and Women and Child. He has the highest number of Portfolios after Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. However, the TCP portfolio seems to be so lucrative that the entire attention of Mr Rane is on just one portfolio apart from Forest. The causality of this attitude has been the Health department. Health and Education departments are the two critical departments in any government. We had seen how the government’s…

Christanand Pednekar/Goemkarponn QUEPEM: Even as the State Health Minister boasts of State of the art infrastructure, the Avedem sub-health centre has gone to the dogs, and the dilapidated health centre structure is on the verge of collapse due to no maintenance from the government authorities. The health care facility is one of the most critical aspects of governance. It should be given the main priority after Education, but in Avedem village, the situation seems to be the opposite. Avedon sub-health centre from Quepem taluka, which was built in 1982, with good infrastructure at that time, is now crying for the…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who was facing critic over his decision to rebuild the temples destroyed by Portuguese, today said that the only idea behind the decision is to preserve culture. CM Sawant was addressing the gathering at Media Mahamanthan Conclave in New Delhi. “What is wrong in re-building the temples destroyed by various rulers in ancient time. The only idea behind the decision is to preserve culture,” said CM Sawant He further said that temples damaged by Portuguese should be reconstructed, budgetary allocation for the same has already been done. “Our places of worship are symbols…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHE) today declared that 92.66 % of the HSSC students passed in the results declared on Saturday evening, much lower than the 99.40 in the previous year. Out of the 18,112 students that were for the HSSC, 16,783 passed. As per information, 95.68 per cent cleared the Arts stream, 95.71 per cent passed the Commerce stream, 93.95 passed the Science stream while 79.04 passed the vocational stream. “The Final result is prepared which includes performance of First Term exam (50% portion), Second Term exam (50% portion) and performance of…