AERIAL VIEW In fact, the major must go to Sanjeet Hegde Desai, who is working at Google, as Senior Manager of Business Systems and also Chetan Acharya, then president of the Konkani Bhasha Mandal and a Konkani activist, supported Desai to push the project forward. It is no small job, and credit has to be given to Desai and Acharya, who made it possible to provide Konkani with international recognition. Moreover, the Goa government and the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, who has hailed the development and celebrated it on social media, need to publicly felicitate the two Goans -…
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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that Konkani is the official language of Goa, and it does not need anyone’s certificate. Sawant was speaking at the All India Konkani Conference in the capital. “Konkani is the official language of Goa. It is a separate language. Konkani does not need anyone’s certificate,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Konkani is not a dialect of Marathi in Goa, Karnataka or Kerala. Speaking further, Sawant also welcomed the inclusion of the Konkani language in the Google Translate service. The Chief Minister also said that the state government will make…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Activists and people feel that police patrolling needs to intensify in the Sada, Vasco area as antisocial activities are taking place in secluded places. Vasco and Sada area has been in the news most of the time for wrong things, be it scandals, fights, rapes, Law and Order situations and whatnot. The main reason behind such incidences happening rapidly is the unsettling, undisciplined surroundings, which boosts such antisocial elements and activities. It is being found that a few months ago, youths from Sada, Vasco and other parts of Mormugao taluka were coming to the Mormugao Fort and…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Huge open pits dug by farmers in fallow fields located near Shantadurga Temple Kavlem pose a risk to lives. Today locals rescued 8 of the cattle fallen in the open pit filled with water. Animal Rescue Squad Member Sanket Narvekar said around three to four open pits were dug by farmers five to six months ago mainly to cultivate vegetables in agricultural land at Kavlem. However, farmers did not cultivate any vegetable or paddy crops, but the open pits dug by them for irrigation purposes were filled up with water, and in the past four months, locals…
Goemkarponn desk NEW DELHI: The ED has seized Rs 88.30 lakh in cash after it raided the premises of a man whose name was figured in the Panama Paper leaks in Madhya Pradesh and Goa as part of money laundering investigation against him. The searches were conducted against Sanjay Vijay Shinde, who “had beneficial interests in the British Virgin Islands & based offshore entity and in whose Singapore bank account more than Rs 31 crore was deposited by various offshore entities,” the agency said. A total of four premises in Bhopal and Goa of Shinde, including that of his former…
Goemkarponn desk “Government officials are public servants and should work for the betterment of the public,” he added. Dr. Sawant was speaking after inaugurating the Training workshop at Sankhali on District Mineral Foundation, North Goa, facilitated by Mineral Foundation of Goa in association with the Directorate of Mines and Geology at Sankalim today. The workshop is specially held to sensitised Block Development Officers and V.P. Secretaries. Addressing the BDOs and Panchayat Secretaries Chief Minister said, these officials have to take government initiatives to the people’s doorstep. “Government initiates various schemes that have to reach all sections of people. Underlining…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Ponda Police registered an offence against five officials, including SIDCGL, in connection with the drowning deaths of Sewerage worker Shubam Bhople (21) from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, in the sewerage chamber at Kapileshwarim. The five accused are, namely 1. Mr. Sujit Chaudhary (Supervisor of RDP Company), 2. Board of Members of RDP Company 3. Vijay Nayak , Project Management Consultant officials of (Sewerage and Infrastructure Development Corporation of Goa Ltd.), 4.Pranav Biche, Junior Engineer(SIDCGL) and 5. Sagar Naik (Supervisor) (SIDCGL). Rashmi Bhaidkar, LPSI Ponda Police Station, registered the offence. On the date of the crime time, the above…