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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Konkan Fruit Fest at the Mandovi riverside promenade along Dayanand Bandodkar Marg opposite ESG/INOX till Lighthouse on 13′, 14′ and 15 May 2022 from 10:00 a.m. till 8:00 p.m. is facilitated by the Botanical Society of Goa and Corporation of the City of Panaji as a festival partner. Directorate of Agriculture, Agricultural Universities, NGOs and many other government agencies will be collaborators for the event. Konkan Fruit Fest is organised with a motive to celebrate and promote the local fruits of Goa and Konkan region. Fresh fruits and potted fruit plants will be kept for display.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Directorate of Art and Culture will hold a “Summer Festival” for the children of the State. It will be organized at Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji, from May 16 to 20, 2022, from 10.00 am to 01.00 pm. In this camp, the experts will impart training to the children/students in different art forms, i.e. Rangoli, Sea Shell Craft, Jute Craft, Terracotta Jewellery & Creative Paper Stationery. Only 50 students/children will be given participation in each festival on a first-come, first-serve basis. Refreshments will be provided to the participants during the festival. Interested candidates will have to fill…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) deviated from established rules and procedures to favour Nooruddin Hamirani, a close relative of Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik. This has come to light from the documents obtained by Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information Act from KTC. Nooruddin Hamirani is reportedly the father-in-law of Ravi Naik’s younger son Roy. As per the documents, Nooruddin Hamirani, licensee of Shop No 32 at the KTC Bus Terminus in Panaji, sent a letter on 10th June last year informing KTC that he was surrendering the Shop as he was unable to pay the…

* While one worker drowned, another was rescued. * Kavlem- Ponda Locals demand a thorough inquiry into the matter Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In a tragic incident, the work on long pending Ponda 15 MLD Sewerage Treatment Plant work claimed one innocent life while cleaning a sewerage tank, and another worker was rescued. According to Ponda Police, two workers were cleaning a 6-meter deep sewerage chamber located near Kapileshwarim–Kavlem underpass at around 6 pm when suddenly one worker Shubham Gopde (21), a resident of Maharashtra was, drowned in the chamber. In contrast, another worker Shabuddin (22) from Kolkata, was rescued and…

AERIAL VIEW There are two issues with this; one, Vishwajit trying to nail Lobo, has inadvertently hit out at his own government since 2012. He has admitted corruption in the BJP government since 2012 as the ODPs of Calangute-Candolim-Sinquerim and Arpora-Nagoa-Parra were opened and approved in the last two terms of the BJP. While Michael Lobo was the chairman of North Goa Planning and Development Authority from 2012 to 2019, former St Andre MLA Francis Silveira was the chairman from 2019 to 2022. Late Francis D’Souza was the TCP minister when the Calangute-Candolim-Sinquerim ODP was approved, and after that, former…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Leader of the Opposition Michael Lobo today said that Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vishwajit Rane is targeting him personally, which is not right in politics. Lobo reacted to the FIR filed against him in the alleged Parra illegal landfilling case. “TCP minister Vishwjait Rane is personally targetting me, which is not right in politics; I am a businessman before I could become the MLA; He has already filed a case wherein I have shown that land is used for farm purposes,’ said Lobo. He further said that this is vindictive politics and that he had…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – The Unseasonal rains once again lashed Canacona early Thursday morning, bringing the soaring mercury down to bring great relief to the residents. Incidentally, the soaring temperature accompanied by the damp squib in the atmosphere throughout the Wednesday brought down a sprinkle of showers through the night, which at times brought heavy pour past midnight. Due to light drizzle, incidents of two-wheelers skidding on the road were reported, while at least two accidents involving 4-wheelers were reported elsewhere in the taluka. By wee hours and early morning, heavy rains again lashed several parts of Canacona taluka. Some…