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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: A black smoke coming from a parked railway wagon at the Railway yard grabs the people’s attention. The fire station officer sprinkles water on the coal. On Thursday morning at around 10.45 am, Vasco Fire station received a call citing that black smoke was coming from the railway wagon parked at the Railway yard in Vasco. After receiving the Distress call, Firefighters with their fire tender rushed to the site and noticed that dark smoke was coming from the wagon. When contacted by Vasco Railway station master Ramdas Guddemani, he said that he got information stating that…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Commuters traveling on Ponda- Margao highway demand safety railings at the accident-prone Bythokhol- Borim sharp turn, located on a steep slope, to prevent fatal accidents. Over the past two decades, Bythokhol-Borim sharp turned on a slope in the news and had earned a bad name due to several accidents, including fatal accidents. There are incidents of many types of vehicles, after losing control, fell into a roadside ravine or deep valley at Bythokhol-Borim as there are no safety railings nor road is straightened. It may be recalled that on Tuesday, 10 May, Vinayak Chari (44)…

Goemkrponn desk CANACONA – Alert residents foils bid by a road contractor to blacktop a delipidated road at Ghanebhag (Galgibaga) with the sub-standard procedure. According to sources, after frequent complaints from the people of Ghanebhag, PWD has approved to repair of a hundred metres of badly damaged road to Metriwada. A contractor is accordingly allotted the works. However, to the chagrin of the locals, the contractor, without even repairing the damaged road by use of suitable rouble and or black metal as other deemed materials, had instead of using a JCB had, leveled the road only with a mixture of…

Goemakrponn desk PONDA: The Griha Aadhar beneficiary needy women in Ponda Taluka requested the government to clear their monthly Griha Aadhar scheme money. While Some women have received money, Many women in Ponda Taluka who are beneficiaries of the monthly Rs 1500 Scheme said that it’s four to five months they are waiting for government to deposit their monthly Griha Aadhar scheme money into their Bank Accounts. Similarly, senior citizens complain that they did not get their three-month DSSY money. Women complained that despite waiting for four to five months government had not cleared their money and that they are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Google has added eight Indian languages, including Konkani, to Google Translate as the internet firm continues to increase the number of regional languages supported by its online multilingual translation service. The new Indian languages introduced include Assamese, Bhojpuri, Sanskrit, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Meiteilon (Manipuri), and Mizo. The announcement was made at the annual Google conference I/O that began late on Wednesday night. The addition of the eight Indian languages is part of a more significant update wherein 24 languages have been added to Google Translate, which now supports a total of 133 languages used around the globe.…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Three, including one lady passenger, driver, and cleaner, have been injured in Volvo and passenger bus accident at GVM circle today morning at around 11 am. According to Ponda Police, the Volvo bus was traveling from Pune towards Margao while the local passenger bus was moving from Ponda towards Farmagudi and when it reached GVM circle both buses dashed each other. The injured driver of the local passenger bus from Velguem Bicholim was shifted to GMC while the lady passenger and cleaner were admitted to Ponda Sub District Hospital. It may be recalled that for past many…

GOEMKARPONN IMPACT: Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and Art and Culture minister Govind Gaude have taken cognisance of the non-functioning of air-conditioning plant at Ravindra Bhavan Baina (RBB). RBB chairman says soon the issue will be sorted out. Reacting to the news reports which appeared in Goemkarponn, Jayant Jadhav, chairman of Ravindra Bhavan Baina has stated that the file related to the Ravindra Bhavan Baina Air conditioning plant has been put up with the executive engineer PWD (Margao) for consideration. The same issue has been brought to the notice of Art and Culture minister Govind Gaude and…