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Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: The power minister, Sudin Dhawlikar, today stated that underground cabling in Goa would take another five to ten years as the cost of it is very high. The minister spoke after interacting with the councilors and the panch members at Bicholim. “We know that underground cabling is the need of the hour, but the cost of it is very high,” Dhavlikar explained, adding, “for one kilometer, it costs about 50 lakh, and for trenchless technology, it costs even more.” He said that this year the department staff would get the monsoon kit well in advance. “Those who…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho today said that elections to 189 village panchayats would be delayed by a week. “Panchayat elections will be delayed by a week, as the process of notifying the reservation for Panchayat elections is underway,” said Godinho. He further said that the delimitation process for the Panchayat elections had been over, and now we will be going ahead with the reservation process. “These grassroots level elections should not be fought on party lines as we need the support of all people from the grassroots level,” said Godinho. Mauvin said that it’s ultimately to talk…

Goemkarponn desk SANVIRDEN: Clouds of suspicion loomed over Sanvordem village after an unidentified decomposed dead body of a woman in suspicious condition was found on Friday at Guddemol, Sanvordem. On Friday, after the woman’s dead body was discovered, the news went viral across and outside Village on Friday night. People, on the grounds of what they have learned, raise suspicion that this possibly could be a ‘murder’ as there was a head injury and the body is in a decomposed state. According to Curchorem police, they received a call on Friday evening stating that a decomposed body in a suspicious…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – The Annual Feast of Patron Saint of St. Anne Church, Agonda, is celebrated with great pomp and enthusiasm on Saturday. Seven Priests concelebrated the feast mass with Fr. Kenneth Telis, Priest of Sancoale Church as the main celebrant. Delivering his main homily celebrant of feast mass Fr Kenneth Telis (Parish Priest of Sancoale Church) called on the faithful to be the beacon of good deliverance for the families, neighborhood, and the world. ‘Let us live the life of brotherhood. Be concerned for the needs of others as much as you want others to show their…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Panaji Police have registered an FIR against three Income Tax Inspector working at IT Department in Patto for allegedly sexually assaulting and threatening a female staff. The accused have been identified as Manindar Attri from Delhi, Aditya Verma from Rajasthan, and Deepak Kumar from Bangaluru. Police said that the above three inspectors were allegedly sexually assaulting and threatening a junior female staff at the office. “The three are yet to be arrested; we are investigating the matter,” Police said All the three accused persons have been booked under sections 354 (A), 354 (D), 509, and 506 (II)…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: It’s the willpower that is needed to restart Mining in Goa, said GMPF leader Puti Gaonkar. He said that since 2018 after the SC order quashing aside the second renewal, GMPF has been demanding to restart Mining in Goa. He said that SC, in its order, had nowhere asked to stop Mining in Goa but had asked to take over leases in six months’ time. “But the Government neither had intentions nor willpower at that time to start mining in Goa,” he said. GMPF leader Puti Gaonkar questioned who stopped Government from restarting Mining for four years…

Dhiraj Harmalkar/ Goemkrponn desk VASCO: The wait is “over” at last; Zonal Agriculture Office in Mormugao will be opened in June 2022, informed the Director of Agriculture. Farmers and Agricultural enthusiasts from Mormugao taluka get full support and guidance from this office. Mormugao taluka, which houses most of the essential establishments and the commercial entities, will also have its own Zonal Agriculture Office, which will pull up the agricultural activities and the local farmers in Mormugao. When contacted the Director of Agriculture Nevil Alphonso, he said they were supposed to set up this ZAO in Mormugao in February but due…