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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Kundaim Villagers cleared road blockades at Manaswada and opened the road for traffic after Authorities assured to widen the Kundaim bypass road. The locals want Manaswada Road as a service road for their safety. The NH officials urged locals to give some time to widen the narrow bypass, and thereafter the bypass would be two-way. It may be recalled that last Sunday, the locals had blocked the NH traffic passing one way from Manaswada Kundaim and diverted through Kundaim bypass from May 1 next day following a Horrific accident reported at Manaswada Kundaim junction where a container…

Goemkarponn desk DUBAI: The Department of Tourism, Government of Goa successfully concluded the first day at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Dubai. The delegation, led by Rohan Khaunte, Minister for Tourism, Government of Goa, included Shawn Mendes, OSD to the Minister of Tourism; Suneel Anchipaka, IAS, Director of Tourism, and Pradeep Binnar, Asst. Director of Tourism. The Goa pavilion showcasing the unique attractions of Goa was inaugurated by H.E. Sunjay Sudhir, Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. On the first day, the delegation engaged in a series of productive B2B meetings with various dignitaries, partners and potential partners to discuss…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: It is shocking that the Transport Department is not getting any revenue from the Tankers operating in Goa. Documents reveal that Transport Department has no data on Vehicles used for Commercial purposes in Goa. This proves that BJP Government is promoting Tanker and Commercial Vehicle Mafia in Goa with zero revenue to State, charged Congress President Amit Patkar. Congress Party today barged into the Department of Transport and grilled the Director Rajan Satardekar over his complete failure to act against the Water Tanker transporting Sewage. They also quizzed him over rising Fatal Accidents in the State. Two…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: 56 Liquor outlets in Canacona within 5-Kms along Goa’s southernmost border with Karnataka State, are coming within the purview of the Election Commission order on Assembly Elections of Karnataka State. Of the 56 Liquor Outlets, there are 39 Bars/ Taverns/ Consumption outlets, Retail sale of packed bottle licensees (Wine Shops)- 12 Wholesale of liquor Licencees -03, Duty-Paid Warehouse Licencee -01 and Country Liquor Bottling Unit-01 are within the 5-Kms range of Karnataka border (Majali-Karwar), informed Canacona Excise Supdt Chandrashekar Dessai. All these liquor outlets, be it consumer points or wholesalers, warehouses or bottling units, will have to…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Agonda Sarpanch, Fatima Rodrigues, resigns after remaining on the hot seat for just over 9-months. According to sources, Rodrigues, who was elected unopposed and had a smooth run so far, being in the good books of Canacona MLA/Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar, submitted her resignation papers at the end of last week and reportedly gave personnel as a reason for her step to submit the resignation for the post. Her resignation has, however, surprised the villagers; however, when contacted, Rodrigues informed, ‘There is nothing unusual about my resignation. “My resignation is as per our ruling group decision to amicably…

Goemkarponn desk MORMUGAO: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) today has issued a public notice asking residents of the areas prone to natural calamities within its jurisdiction to immediately vacate houses or premises in such areas. MMC said that landslides and water logging has been observed in areas such as behind MPT Quarters-Bogda, behind Bogdeshwar Temple- Bogda, behind El-Monte Theatre-Desterro, Upper Jetty-Mormugao, Islampur-Baina, Near Holy Cross-Sasmolem, Candelaria Church. Also, New Vaddem-Vasco, Driver Hill, Khariwada, Sada, Bogda, Desterro, Baina, Harbour Jetty, Mangor Hill, Vaddem, New Vaddem within Jurisdiction of Mormugao Municipal Council, Vasco-da- Gama for past many years the Municipality has warned that…

Goemkarponn desk VERNA: In a shocking incident, a person has been duped to the tune of Rs 2.30 lakh by unidentified cyber criminals on the pretext of linking a PAN card to an Aadhar card. A complaint to this effect has been filed at Verna police station. The fraudsters siphoned Rs 2.30 lakh from the ICICI bank account of the victim. “A person duped to the tune of Rs 2.30 lakh by unidentified cyber criminals on the pretext of linking PAN card to Aadhar card. We are looking into the complaint,” said police sources Cyber Crime police have registered 49…