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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Farmers from the Mestawado-Maimollem area see the “ray of hope” in Vasco MLA Daji Salkar that he will bring “Acche din” to the farmers from Mormugao and to the Agriculture. Farmers feel the government should help them by guiding and encouraging them to take up Agriculture. Vasco MLA Krishna (Daji) Salkar, who has remained as a patron and a helping hand to these 40 odd numbers of farmers from Vasco, told reporters that there is a small area for agricultural activities has left in Vasco, and there is a need to protect it and encourage the farmers…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, said that To increase the happiness index in Goa, all Government services need to be made online. The Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, and Minister for PWD, Nilesh Cabral, launched the “Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) in collaboration with TJSB Sahakari Bank Ltd. for water supply Bill Payment at PWD, Head Office, Altinho Panaji on Wednesday. Chief Secretary, Puneet Kumar Goel, IAS; Principal Chief Engineer, Uttam Parsekar, Chief Engineer, Santosh Mhapne; Managing Director and CEO Sunil Sathe and Chief General Manager Shubhalaxmi Shirali from TJSB Sahakari Bank Ltd were present on…

Goemkarpnn desk PANAJI: The BJP’s Goa unit on Wednesday held a meeting with ministers in the state cabinet to discuss issues related to governance and review the government’s performance. The BJP’s Goa desk in-charge C T Ravi, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and the party’s state unit president Sadanand Shet Tanavade were present for the meeting. “A review of all the departments was done during the meeting and a discussion about inter-departmental coordination was held,” state Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phaldesai told reporters. The BJP leaders have asked all ministers to work as a team to govern the state well, he…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Even as the fear of the COVID19 pandemic may have decreased, and the World is back on its toes, the memories of the havoc it wreaked last year are still afresh in the minds of the Goans. The Killer May 2021 is one month Goans will never forget. Around 1467 families will observe the first death anniversary of their near and dear ones this month. Approximately 48 innocent people lost their lives every day in May 2021, which was the worst in 25 months of the pandemic. Since the pandemic started in February 2020, Goa has seen…

AERIAL VIEW First, Rane suspended all the ODPs of Calangute-Candolim, Para-Arpora-Nagoa etc. then, he directed the NGPDA to file an FIR for a land-filling in Parra. Strange, isn’t it? There is no attempt to justify the land-filling by the Lobos but does the action by Rane not smack of desperation by the minister to please his bosses in Delhi and also show one-upmanship over Cheif Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. Almost everybody knew that if the BJP came back to power, the primary target would be Michael Lobo, who had become a thorn in the flesh for the BJP. Lobo left…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A Division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising Justice M.S Sonak and Justice R.N. Laddha today fixed for final hearing on June 21st the petition filed by Ribandar based Adv. Aires Rodrigues challenging the constitutional validity of the notification issued on January 7th this year bestowing Lifetime Cabinet status on former Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Raoji Rane. Today, the Goa Government told the Court that it would not appoint any staff for Pratapsingh Rane or incur any expenditure on his Lifetime Cabinet status until the matter is adjudicated and finally decided by the High…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo and his wife Delilah today have submitted documents to Mapusa Police pertaining to allegedly illegal hill cutting at Parra. The police had issued a summons in the case of filling up the land at Parra. Mapusa police had registered an FIR against both of them for violating TCP Act. In the documents submitted, Lobo said that the said property with survey No.10/9 of Parra village, Bardez is a farm on flat land and the work of preparing a vegetable garden to grow vegetables in the open and under a greenhouse is going…