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Goemakrponn desk CANDOLIM: The new TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane seems to be in a song acting tough against illegal hill cutting and construction. One such is raction he asked forest department to inspect illegal hill cutting in Arpora. Today morning, DCF North inspected the construction site at Hotel Park Regis in Arpora. During his inspection, massive hill cutting was noticed with no permission,” Rane said. He said that Section 8 of the Goa Preservation of Trees Act, 1984, classifies it as a serious offense. “According to the GPTA, permission cannot be granted even for mature trees on steep slopes. An…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Rear Admiral Vikram Menon, VSM, took over duties of Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area (FOGA) and Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) on 30 Apr 2022 from Rear Admiral Philipose G Pynumootil, AVSM, NM, who retired on superannuation after a career spanning over 36 years in service. Rear Admiral Menon is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Naval War College and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 January 1990. An experienced fighter pilot and Qualified Flying Instructor with over 2000 hours of flying experience, he has flown the Sea Harrier aircraft extensively from…

Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: Parents should support their children to build their careers in sports activities along with education, says Pademashree Bramhanand Sankhwalkar, Sankwalkar was the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the Cuncolim Union Summer football coaching camp at Cuncolim Union Sports Complex. Further, he said that the summer camp organised by Cuncolim Union had great success. I am very much impressed to see how they are trying to build at the grass-root level and give opportunities to young talent to showcase their skills and develop their future in sports. Also, its credit goes to the coach Raymond who…

Goemkrponn desk PONDA: Kavlem Panchayat distributed around 3000 garbage collection dustbins. He said from Monday onwards, the garbage collecting workers would visit every panchayat ward. There are nine wards in Panchayat. Sarpanch Rajesh Kavlekar said this is an attempt to make our village garbage accessible. He said Panchayat did not own any land of its own. With cooperation and NOC of Shantadurga Temple Committee trying to set up compost unit, however, some people oppose garbage disposal unit. As per Court order, nobody can object to garbage disposal or compost unit. He said green dust bins would collect dry garbage while…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – The Speaker post is second to none and is a critical post after the chief Ministers’ post, said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. Chief Minister spoke at Vijay Sankalp Purti Melava, where the Chief Minister, Speaker, Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar, and five others were felicitated in a function organized by Bharatiya Janata Party -Canacona and Canacona Nagrik Samiti. Besides presenting with the customary shrieval, Shawl, Memento, and flowers, Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant was also presented with a Topi and a Bhawani Talwar (Sword), popularly known to be carried by Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj. Minister for social…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – In an indirect reference to the IIT Goa, Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant hints at allotting a topmost educational institution to Canacona. Sawant was speaking at the Vijay Sankalp Purti Melava, where he, along with five others, was felicitated by Canacona BJP Mandal and Canacona Nagrik Samiti. Speaking at the fag end of his speech, Sawant said, ‘ I will keep an eye on bringing the people-oriented projects in Canacona, especially we are going to get a lot of changes on Tourism front all his(Tawadkar’s) identified projects that will benefit Canacona people. Only the day before…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – It’s nothing unusual, at least in Agonda, for leopards to attack and take away pets and other domestic animals. Still, these two leopards found themselves so unsuccessful inspite of their prey being in front of their eyes. In the first few hours of May Day, two Leopards were seen valiantly trying to catch and take away a dog (Pet) outside a residential house at Agonda. The dog tied in front of the house but secured inside a Caged dog house proved an unlucky prey to ferociously charging two Leopards. In fact, the entire sequence where the…