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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Meri Mati Mera Desh Program On Sapling Plantation and Soil Testing was organized by Government College of Commerce and Economics Borda Margao Salcete Goa with its NSS Unit in Association with the Village Panchayat of Cana Benaulim, Lions Club of Salcete and Leo Club of Salcete supported by the Forest Department South Goa at Margao. The various 210 Fruit Bearing, Medicinal Plants and Flower Bearing Saplings ranging from Grafted Mango ( Mankurad ), Guava, Jackfruit, Custard Apple, Ram Fal, Cinnamon ( Tikki ), Crotons, Noni, Bayo, Almond, Teak, Insulin, Apto, Taman, Zarambo, and much more were been…

Decision to be implemented within three months from today State to determine and settle the rights and claims of the Scheduled Tribes and other forest dwellers following the law as expeditiously as possible and preferably within 12 months from today. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Ten days after Goa’s state wildlife board rejected a proposal to set up a tiger reserve in the state, the High Court of Bombay at Goa on Monday directed Goa Government to notify Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary as Tiger Reserve within three months from today. The HC directions came following a petition filed by the NGO Goa Foundation…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: We may have been taken aback watching videos of people living in dense forests and how they are transporting their young children helping them to reach schools elsewhere in the country, then what would be our reaction to seeing people living in a few villages of our own State (Goa) continue to face similar situations also in the 62nd year of Liberation? There are at least two hamlets/wards in Canacona taluka, where due to the non-availability of a proper road/pathway and culvert bridges had to carry children on their shoulders almost daily to reach their schools. You…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa legislative assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Monday slammed social activists and a section of media for commenting on legislators and proceedings of the House, citing that it amounted to a breach of privilege. During the ongoing Monsoon session, Tawadkar pointed out that some social activists were holding press conferences and accusing the members of the House of being involved in a “setting”. He further stated that some sections of the media were carrying out these statements of activists. Commenting on the proceedings of the House and its members amounts to breach of privilege, the Speaker said,…

Sensory Experiences, Career Discoveries – Office of the State Commissioner & Rotary Club Unite for Inclusive Success. Panaji, 24th July’ 2023: – The Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and the Rotary Club of Panaji Riveira have initiated a collaborative effort to organize Industrial Field Visits for students of various Special Schools in Goa. This noble initiative, aims to provide over 3500 students with invaluable opportunities to explore real-life industrial settings. Mr. Guruprasad Pawaskar, the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, expressed his enthusiasm for the initiative. He said: “This collaboration is a novel idea to help…

 House witnesses heated arguements over Illegal Scrap yards across Goa CM Sawant, Min Monserrate assure formulating policy for scrapyards with 3 months Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Admitting that illegal scrap yards are operational in the State for over the last two decades, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today told House that the State will draft a scrap yard policy within the next three months to regularize the business. The assurance came after the opposition benches cornered the government for its inaction. During the Question Hour, the Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao charged that scrap yard mafia are mushrooming with the blessings of…

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant says that he will answer the issue later. Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai today has raised the issue of Survey and Markings by Karnataka at Kankumbi and Haltara as per DPR in the Goa Legislative Assembly. The issue was raised by GFP MLA Vijai Sardesai at the start of Question Hour. “Karnataka has done a survey and markings t Kankumbi and Haltara as per DPR, the state government should act immediately,” said Vijai. LoP Yuri Alemao said that the DPR should be withdrawn by the BJP at the centre and also alleged that the…