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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: DGP Goa Jaspal Singh IPS today said that he will formulate strategies which are corresponding to the prevention of crime in the state. Jaspal Singh IPS, a 1996 batch officer, today took charge as Director-General of Police. He replaced DGP I D Shukla, who retired on March 31, 2022. “As the days go, I will interact with the officers and the state’s crime and law and order dynamics. We will try to formulate a strategy which corresponds to the prevention of crime in the state,” said Singh after taking charge as DGP Goa. He further said that it…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the state government will continue to strive to support the citizens of Goa by providing them upgraded and top-notch medical facilities. “The Govt will continue to strive to support the citizens of Goa by providing them upgraded & top-notch medical facilities,” said CM Sawant on the occasion of World Health Day CM Sawant also thanked all the Goans for supporting us in fighting COVID and making Goa 100% vaccinated and a safe state. Asked whether Goa would declare itself a mask-free state in the wake of the drop in active…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Showcasing the rich Customary and tribal practices are still alive, and ethical artefact ‘Saap-Kathi’, believed to keep snakes away from houses, is gifted to Governor Shreedhar Pillai during his Goa Sampurna Yatra to Poinguinim village on Wednesday. Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC), Poinguinim Chairman Subhash Mahale presented ‘Saap-Kathi’ (a magical wand (stick) when kept inside the House, believed to keep snakes away) to Governor Shreedharan Pillai soon after his interaction with the four panchayat members. Saap-Kathi’ is a traditional artefact prepared by the Chari clan (Mest) of Poinguinim (Mahalawada), Loliem village (Idhar) and Gaondongrim (Kudewada) from a…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Not allowed to enter the program hall, Canacona Congress submits a memorandum on the bad condition of Margao to Polem (Canacona) NH-66 to the Governor while exiting the hall after the program. In an uncanny situation over the treatment meted out to Canacona congress activists, a group led by Canacona Congress Block President Prahlay Bhagat reached the Shrishthal panchayat, where Governor was scheduled to interact with three village Sarpanch and disburse financial assistance to Dialysis patients. However, the group was stopped by Canacona police providing security cover to the Governor’s entourage when efforts were made to enter…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Expressing his desire to tour each panchayat, Governor Shridharan Pillai, on his Goa Sampurna Yatra, distributed financial assistance to 25 dialysis patients of Canacona. ‘”Service to the people amounts to service to God; service to Bharat Mata will assist in making a self-reliant Goa and ultimately give us a self-reliant India”, Governor Pillai said in his address, expressing his inability to speak in Goan mother tongue-Konkani. “I wish to visit each of Panchayat’s in Goa and, particularly being my 4th to Canacona taluka, will come again and again to Canacona when time permits,” he said. Speaking…

Goemkarponn desk The Aam Aadmi Party leaders lambasted the BJP government on Wednesday over the high water and power bills, demanding that the state government withdraw the free water distribution scheme and roll back the revised tariff immediately. All India Vice President of AAP Youth Wing and State Coordinator Siddhesh Bhagat has given an ultimatum of a one-month. “If the government does not roll back the revised tariff, the AAP will stage a protest”, Bhagat said. Bhagat stated that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has failed to implement the free water scheme. He said, “After AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal promised…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Congress in Goa on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is celebrating its 42nd foundation, for failing to control rising fuel and gas prices and inflation. “On the occasion of BJP’s foundation, We request Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, office bearers and party workers to demand Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reduce prices of gas, diesel and petrol. This will prove that BJP was founded to serve the people and not to loot them,” Congress Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) Media Department Chairman Amarnath Panjikar said. He pointed out that it was the same…