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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adda52.com–India’s online poker destination, is all set to welcome the 9 finalists of the Adda52 Champions Leaderboard (ACL) 2.0 in Goa. The year-long leaderboard, which concluded on 31st December 2022, will witness an action-packed poker finale with 9 players competing for the winner’s title on 19th February 2023 at Deltin Royale, Goa. The 9 finalists hail from Delhi, Kanpur, Haryana, Pune and Goa. The winner will be crowned with the title of Adda52 Game Ambassador with a contract worth INR 20 lakhs. From Goa, poker players Ram Kakkar and Mohsin Shaikh qualified for the final leg. The…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating the Portuguese era culvert-bridge building technology is far better and long-lasting than the modern State-of-the-art engineering technology, people advocated that PWD engineers should resort to the olden days’ concept to build modern bridges, especially the culvert bridges on Major District Roads( MDR) and Village Interior Roads. To prove their point, locals in Loliem village pointed to about a 120- years old bridge still intact and standing in good condition on an old and abandoned Portugues-era Highway road section passing through the village. According to villagers, this culvert-bridge is built using a mixture of Lime-Powder and Juggery,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar today informed that a massive hill cutting has led to largescale destruction in Curca village under village panchayat of Cucra-Bambolim & Talaulim in St. Andre Constituency. MLA Borkar met TCP officials today and handed over a written complaint and maps. “Massive hill cutting has led to largescale destruction in Curca village; the said offence is said to be carried out in Survey No. 20/1-Aseen the Google earth images from 2009 till date, and it was shocking to see the level of destruction,’ said Borkar. He further said that in 2009…

AERIAL VIEW Today, all traditional Goan businesses are at the receiving end due to these outsiders, be it taxi businesses, shack owners, watersports owners, or fisherfolks; the non-Goans have captured every business, and the Goans are left at lurch. Why? This is our land and our government, and still, the voices of the Goans do not reach the rulers elected by the same Goans. Why? This is simply because few of us vote for just Rs 2000, a beer and a plate of chicken. Isn’t it? The people who bought your votes think it is their right to do what…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Special Investigating Team (SIT) has requested the government to appoint a Special Public Prosecutor for the multi-crore land-grabbing cases. Justice VK Jadhav Commission of Inquiry today held a hearing into the complaint filed against MLA Jit Arolkar by Adv Aires Rodrigues. The MLA has sought time to file an affidavit while the complainant has demanded that Jit be questioned. After hearing final arguments on Monday, the Court reserved the judgement. Adv. On 4th July last year, Aires Rodrigues filed a complaint on behalf of Rawloo Khalap with the Special Investigation Team at Crime Branch, giving details…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Urban Development minister Vishwajit Rane on Tuesday evening laid the foundation stone of the two most awaited and long pending projects of the New Vasco Fish Market and Baina Powerhouse Project on his maiden official visit to the port town. The foundation stones were laid by Rane on Tuesday evening in the presence of Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar, Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Leo Rodrigues, Municipal councillors and other dignitaries. Speaking to the media, Rane assured that he would continue to support the projects put forth by Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar in the…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ponda Police recently arrested the accused of Hill cutting using Gelatin at Wadi Talavalim Panchayat. The arrest was made following an anticipatory bail application filed by the accused person, Sarvesh Prabhakar Gaonkar r/o Wadi Talaulim Ponda, dismissed by the Hon’ble district judge II and additional sessions judge Panaji sitting at Ponda. The Police had registered a case against him concerning u/s 286,336 IPC, 17 A of TCP Act, and sec 5 of Explosive substances Act. As such, the above-accused person, namely Sarvesh Prabhakar Gaonkar r/o H.no 453 Wadi Talaulim, was arrested for the above crime. The accused…