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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: With the countdown ticking down to the eventual Counting Day, preparations and aspirations scale new heights in Canacona. Questions are asked as to whether ex-minister and ex-BJP rebel of 2017 assembly elections Ramesh Tawadkar, now strongly back in BJP saddle, is going to upset the applecart of Isidore? or will Ex-Canacona MLA Vijay Poi Khot be able to take his revenge on Tawadkar? Poi Khot is, however, on a two-way mission of revenge on Tawadkar either to win (which looks like a distant dream) or help divide Tawadkar’s vote share and contribute to his defeat. Either way,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress Goa Desk Incharge Dinesh Gundu Rao said he welcomes MGP for a post-poll alliance with our party to form the next government. “We are ready to welcome MGP on board; we want that MGP should be a part of the Congress-led government,” said Rao speaking to reporters. He further said that TMC and AAP are too welcomed, but their leaders and high commands were up to them. “We reviewed the political situation in Goa and discussed strategies for the post-election scenario with us. I, along with K.C. Venugopal, P Chidambaram, Digambar Kamat, and Girish Chodankar, attended…

Goemkarponn desk SIOLIM: The Students of Vasant Vidyalaya, Siolim-Goa have filed a complaint to the Member Secretary Goa State Pollution Control Board against the owner/manager of Talasha Hotel, Vaddy, Siolim, Hill Top Anjuna and all those restaurants from Siolim, Bardez-Goa, for playing loud music day and night and causing noise pollution in the locality. The students in the complaint brought to the notice of GCZMA that the hotel management has been playing loud music beyond permissible limits and causing disturbance to such an extent that they are unable to concentrate on their studies. “The volume and the beats of the…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: A house in which three families resided caught fire at Kaswada Talavalim today morning at 10 am, causing a loss of around Rs one lakh. The family alleged sabotage. Timely help from Ponda fire personnel saved the house from major damages. According to Ponda Fire Station, in charge of Sushil Morajkar, the ground plus one storey house is registered in Pandu Govind Naik, and his three sons and their families are residing. Today morning, after receiving a call, the Ponda fire team and two fire tenders immediately rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire spreading to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A part of the sidewall of the Camrabhat culvert collapsed today morning. However, no casualties were reported. The Portuguese era culvert was to be taken down, paving for new and work was supposed to begin early next week. This morning, a truck carrying cement blocks passed over through the culvert. “We demand that restoration work be done at earliest as people moving out have to face hardships, and the culvert has become dangerous and can collapse at any moment,” said a resident. He said that four-wheelers cannot pass through the culvert. Locals say that the culvert was…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mother and Child room dedicated to Vasco police station by Rotary Club Vasco Port Town was inaugurated by DGP Dr Indradev Shukla in the presence of police personnel on Monday. Vasco police station becomes first to house such facility for the citizens informed DGP Shukla. Goa police have now chosen a more friendly approach and have been trying various confidence-building measures to gain their confidence. After the inauguration of the Mother and Child daycare room in the Vasco police station, Director General of Police Dr Indradev Shukla told media that this facility was being introduced so that…

Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: The Chief Minister of Goa, Dr Pramod Sawant, has gone gaga over his government’s achievement of Har Ghar Jal, but the reality is from it. Even today, there are many villages in Goa where people struggle for every drop of water. One such village is Gokulde in Barcem panchayat. Every year, the people of Barcem Panchayat face the problem of scarcity of water. In summer, villagers are more dependent on natural resources to fetch water for daily consumption and household work. In the last two years, the problem of Gokulde villagers has escalated after local panchayat, and…