Author: Team Admin

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: The Calangute police arrested two youths from Jharkhand and Assam with 11 stolen mobile phones. On Monday, Calangute Police apprehended two suspected persons from the Baga Calangute area, namely – Suraj Rajendra Ravidas, of Jharkhand and Sani Sahnwar Hussain, of Assam. Upon search, they found 11 mobile phones of different brands worth approximately Rs. 1,30,000/- approximately. Upon interrogation, the suspected accused disclosed that they had stolen the phones from Baga Beach. As such, an FIR has been registered against the above-accused persons vide Calangute Police Station Cr. No. 66/2023 u/s 379 r/w 34 IPC and accused persons…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The 350th Rajyaabhishek-Din (Coronation Day) of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is observed by garlanding the Statute of Maratha Warrior recently installed at Chaudi-Canacona. After garlanding the statue, Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar spoke on the kingdom of Shivaji Maharaj, thought of three centuries ago as a classic example of communal harmony and development. Tawadkar also lamented that the Shiv-premis, who has successfully built the Shiv Smarak at Chaudi with great vigour, has yet to show the same enthusiasm on the Coronation Day. “We don’t have that many presences here today, though I had expected more and more Shiv-premis to join…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Central Ground Water Board (under Rajiv Gandhi National Groundwater Training and Research Institute), an apex organization for groundwater under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, organized one day Tier III Training Programme on “Capacity Building for Participatory Ground Water Management “ to the Sarpanch’s, Panch members of Gaondongrim and Khotigao villages and Water Resource Department Officials of Canacona Taluka on Tuesday. Inaugurating the Training programme Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar spoke about the utility of scientific training on groundwater resources to the participants. Tawadkar also highlighted the importance of groundwater development and management aspects for the sustainability…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Ramesh Tawadkar stressed on urgent need to remove the negativity in the society. Tawadkar was speaking after launching an e-Library (@ cost of Rs.10 Lakhs sponsored by Dr Ajit G. Dessai) and a School Bus (@ a cost of Rs.22 Lakhs, donated by Canacona Municipal Council) to the Centro Promoter De Instrucao run Shri Mallikarjun Vidyalaya, Char-Rasta in Canacona on Tuesday. Tawadkar said, ‘All educational institutions in Canacona will get my full support. Care will be taken to ensure that no person in Canacona gets disappointed or hopeless. Canacona will appear on…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Claiming injustice by the landlord and the lethargic approach of the authorities concerned, residents of Palolem have petitioned with a Memorandum to the Canacona MLA/Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar for demolishing the more than 100 years ‘Bhatti’ structure and blocking the access to the house. Palolem residents, led by Councilor and Ex- CMC Chairperson Simon Rebello, handed the Memorandum from Piedade Cardozo to the Speaker at his Canacona Office on Tuesday, requesting to look into the matter and further issue directions to the authorities to take action on the complaint. The memorandum has attached copies of the previous two…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: A minor ammonia leakage was reported at berth no 8 in the Mormugao Port Authority on Tuesday morning. The news caused panic, and fire tenders from different locations were immediately pressed into service. However, even as steps were taken immediately and fire fighting process began, the leakage was brought under control, and the discharge from the ship was stopped immediately When contacted, Vasco fire incharge said that they got a call at around 12.10 pm that an ammonia leakage was reported from a ship, St Oslo, docked at Berth no 8 in MPA. “We immediately rushed to…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar has warned the Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited (Now, Paradeep Phosphates Limited) to come with people on the roads and stop all transportation of Ammonia to and from the port after an ammonia leakage was reported at Berth no 8 in the Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) on Tuesday morning. Amonkar, who rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation, said that Ammonia was a ticking time bomb on the people of Mormugao and that people lived in fear as the Ammonia Storage tanks in the port were in close vicinity to densely…