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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Anjuna Police arrested two Uganda National ladies for illegally possessing drugs during a narcotics raid. As per SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi, inputs were received from reliable sources that 02 foreign national ladies have been supplying drugs in the coastal region of Anjuna for some days. Based on the information, a team was formed at Anjuna Police Station, and a watch was being maintained. Further, on 08.02.202 at around 08.30 am at Onachebhat, Anjuna, based on technical surveillance, the police team maintained watch and surveillance in civil clothes, during which 02 ladies who had come to supply drugs…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that his department has started implementing National Education Policy (NEP) from the next academic year. CM Sawant addressed the gathering after inaugurating the National Seminar on Quality Improvement of Teacher Education in the context of NEP-2020. “We have started the implementation of NEP 2020 from the next academic year. We will implement it strictly for foundation courses and at the Higher Education level,” said Sawant. He further said that Goa is one step ahead of other states in implementing the NEP in its educational institutes. “From the next academic year onwards, we…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Wadi Talavalim Locals pose a big question mark over the use of fine Quarry stone or granite powder (aggregator) as a replacement for sand and gravel for the construction of a retaining wall for the field at Wadi Talavalim along the roadside. Locals said the powder work is substandard and will only last up to two years. When sand is available now, why use crushed to powder. Locals demanded a probe into work. The locals said that using aggregator (powder) already 100-meter long retaining wall for protection of the field is constructed. According to locals, this…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In his hunt to study the ancient trees in the State of Goa, Governor of Goa P S Shreedharan Pillai on Thursday undertook ‘Goa Saimik Daiz Yatra (The Tour of Natural Heritage of Goa), beginning at Parthagal mutt. Early Thursday morning, Pillai reached Parthagall Mutt; after paying darshan to the Swami went straight to the Banyan Tree, a large one situated in mutt precincts believed to be 2000 years old. The giant banyan tree is also traditionally known to provide shade to thousands of people under its sprawling branches spreading all around. Governor also offered prayers at…

Goemkarponn desk MANGALURU: Amidst ongoing inter-state controversy and debate surrounding the Mhadei river diversion by Karnataka, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who was in Mangaluru on Wednesday, preferred not to comment on the issue but hipped praises for the Centre and Karnataka government. CM Sawant was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the Canara Cultural Academy (CCA) at Canara High School Hall on Wednesday. “Only the double-engine government will help realise the dream of Nava Karnataka (New Karnataka). With the BJP coming to power, once again, there will be a double-engine government,” said CM Sawant. He further said that a new India can…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: One Pawan Kumar, aged (58 years of Begusarai-Bihar, died accidentally on Wednesday morning after falling from the first floor of an under-construction building at Arpora. The information about the accident from the health centre at Candolim was given to Anjuna police. The police have sent the dead body to Bamboli mortuary for autopsy. The police said that the family of the deceased labourer Pawan Kumar has been contacted. Meanwhile, it was reported from the sources that the concerned construction owner has assured to deliver of the dead body of Pawan Kumar to his village by air and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant today informed that he would be writing to the Union Minister for Railways, Ashwini Vaishnav, to introduce Vandhe Bharat trains between Mangaluru and Goa. CM Sawant was speaking to the media after arriving from Mangaluru via train. “I would be writing to the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw urging him to install wifi facility in the Railway coaches and also start with a Vande Bharat train from Goa to Mangalore,’ said CM Sawant. He further said that he ravelled by train and noticed a couple of issues, the most important being a lack…