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Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr Porvorim will organise a special programme at its auditorium on Monday, 30th January 2023, at 4:00 p.m. to mark the 75th National Martyr’s Day. The programme will be graced by Prof. Dr Sushila Mendes as chief guest, and Jesuit provincial Fr. Roland Coelho will be the guest of Honour. 75 years will be completed to the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi on 30th January 23. To mark the occasion, a special programme has been fixed by TSKK. The Favourite Bhajan of the Father of Nation and prayer song will be presented to mark the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Police have registered an FIR against the chairman and two other officials of a financial company in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly duping nearly 1,000 investors from the coastal state to the tune of Rs 10 crore, an official said on Tuesday. The company, Karmabhoomi Infratech Realty Limited, headquartered at Mathura in UP, set up its offices at Ponda and Mapusa in Goa in 2013 and 2018, respectively, offering high returns to investors through its financial schemes, the official from the Goa Police’s Economic Offences Wing told reporters. “A group of investors filed complaints with the Economic…

Goemkaronn desk PANAJI: ATK Mohun Bagan and FC Goa have reportedly agreed to a swap deal for midfielders Glan Martins and Lenny Rodriguez The exact opposite deal happened in January 2021 when Lenny joined ATK Mohun Bagan while Glan signed for FC Goa. The latter will be returning to the Mariners’ squad while Lenny will be joining the Gaurs. Glan had lost his starting spot this season as FC Goa manager Carlos Pena mostly prefers youngster Ayush Chethri ahead of him. He has only appeared in 9 of 15 games, involving just 470 minutes. Lenny, similarly, has only played in…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Works on the long-pending retaining wall at Mangor hill was finally launched at the hands of Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Tuesday morning. Salkar speaking to reporters after the launching of works, said that works on the covering of the Nullah would also begin in the next six months. “This was a very long pending demand of the people who faced a lot of inconveniences because the mud from the hillock would flow downwards and, most of the time, fall in the Nullah below and choke it. The retaining wall will be 56 metres in length and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The workers employed in Public Works Department (PWD) held a protest before the office of the Principal Chief Engineer (PCE) of the Public Works Department (PWD), demanding immediate implementation of the 7th Pay Commission’s benefits to all the workers employed in PWD through the PWD Labour Supply Society. The Dharna also highlighted the other pending issues/grievances of the workers employed in the “PWD Labour Supply Society”. “As an immediate relief, pay all contract workers employed under PWD Labour Supply Society’ Equal Pay for Equal Work’ for all categories of work at par with other permanent government employees…

IIT Campus Will Come Up In South Goa: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant The state government had earlier identified land for setting up the IIT campus at Shel-Melaulim village in Sattari taluka of North Goa district, but the project was then scrapped following violent protests by locals in 2021. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: After multiple failures of the government to identify suitable land for the Indian Institute of Technology Goa (IIT Goa), Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that the institute will come up in South Goa only but refused to give details. Sawant speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a…

Goemkarponn desk COLVA: Colva Police have arrested four persons for their involvement in committing the theft of a boat motor worth Rs 15,000. The Colva Police staff, along with the assistance of vigilant local citizens, caught four suspected persons, namely Veer Nandikal, age 20 yrs; Sameer Desai age 23 yrs, Laxmikant Gaonkar age 21 yrs and Karan Naik, age 26 yrs. As per the information, all four are the residence of Malcornem village Quepem. Locals said that they were moving suspiciously on Colva beach with a Tata Ace GA08U5556 along with one outboard boat motor. During interrogation, they confessed that…