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AERIAL VIEW Of late, the Goa government is on an overdrive to stop illegalities on the coast like the watersports operators overcharging and shack owners encroachments, but what is the Tourism Department doing to stop the illegalities like the dance bars or touts and brutalities of bouncers. The SELF-STYLED Tourism Minister of Goa, Rohan Khaunte, spoke a lot about this when he was in the Opposition but is shockingly mum when he himself is the Tourism Minister. Instead, his focus seems to be somewhere else. We haven’t seen him visit the coastal areas to enquire about the dance bars, bouncers…
Goemkapronn desk PONDA: Goa’s first Chief Minister Bahusaheb Bandodkar’s birth anniversary was celebrated today at Farmagudi near Farmagudi Fort. On occasion Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik, Power Minister Sudin Dhavlikar, Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude, MGP President Deepak Dhavlikar, PMC Chairperson Ritesh Naik, Bandora Sarpanch Sukanand Kurpaskar, Kavlem Sarpanch Manuja Naik and Panch members from various Panchayats were present. Ravi Naik, after garlanding the flowers to Bahu’s statue, said that Bahujans in Goa are proud of the contribution of the first CM, Bahusaheb Bandodkar. He said because of Bhau people are literate today. He started schools in every nook and…
Over 400 students registered as potential stem cell donors in the fight against Cancer The registration drive was organized by the initiate social partner DKMS BMST Foundation India Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Aiming to raise awareness about blood stem cell donation and to encourage people to register as potential lifesavers, DKMS BMST Foundation India conducted a stem cell donor registration drive at the ‘CultRang-2023’ student fest in IIT Goa. Over 400 students registered as potential lifesavers. DKMS-BMST, a non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders, hopes to register many more students during the ongoing three-day student…
Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: The Calangute gram sabha on Sunday passed a surplus budget of Rs 25,19,50,199 with the income projected at Rs 17,27,82,550 and expenditure at Rs 15,38,20,550. Many of the budget provisions are lower than in the previous budget as the pending bills have been reduced, Sarpanch Sequeira said. The panchayat has increased the trade licence fee for rooms in resorts from Rs 2,500 per room to Rs 3,000 to generate more income, while the ‘sopo’ amount for the market has been increased to Rs 15 lakh from around Rs one lakh earlier, he said. The panchayat has also…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The state government has started efforts to produce quality athletes by preparing sports coaches. Accordingly, the notification issued by Netaji Subhash National Institute, Patiala (Punjab), to train adept players in 25 different sports to become coaches. The Sports Department has notified a new financial assistance scheme on Thursday to enable participation in sports. Under the scheme, six players from the open category and one each from Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) can attend the institute. However, there is no provision for OBCs in the scheme. Taking note of it, Union Minister Shripad Naik has demanded…
Goemkarponndesk CANACONA – Two Youths from Karnataka were grievously injured after their motorbike went off the NH-66 road at the sharp turn at Shellim in Loliem-Polem village on Sunday evening. According to sources, the two youths were proceeding to Karwar on a Hero Honda Splendour Motorcycle bearing registration no.KA22 HL-6483 lost control on reaching the sharp turn at Shellim. The motorbike went off the highway and hit a roadside tree, before falling down a steep gorge below. The duo whose names are provided as Shankru Amrapurkar and Nagesh Vodar reportedly suffered head injuries and multiple leg and hand fractures in…