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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa Government has doubled the financial benefits including the monthly pension to the freedom fighters and their families with effect from December, last year. The benefits will be extended with retrospective effect from December 19, 2022. As per the amendment to the Goa Freedom Fighters Welfare scheme, the monthly State pension has been hiked from Rs 3,500 to Rs 9,000 along with the dearness allowance as applicable under the Central Seventh Pay Commission. The Home department in a notification issued has said that the henceforth the freedom fighters or their spouse would be paid Rs 3,000…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress held a protest against price rise of Domestic and Commercial Gas Cylinders at Mapusa maket under the leadership of Goa CongressMahila President Smt. Beena Naik along with Parvati Nagvekar,Pratiksha Khalap, Renuka Dessai and other office bearers of Mahila Congress. Media Department Chairman Amarnath Panjikar, General Secretary Vijay Bhike, District President Virendra Shirodkar, Mangaldas Naik and other office bearers of North District Congress were present for the protest. Putting up a unique demonstration, a group of mahilas led by Congress mahila chief Beena Naik fried ‘pakoras’ in the busy Friday market in Mapusa to…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: With neither sides of NH-66 road at Gulem is safe for motorists, Heavy vehicles especially inter-state vehicles continues going down the road in Canacona section of National Highway. Late, Thursday night, yet another loaded truck bearing registration no. AP 21-TE 3699 coming from Margao and going towards Karnataka fell in the fields below after its wheels went over the road by inches. Driver and a Cleaner escaped without any major injuries, informed a source. According to the driver, while driving on the straight road, he has just moved the steering to the slight lest to give a…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: President of India Droupadi Murmu today felicitated Rasika Khandeparkar, a sanitation worker from Pissurlem for her contribution in the category of waste management during the Swachh Sujal Shakti Awards 2023 by Union Minister. The theme of the campaign is source sustainability for drinking water. Speaking at the event, the President said that water conservation and management are the most important issues for India as only four per cent water resources are available in the country. She said, the traditional water conservation ways have disappeared in the country due to unplanned urbanisation. The President underlined that due to…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: In less than 24 hours a second mishap on NH-66 road at Gulem in Canacona, has once again brought to fore the treachery of the now infamous Canacona section of the National Highway. Early, Saturday morning a Truck (KA-34 B-4131) bringing Mines material from Karnataka and heading to Mormugao, got trapped at Gulem after left-side of its Tyres went-off the road at the treacherous and dangerous Canacona section of Highway, having not even an inch of set-back to the tarred road. Due to frequent hotmixing, the road has attained an abnormal height, and a vehicle gets trapped…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA:The Locals at Silvanagar in Ponda Municipal Jurisdiction are fed up with Stray dog menace since long time. The locals said they approached with our complaints to Municipality, Mamlatdar and Veterinary Department but person feeding stray dogs in return files complaint against us. They said stray animal made our life hell.Locals including Social Worker Viraj Sapre said he too is animal lover but first life of locals should not at risk.problem here is that stray dogs had made their life problematic. To add to problem one local had also started providing food and shelter. Incase of questioning the…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: The citizens of Ponda have urged Authorities to use vacant space underneath flyover for Parking of vehicles. Already the space below flyover are occupied for parking by some trucks, buses, cars and also abandoned vehicles are seen. Beside it is also used for illegal vending purpose. Environmentalist Sandeep Parkar said Ponda Taluka is big with vast population. Its headquarter at Ponda City and is facing the major problem on account of shortage of spaces for Parking in City area. He said that there there are designated parking spaces at City but they are felling short for parking…