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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Shikhar Kalash Pratishthapana Suvarna Mahotsav will be celebrated at Shree Ramnath Damodar Saunsthan, Zambaulim, from Sunday, 27th November, to Friday, 02nd December 2022, with various religious and cultural programmes, informed President of Shree Ramnath Damodar Saunsthan Manjunath Pai Duke. Addressing a Press Conference at Margao today in the presence of Managing Committee members Ganadhish Kunde (Treasurer), Saiesh Hegde (Attorney), Gajanan Kunde (Acting Secretary), Manjunath Pai Dukle revealed the detailed programme of the six-day-long events. Shree Saunsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Mathadheesh Param Pujya Srimad Vidyadheesh Teerth Sripad Vader Swami Maharaj will grace the Mahapoornahuti of Anushthan on Friday,…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: With the Civil supply officials stating that there are no thefts in their godowns and some Ponda-based Fair Price Shop operators too confidently claiming there is no scope for pilferage after the government stopped two days of manual authentication, the current raids by Crime Branch have posed more questions than answers. People feel that some Fair Price Shop owners who do not use the Point of Sale machine may be involved in the scam, but again, this must be authenticated by the police. “If the foodgrains seized were legal, why hasn’t anyone claimed it so far? If…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The No Confidence Motion notice served against chairperson Ritesh Naik when just six months were left to end the term of Ponda Municipal Council is being looked at as a big blow to Ponda MLA Minister Ravi Naik. While many believe that since Ravi Naik is a current government minister, his son is indispensable in Ponda. Hence, people are of the opinion that though the notice has been served, there are very slim chances of the motion being passed. Further people opine that reveal there are no solid grounds for the ouster of Ritesh Naik and this…

Goemkarponn desk MAYEM: Government Polytechnic Mayem, Bicholim organized an awareness session on sexual harassment at the workplace for the employees on the eve of ‘International day for the elimination of violence against women harassment, which is celebrated today. Ketaki Parab Gadekar, a psychologist and a social worker, was called upon as a guest lecturer to deliver a talk on the prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment in the workplace. The talk was organized on the occasion of ‘International day for the elimination of violence against women to create awareness about the Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, 2013’ with respect…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The Colvale Police have nabbed two persons accused in a chain snatching incident from New Vaddem, Vasco. Police said that on Friday evening, an offence was registered to vide U/s 356, 379г/w 34 IPC, after a complaint of one Evarista DeSouza, w/o Jose Miguel DeSouza, age 52 years, R/o H. No. 100, Ganeshnagar, Assnora Bardez Goa saying that that on November 3, at about 11.45 hours at near Ganesh Temple, Ganeshnagar, Assnora Bardze Goa, while she was proceeding to her residence, unknown male accused rider and pillion rider of black/ grey colour Aprilla scooter snatched the Gold…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: As part of the special section on Satyajit Ray at IFFI 53, Jaydip Mukherjee’s 34-minute non-feature film “Other Ray: The Art of Satyajit Ray” was showcased in the Indian Panorama section on 24 Nov 2022. Interacting with media-persons and delegates at IFFI “Table Talks” organized by PIB, Director Jaydeep Mukherjee said this movie is a biographical documentary incorporating his own conception of Ray’s genius. The various shades of Ray’s aesthetic genius – sketcher, calligrapher, music composer, director – have been covered holistically in the film, Mr. Mukhejee said. He added that the creativity ran in Ray’s genes…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A film on the daily struggles of street dwelling, their hygiene and sanitation issues and society’s outlook towards them, was screened under Indian Panorama Non-feature section in 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Thursday. Director of Rekha, a Marathi non-feature film, Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe said “We shut out our doors to the street dwellers. But why do we do this? A quest to find out the reason behind their ill-fate and society’s disregard for the street dwellers led me to research on this project for one and a half years”. While projecting the difficulties in…