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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister Mauvin Godinho today said that the Investment Promotion Board (IPB) have cleared six proposals with investments of Rs. 310 crores and employment potential of 2450. The investment promotion board today held its meeting in the presence of board members and Minister Mauvin Godinho. “IPB meeting was held today during which we have cleared with investments of Rs. 310 crores and employment potential of 2450,” said Godinho. Godinho said that he will meet the Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari regarding developmental works for Goa. One of the projects is the new flyover connecting Dabolim to…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Villagers in Wadi Talavalim Panchayat strongly opposed another mobile tower coming up at Mahalaxmi Nagar Talavalim, and memorandums have already been submitted to Panchayat opposing this tower. Earlier last month, one tower was erected over Government Primary School Building despite opposition by locals and PTA Associations ignoring their demand to shift it away from the residential and School Complex area at Bhedshem Talavalim. However despite opposition that tower was erected on the government primary school premises. Now in the Wadi Talawali Panchayat area, the locals have also opposed this other proposed tower at Mahalaxmi nagar, where…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant is out just to protect his chair and he was well aware of the Project Feasibility Report and the DPR of Khalsa-Bandura projects by Karnataka, Goa Forward supremo Vijay Sardessai came hard on the government, saying Chief minister should sell Goa to Karnataka. Sardessai was speaking attending a well-attended meeting of ‘Save Mhadei Save Goa’ at Chaudi Canacona, also attended by Fr. Bolmax Pereira, Sankhali Municipal Council Chairperson Rajesh Sawal, Tara Kerkar, Adv Pratima Coutinho, Janardhan Bhandari Prashant Naik, Rama Kankonkar, Shankar Polgi, and others. In his typical style, Sardesai addressing…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Fifteen College Students had a lucky escape as a container truck fell on its side at the accident-prone GVM Circle this morning. Around 15 college students stood in front of the College gate and parking area and left just a minute before the accident. The container truck driver was injured and admitted to Sub District Hospital. Following the spate of accidents, the locals gathered at the spot and demanded to reduce the size of the GVM circle be reduced. A local, Milind Desai, said challans would not stop accidents here and demanded to improve the road. He…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Leo Rodrigues has on Tuesday said that development works will be taken across all 25 wards of the MMC jurisdiction under the 14th Finance funds. “We have received a fund of Rs 5 crores under the 14th Finance scheme. We have decided to equally distribute the funds for works across all 25 wards to see development works under all the MMC jurisdictions simultaneously,” he said. Rodrigues added they have been informed by MLA Krishna Salkar that there must be no discrimination between the ruling and opposition Councillors and that every ward must…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa state Election Commission (SEC) today has started the delimitation process for municipal wards for the general election to Ponda and Sankhali municipal councils scheduled this year. “In exercise of the powers conferred under Sub Section (1) of Section 10 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, Goa State Election Commission initiated dividing the Ponda and Sanquelim municipal area into wards for ensuing General Elections to these Municipal councils,” the notice states. The Mamlatdar of Ponda taluka and Mamlatdar of Bicholim taluka are appointed as the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), and Awal Karkun in the office of the…

Goemkarponn desk For Indian families looking to travel domestically, Goa is the most common search destination, while Dubai is the most popular international destination. Based on search data from the digital travel platform Agoda, the states/cities of Goa, New Delhi and NCR, Mumbai, Pondicherry, and Jaipur popped up as the top five national favourites, while Dubai, Singapore, the Maldives, Bali (Indonesia) and Phuket (Thailand) lead the search charts in the international segment. In addition to Dubai, the search data reveals that Southeast Asian countries are preferred by Indian families for their international holidays. These places are appealing because they have…