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The President and Vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton, Prof. Mark Smith, has said that the University of Southampton could explore the possibilities of having its campus in Goa, “Goa is definitely one of the locations we are looking at, and presently, we are very open-minded,” he added, pointing out that his Goa visit was aimed at understanding what the overall landscape in India is like and where the best opportunities for the Indian partners as well as the University of Southampton are. Prof. Smith Prof. was recently in Goa to attend the QS India Summit 2023 at Cavelossim; the…

AERIAL VIEW Another fact is that I read many posts on social media blaming the police and the State Government or the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant. How the hell is government or police responsible? Agreed, if the accident is due to a bad road, we can blame the government, but if the accident was due to high speed and negligence, how can Dr Pramod Sawant or the BJP, for that matter, be responsible? We asked for better roads we got them. Now it is up to us to drive on them and maintain discipline. The Chief Minister blamed the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Union Minister of State of Tourism Shripad Naik has expressed displeasure over not inviting him to inaugurate Central projects in Goa. “I don’t know if it was done by mistake or purposely. But time and again, I am not being invited to the inauguration of several Central govt projects,” said Naik. He further said that he has asked Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Tourism Minister to take note of this. He added that he should have been invited for these functions since he was instrumental in getting these Central projects and also as a local MP. MP…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising Justice M.S Sonak and Justice B.P Deshpande today after hearing final arguments has reserved their judgment on the petition filed by Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar seeking quashing of the F.I. R against him in connection with the land grabbing case. Adv. Aires Rodrigues on 4th July last year had filed a complaint on behalf of Rawloo Khalap with the Special Investigation Team at Crime Branch giving details of the land grabbing by the Mandrem MLA. Jit Arolkar in March last year was elected on a MGP…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant Offered tributes to Swatantryaveer Savarkar at the Cellular Jail Andaman on his 57th ‘Atmarpan’ Divas. “I am honoured to visit and offer prayers at the Cell where Savarkar was kept and served rigorous imprisonment,” he said in his tweet. He addressed the gathering organised by Shabdamrut Sanstha in the presence of Chief of Shabdamrut Shri Parth Bawaskar, Grandson of Swatantryaveer Savarkar Shri Ranjit Savarkar, Young singer Mugdha Vaishampayan and Savarkar Bhaktas from Maharashtra and Goa. “101 Diyas were lit to offer tributes at the Cellular Jail. Songs written by Savarkar were…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: After the successful implementation of the Swayampurna Goa Programme, which was initially launched in October 2020, The Government of Goa, under the visionary leadership of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, re-launched Swayampurna Goa 2.0 Program in a mission mode. The mission is to emphasise ensuring that the benefit of each and every beneficiary-oriented scheme reaches every citizen in the State. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the Swayampurna Goa concept and directed other States to implement the same concept in their State. The program has gained popularity in other States, so many neighbouring states are visiting Goa to…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: In a major announcement made by the South Western Railway officials, no houses will be affected by the doubling project, and the Railways will move the tracks on the eastern side to save houses along the track. The announcement was made after Cortalim MLA Anton Vas, along with locals and railway officials, visited the affected areas in parts of Velsao and Cansaulim and also inspected various sites for the proposed underpass at Cansualim on Monday morning Senior railway officials said that the Cortalim MLA Anton Vas had called the railways and the sarpanch and members of the…