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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Citing reasons behind irregular ferry services operating on various routes of Goa, Minister for Department of River Navigation Subhash Phal Dessai hinted towards the necessity of its privatisation. Phal Dessai said that the RND is not only facing the issue of lack of staff but their proposals of recruiting the staff have been reverted back from the concerned government department due to a lack of proper analysis. Phal Dessai emphasised the issue of frequent breakdown due to lack of maintenance as the prominent one. Stating that the Department of RND will try to add the novel concept…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In what could give some relief to the Goa government, the Supreme Court has restrained Karnataka from undertaking any construction work of its proposed Kalsa-Bhandura project without obtaining all the requisite permissions from the concerned authorities including Goa Chief Wildlife Warden. The matter is now listed for a final hearing in July 2023. The Supreme Court, while hearing the IA filed by the Goa government, today said that under Section 29 of the Wildlife Protection Act, the Goa Chief Wildlife Warden’s permission is mandatory for the diversion of the River from the sanctuary area. The Court said…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Bombarded with several demands and requests from gram sabha members, Agonda Sarpanch Fatima Rodrigues informed that all decisions cannot be taken by Panchayat alone but needs government support and the cooperation of the MLA. Sarpanch ofAgonda Fatima Rodrigues chaired the well-attended gram sabha on Sunday in the presence of Panchayat Secretary Amol Naikgaunkar and in the presence of all the six panch members, including Dy. Sarpanch Prettal Fernandes In the 7-member Agonda panchayat. Panch members Ramnath Velip, Canisha Fernandes, John Fernandes, Nilesh Pagui and Karuna Phaldessai attended the gram sabha, showing 100 presence of the elected body.…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Strongly condemning the highhandedness of certain Khola residents and the Khola sarpanch and denouncing their attempts to illegally take over tourism trades on Agonda shore, Agonda gram sabha on Sunday passed a unanimous resolution not to entertain outside elements in doing tourism activities in the village at the cost of villagers. Alleging non-villagers are attempting to capture the tourism trades began with so many efforts by the villagers in Agonda, led by coastal panch Nilesh Pagi; the Agonda fishermen community led a scathing attack in condemning the highhandedness of some of the Fishermen community of Saleri in…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: FC Goa head coach Carlos Pena labelled Mumbai City FC’s ruthlessness in front of the goal to be the decisive factor as the Gaurs lost 5-3 to the Islanders in the latest fixture of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa, on Saturday. The high-octane fixture lived up to the billing with Noah Sadaoui opening the scoring in the fifth minute of the match. Greg Stewart scored the equaliser in the 18th minute with a brilliant free-kick from the edge of the box. Jorge Diaz gave the lead to the visitors in…

  A joint team of the flying squad and Ponda police seized a huge quantity of explosives. The incident came to light after vibrations at Sun Temple with gelatin blast for hill cutting. Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Joint team of Bomb disposal team, along with the dog squad and flying squad from South Goa Collectorate and Ponda, seized a huge quantity of 672 stocks of gelatin stock explosives besides trucks, JCBs with breakers and other explosive material, including ammonia powder on Sunday morning to late night after reports of Massive Hill Cutting Using Gelatin blast at Wadi Talavalim. The incident came…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Salcette Zonal Agriculture Officer Sheriff Furtado made a major announcement on Saturday that the long pending demand of the farmers to have a dedicated Zonal Agriculture Office (ZAO) for Mormugao had been fulfilled with a new office opening up in Cortalim soon. Sheriff was addressing a large gathering of farmers at an awareness camp organised by the ZAO in association with Velsao Panchayat and Pale Tolem Xetkar Association (PTXA), where a lot of agricultural schemes and subsidies were explained to farmers. Furtado said that ZAO had the awareness camp in Velsao at the request of the Velsao…