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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that thunderstorm accompanied by lightning is very likely at a few places over North & South Goa districts on November 5 and 6 due to low-pressure Area lies over Southeast and adjoining East central Arabian Sea. “Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning very likely at a few places over North & South Goa districts on 5th & 6th November, and at isolated places on 7th. Short, intense spells and Winds of speed around 40kmph very likely with rainfall,” IMD said. The forecast further states that heavy rainfall (64.5 – 115.5 mm of rainfall…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Former Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Mayors, Uday Madkaikar and Surendra Furtado walked out of the meeting overheated arguments on the National Theatre issue. Today, the meeting began at 11 am on a stormy note witnessing heavy arguments between the ruling and opposition over the national theatre issue. “The Mayor and his councillors are hand in gloves with builder lobby and want to sell the property. We will move to court seeking justice, the people of Panaji are watching; without proper hearing, how can CCP sell the said property,” said Madkaikar. Surendra Furtado said that…

Plans are underway to form Goa Tourism Board for planning, policymaking and overseeing the implementation of various tourism initiatives, says Goa Tourism Secretary J Ashok Kumar Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Tourism, one of the prime industries in Goa, contributes over 16 per cent to the state GDP and supports over 40 per cent jobs and livelihood opportunities. The state has around 3,600 hotels and other accommodation units across four categories registered with the Department of Tourism, with an overall supply of over 73,000 beds. Apart from marquee tourism infrastructure developments, Goa Tourism has been constantly developing basic and necessary infrastructure in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa College of Engineering has recently signed a MoU with the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) and the Water Resources Department of Goa. Under this MoU, GEC’s faculty, researchers and students at the Institute will get an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the latest trends in the highway/transportation sector with a common objective of sharing the knowledge in their respective domain. On the one hand, this will facilitate bridging the industry-institution gap and familiarize students with the latest trends in the industry and on the other hand, the research output could be suitably adopted in practice…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Environment and Ecology Team (GEET), the environmental experts from Goa have come together for a political battle, where they urged citizens to keep themselves away from external forces. “The main problem that lies with Goans is ignorance which is taken for granted by others. GEET is trying to tell all Goans that the power to save Goa lies within themselves and no need of any outside forces provided Goans unite with clear mind and objectives,” said Scientist Dr Joe D’Souza. He further said that they are aware that the bugle for Assembly election to Goa Assembly has…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Slamming the CM the AAP stated that Arvind Kejriwal’s Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana had been successfully active for a whole year before Pramod Sawant became CM. Pramod Sawant has developed a habit of copying AAP Schemes and then claiming he originated them. Aam Aadmi Party Goa convener Rahul Mhambre challenged CM Pramod Sawant to declare how many people in Goa have benefited from the BJP’s teertha yatra yojana scheme. “Pramod Sawant’s schemes only remain on papers and never get implemented on the ground, be it promises on jobs or recent free water programme. I challenge Pramod Sawant…

Goemkarponn desk BAMBOLIM: An undertrial prisoner Shahabuddin Shaikh (23), who was in judicial custody and undergoing treatment at Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB) Bambolim, escaped through the toilet of the open ward today early morning. Agassaim Police have informed us that they are in the process of registering an FIR. Sources said that Shaikh escaped through the open ward toilet at around 5.30 am. Shahabuddin Shaikh is a resident of Xeldem.