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Goemkarponn desk SAVOI-VEREM: Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude has urged youths to learn various skills related to coconut, its shells, leaves and various other components to build their own business and become self-reliant. Gaude was speaking as Chief Guest at the recently organised “Scientific coconut production technology and value addition in coconut” workshop held in the auditorium of Cricket Club Savoi-Verem. The day-long block-level workshop organised by Verem-Vaghurme Panchayat in join collaboration with the Zonal Agriculture office Ponda and Coconut Development Board Kochi Kerala saw a participation of around 100 trainees. Appreciating the initiative of the Government of Goa,…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: With rampant sand mining at Khandepar for the past many days in the Khandepar river basin, locals are complaining about the danger of river bank erosion and threat to the locality. Following complaints by locals to Deputy Collector Dharbandora and the Captain of Ports, conducted a raid on illegal sand mining, which was carried with the help of a suction pump at Shenre Khandepar from the Usgao side and the illegal suction pump along with the boat was seized. Locals demanded strict action against people involved in illegal sand extraction in a hazardous manner from the Khandepar…
Goemkrponn desk CORTALIM: An accident was reported between two cars at Shindole on Thursday afternoon, leaving a few occupants of the cars injured Sources said that one car was speeding and overtaking along the marrow road and dashed against an oncoming car moving from the Highway toward Cortalim. While the locals immediately called the 108 services and shifted the injured persons to the Hospital, residents have now demanded remedial steps to be taken along the road, which has now become an accident-prone zone A resident, Eddie Fernandes said that there had been another accident a few days ago where a…
Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), India’s biggest bilateral donor, has emphasised the need to uphold the “highest standards of ethics and transparency” in reference to concerns about providing a Rs 2,000-crore loan to the Goa government after a previous JICA-funded state project in the 2010s got mired in controversy. Last month, the Goa government eyeing a Rs 2,000-crore JICA loan to finance the power department’s underground cabling, substations, and meter installations work. Speaking to ThePrint Tuesday, Saito Mitsunori, chief representative JICA India Office, said discussions with the Goa government are at the early stages, and any…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today stated that he would challenge before the High Court the order passed by Goa Excise Commissioner Narayan Gad on his complaint on his over the illegally obtained liquor licence by the now controversial ‘Silly Souls Café and Bar’ in Assagao allegedly run by the family of Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. Adv. Rodrigues has stated that the Excise Commissioner, in his order, had totally overlooked the fact that the Excise licence was obtained by submitting false and inadequate documents and by misrepresenting facts while there were also glaring…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai today has alleged that Kala Academy is an ongoing scam and that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has failed to take action against the concerned Minister. “Kala Academy is an ongoing scam. It is said that Shahajan had cut off the hands of the workers after the construction of the Taj Mahal, but here the Minister is cutting off people’s pockets. The estimate has now reached Rs 60 crores,” alleged Vijai. He further said that Kala Academy premises have been sealed as if it is a Wagah border.…