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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress on Sunday worshipped river Mhadei at Nanora Valpoi and sought blessings to spread awareness about fighting for its existence. Under the program, ‘Mhadei Jagor’, Congress workers from across the state had gathered to seek blessings of Mother Mhadei by performing Pooja for the success of the Peoples movement which will begin on 16th January at Virdi Amona in Sankhelim Constituency. GPCC President Amit Patkar, MLA Carlos Alvares Ferreira, and other office bearers and workers were present. According to Amarnath Panjikar, water collected in ‘Kalash’ from the river Mhadei at Nanora will be taken to all the…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Government College of Commerce and Economics, Borda, under the aegis of the Directorate of Higher Education, has installed the first of its kind, “”Assessment Lab”” in the presence of Deputy Director, DHE, Prof Dr F.M. Nadaf and Director of the IQAC of the College, Dr Elizabeth Joey Henriques. Directorate of Higher Education, Goa state, had roped in ideas Unlimited, a leading consulting firm, into Assessment centre development. Based on the Centre for Research in Experiential Aids in teaching & Education”” (CREATE-LABS) of GDP Foundation, this first-of-its-kind Assessment Lab has been established to augment NEP 2020 in higher…

Goemkarponn desk SANKHALI: Asserting that the State Government will complete the mining auction process of all the 86 mining leases in the State within 3 months, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that we all have witnessed how mining-dependent people have suffered after mining was shut down in the State. Speaking at a Reboot Mining-Heralding New Era function organised by the Directorate of Mines & Geology to distribute the grant of Letters of Intent to the successful bidders of four iron ore blocks, namely Vedanta, Fomento, Rajaram Bandekar Mines Pvt ltd and Salgaocar Mining auctioned in the first Notice inviting…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Goa Khadi and Village Industries Board (GKAVIB) Chairman and Cortalim MLA Anton Vas on Sunday said that the officials of the board were willing to go to the doorstep of the people to explain various schemes and assist prospective entrepreneurs. Vas speaking to reporters after a mega awareness camp, also appealed the Panchayats in Goa to have an awareness camp where various schemes could be explained to the people at the village level to help generate self-employment. Vas also assured us to extend all. Support through the officials for the training of the people to utilise the…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Activists in port town have warned of a massive agitation to stop the transportation of coal and other cargoes to and from the port if the overloading of the vehicles is not stopped immediately by the Mormugao Port Authority ( MPA ) and other authorities like RTO and Traffic cell etc. Speaking to the media, anti-coal activist Xencor Polgi said that they had asked for an inspection by the Goa State pollution control board in the past for the vast pollution caused during cargo transportation along the roads through the city and highway. “The *Activists warn of…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao police on Saturday arrested a 24-year-old Rahul Biradar , a resident of GRB Colony Sada, for sexually assaulting a minor girl near a school in Verna The father of the girl had on Friday filed a complaint at Mormugao police station that the accused had on different occasions sexually assaulted his 16-year-old minor daughter Mormugao police have registered an offence and arrested the accused under sections 376 (2) (n) IPC and sections 8 of the Goa children’s act, paragraphs 3 ( b),4,5 (I),6 of the POSCO act. Mormugao police are carrying out a further investigation under…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho on Friday evening convened a joint meeting with South Goa Hoteliers in the presence of various departments like Navy, RTO, Goa Airport, Kadamba and others. Godinho, briefing media about Dabolim Airport and associated issues, said that the Goa airport was here to stay and the traffic at the Goa airport had increased. “We are having a joint meeting with South Goa Hoteliers association, TTAG president Nilesh Shah, Goa Airport, Navy, Transport department, Kadamba, Chicalim Panchayat and other departments to prepare ourselves at G 20 meeting. Dabolim airport has served us for a long…