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SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: It won’t be totally wrong to suggest that the national parties have betrayed us in the Mhadei issue. Here let me tell you it’s not about one political party, all three parties – Congress, BJP and now Aam Aadmi Party have also joined the others speaking in a different tone in Karnataka. While Congress and AAP are after Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant’s blood and demand his resignation for failure to protect Goa’s interest, their counterparts in Karnataka sing a different tune. It is no secret that the Mhadei is a major electoral issue ahead…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has warned that the mamlatdar concerned will be suspended from service if encroachment on government lands in his jurisdiction takes place. CM Pramod Sawant chaired a meeting of District Collectors and all Revenue officers in presence of Revenue Minister Babush Monserrate. “Henceforth when anyone encroaches on government land for mining, building of houses etc, mamlatdars will be held responsible as he is the custodian of government land,” Sawant said. Regularisation of houses workis pending and it will be fast tracked, informed CM Pramod Sawant today. He further said that  the mamlatdar will be…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: The Goa Common Entrance Test (GCET)-2023 for admissions to Engineering and Pharmacy Degree courses shall be conducted on January 13 and 14. Directorate of Technical Education said that Common Prospectus, containing details regarding GCET as well as admissions to Professional Degree courses shall be duly notified on the DTE website www.dte.goa.gov.in. From 2024, admissions to Goa’s engineering colleges will be carried out solely in accordance with the merit list drawn by the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main- formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination in line with admissions to IITs and NITs – as the State government abolished…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA : Stating railway authorities have failed to act on their demands to resume long distance trains Halts and resume related measures at Canacona KRC Station, the agitating leaders have decided to intensify their agitation against the railway authorities and and the government for their failure to resolve thier grievances as demanded in the agitation 20 days ago. It may be recalled that various organisations including Swabhimani Jagruth Canconcars(SJC), Forum for Senior Citizens of Canacona(FSCC), Jana-Sena Warriors (JSW) and ‘Vision and Mission… Progressive Canacona(VMPC) ‘ have led a Morcha against the KRC Station at Chaudi twenty days ago…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Department of Transport today has invited applications from interested individuals from Pernem Taluka who are interested in joining the prepaid blue airport taxi with a notified stand. A public notice to this effect has been issued by the department today. The department has said that an amendment has been proposed of blue color for airport taxi with identical terms and conditions of yellow black taxi. Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho said the transport department will start blue cabs exclusively for the local Pernem taxi operators at the Mopa airport. Godinho said no yellow and black taxi stands…

AERIAL VIEW As per the information given by the KTCL, passengers will be charged fees ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 500 according to the destination. A bus ride to Mapusa would be Rs 200, the ones to Calangute and Panaji would be Rs 250, while for Margao, it would be Rs 500 per person. Buses plying from all the designated boarding points will have one-hour intervals. The service will commence on January 5. Shocking rates, right? The rates are on par with what the taxi operators charge, and instead of providing some relief, the government seems to have started…