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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that his Government’s focus is to promote Goa for its Hinterland tourism, Religious tourism, eco tourism, Wellness tourism, Mice tourism and Sports tourism besides Beach tourism. Chief Minister said that the entire industry has been going through a hard time during the last 18 months. “Though resilience has been shown by the industry during the last season, the second wave of COVID brought the situation back to square one. However, the prospects are looking bright now,” Chief Minister added. Chief Minister said that last week, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: On 1 October, Senior Citizen day will be celebrated; however, senior citizens or senior citizen couples residing alone in the house face many difficulties in their lives. As per the Senior Citizen Protection and Maintenance Act, there is provision to form a three members Volunteers Committee comprising social workers to provide them help at the time of need and distress. However, many Panchayats had not appointed such committees. Such committees are essential to coordinate with beat Police so that senior citizens or couples residing alone can get timely help from Police and Volunteers. In this regard, Goa…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In an online cheating case, one bank customer, a resident of Patantali Bandora, was looted by the fraudster to the tune of Rs 26000 after he shared a one-time password( OTP) with the cheater, and soon after, money was removed from his Bank account. The Customer filed a complaint with Ponda Police Station. According to the complainant, the incident took place on Saturday Morning. According to the complainant, he had planned to buy a washing machine and called a customer care centre. However, he did not receive any response to his call. A few minutes later, he…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar has written to The Chief Election Commissioner of India demanding to replace Chief Electoral Officer-Goa IAS Kunal on completion of over 6 years in office. “GPCC in Goa had raised the issue. about the functioning of Shri Kunal (IAS), the Chief Electoral Officer in the State. (Copies of complaint enclosed). The officer besides being the CEO is also holding a charge over some other Government Departments as Secretary,” said Chodankar. He further said that it was regrettable that despite expressing serious reservations over the conduct of Kunal in the…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Goa’ Sandhya Melasheemi won Gold in Women’s Doubles 35+ along with a Silver in 35+ Singles as the curtains came down on the All India Masters Ranking Badminton Tournament, which concluded at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor stadium at Navelim. Goa’s Ayoob C.K, who partnered Kerala’s Xavier Raphael, surpassed all expectations to win Silver in Men’s doubles 50+ category. Goa’s former State champion and former India player, Leena Pednekar Dhapre, was a double delight as she won a Gold in Women’s Singles 45+, followed by another Gold in Women’s Doubles 40+ partnering Gujarat’s Pooja Mehta. Several prominent players…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: AICC Goa Desk In-Charge Dinesh Gundu Rao today said that unexpected entry of TMC in Goa and at poaching and hijacking leaders from other political parties. Rao also alleged that this was a VRS retirement scheme for Faleiro. “Suddenly coming here and poaching and hijacking leaders from other political parties is not a good thing for the culture of Goa and healthy democracy. What TMC is doing is not in the political or developmental interest of Goa,” he said. He further said that they have many candidate options in each constituency and that Congress is a strong…

Clearly, this shows the progress India and Goa have made since independence and Liberation. It is time for every Goan to celebrate the achievements of the two girls. Of Course, to top it up, Indian Girls defeated Australia in the One-day cricket match, which was the defeat after a long time for the Kangaroos. All this has come when the Taliban has taken over Afghanistan and suppressed women’s voices, education, etc. Indeed we should be proud of their achievements. This also shows the Indian and Goan women can conquer the skies if given freedom and support. While these were the…