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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said pharmaceutical industry in Goa produces 12% of the total medicines manufactured in India and now we aim to make Goa stand out as an emerging destination for Electronic Manufacturing and IT Hardware in the Country. “12 percent of the pharmaceuticals products in country are produced in Goa. I invite all to invest in Goa and we will give you the best support,” said CM Sawant speaking at the Investors Meet of EMC, Tuem He further said that with the aim to make Goa stand out as an emerging destination for Electronic…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa today issued notice to Deputy Chief Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar and PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar in a petition filed against them seeking their disqualification. MGP leader Ramakrishna Dhavalikar had moved HC against Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar decision to dismiss the disqualification filed against Ajgaonkar and Pauskar- both former MGP MLAs who had switched to BJP in 2019. The HC adjourned the matter till October 22. The Goa Assembly Speaker had dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against 12 MLAs – 10 from the Congress and two from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Independent Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte today has opposed to the increase in fees for Master in Dental Surgery course in Goa. Khaunte claims that the course fees are the higest in the country. “Goa Govt hikes MDS Fees to Rs.2 lac which is now the highest in the country but fails to keep its promise of 20% salary hike to Doctors,”said Khaunte He further said that similar will be the fate of BJP Goa’s election promises and Goans will vote out this untrustworthy BJP Govt in the coming elections. “Khaunte should stop making Empty Promises and start…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Directorate of Transport today has issued a public notice to all operators warning warning that the state government will cancel permits of all the taxis that fail to install digital meters by October 31. The Transport department has also said that this order complies to tourist vehicle permit, taxis with All Goa Permit, Yellow Black stand permit. “If the taxi owners fail to fix the digital meter by Oct 31 their permit shall be suspended without any further notice and will only be revoked after proof of installation of the digital meters is submitted to the department.,”…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco police, based on specific and reliable information, carried out a raid at a flat in Sushila Sea winds, Vaddemon, Thursday midnight and busted an interstate betting racket involved in the illegal betting of IPL cricket matches. Six persons (5 hailing from Nagpur and one from Rajasthan) involved in the betting have been arrested while 2 laptops, several mobile phones, two improvised devices connected with mobile phones for receiving phones calls, one television set and some writing materials have been attached from the position of the accused during the raid. Vijay Jat (23) from Rajasthan along with…

Goemkarponn desk SANKHALI: The sixth edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was released earlier this week by Hon’ble Minister of Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. Despite fierce competition and the ongoing pandemic, this year’s top 75 B-schools included Goa Institute of Management (GIM) in 35th place. The ranking is a huge leap forward from last year where the institute was placed 48th. The news comes just days after the institution received the Great Place to Work Award and was rated as a Pioneering school in the globally recognised Positive Impacting Rating 2021 Survey. Ajit Parulekar, Director, GIM said, “We…

Goemkarponn Desk COLVALE: Colvale Police Station arrested one for committing theft of brand new scooter from showroom. The police said that the accused namely Nehal s/o Nagesh Budeeli r/o Porvorim who was working in Pratik Motors, Duler, Mapusa, stole one Fascino scooter from Pratik Motors and came to deliver the said stolen scooter to his customer at Gotnichoval Colvale. Further he was caught red handed and arrested.