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Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The re-planted coconut trees on the Guirim flyover has, which were standing dangerously, have been finally removed by the National Highways following the directions of the Prime Minister’s office. A concerned citizen Sanjay Raut had to write to the PMO after teh local authorities and the CMO failed to take action over the dangerous coconut trees. “Happy to note that PWD last week cut all these trees. This is how Goa administration and CMO work; they need to take lessons from PMO,” Sanjay Raut said. He said that he wrote to the North Goa collector on email…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: According to the press note, an audit of constructions in North Goa conducted by the Goa Citizens Civic Forum (GCCF) has revealed that illegal construction activity, including additional or add-on structures, modifications to existing structures and blatantly illegal construction work, have increased nearly 100 times since 2010-2015. This does not include land modifications, hill-cutting, landfilling and land zone conversions done illegally over the last few years. The GCCF audit only looked at constructed or built-up structures, either new or modified, over the last few years. There are glaring violations of TCP and FSI rules, not to forget…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: To combat heart attacks and improve quality of life by lowering premature mortality rates, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that government, DHS and Medical Centers have launched the 2D Echocardiogram initiative, a statewide program for quickly identifying cardiac abnormalities at scale and make diagnosis accessible to the general public, the first of its kind in India. “The aim is to diagnose patients in medical establishments for cardiac abnormalities and provide a comprehensive diagnosis with appropriate treatment plans and care pathways through early prediction and detection of cardiac ailments, thus saving lives,” said Rane He further said that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa IT Professionals has asked the school managements to support SCERT as it updates ICT curriculum. “Given the need of the hour, the SCERT Goa, has developed a new curriculum for computer education under the CARES (Coding and Robotics Education in Schools) scheme. The curriculum has been changed after almost ten years and it is really a commendable initiative to impart modern and useful computer education to all students in the state,” GITO said in a statement.. It said that computer technology is constantly evolving and teaching such a subject requires a balanced combination of advanced…

PANAJI: The leaders of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee and Goa Pradesh Youth Congress on Saturday lashed out at the Centre, over the National Monetisation Pipeline calling it as big scam by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress wings agitated in capital city Panjim, as part of nationwide protest and said that BJP is trying to Sell the nation. The leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat, GPCC President Girish Chodankar, former minister Alex Sequeira, Youth President Adv. Varad Mardolkar, GPCC Vice president Sankalp Amonkar, General secretary Janardhan Bhandari, Rudolph Fernandes, Youth Congress Goa Incharge Akhilesh Yadav, National Campaign Incharge Mohammed Harris Nalapad,…

*General body gave an extension to 17 member Central Executive Committee headed by him for good work *”Bhandari Samaj to file defamation case against Atish Mandrekar and 27 others for filing false case against President at Police Station Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ashok Naik was re-elected as the President of Gomantak Bhandari Samaj as the general body meeting held at Ponda gave three year extension to 17 member Central Executive Committee headed by him. The general body meeting held on Sunday 29 Aug gave an extension because of the President’s outstanding performance and hard work and his Central Executive Committee. Around…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa government has extended the ongoing Covid-induced curfew till September 6, officials said on Sunday. The curfew was first imposed on May 9 this year and has been extended several times since then. The state government had earlier opened a majority of activities in the state with several curbs in place, but casinos are yet to be opened. Casinos, auditoriums, community halls, water parks, entertainment parks will remain closed. River cruises are also not allowed. Spas and massage parlours will also continue to remain closed. Cinema halls are allowed to functions with 50% capacity. Schools are…