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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that any development in the State is possible when people’s participation is involved. He urged the people to participate in every mission of the Government for the Development of the State. CM was speaking after Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has virtually addressed the ‘Har Ghar Jal Utsav under Jal Jeevan Mission and launched QR code services for water bill payment event organized at Institute Menezes Braganza, Panaji. During his virtual address, the Prime Minister congratulated Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, his Cabinet Minister and the people of Goa for…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In the quiet of the night at 10 pm, a trawler manned by 37 fishermen found itself stranded on Miramar beach amidst the high waves. In a late night rescue operation conducted by Drishti lifesavers with the assistance of the BSP all men onboard the stranded vessel were brought safely back to shore. The trawler is said to have departed from Betim Jetty at sunset. After the interim prohibition on the fishing season was lifted, fishermen resumed their activity in full force. The commencement of the fishing season has witnessed a large volume of trawlers setting out…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Stating the Centre allotted 100% Certification of Har Ghar Jal to Goa State is completely a farce, and far away from the ground reality, GPCC General Secretary Janardhan Bhandari blamed the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant for making wrong claims and the Centre for the botched-up 100% certification to the State. ‘Barring Canacona municipality to a certain extent, none of the 7 village panchayats of Canacona have Tap connections in totality. Gaondongrim and Cotigao villages do not have 50% of their households with water taps facilities. Similar is the situation in the villages of Poinguinim, Loliem-Polem,…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: After vigorous campaigning for the success of his panel fielded in all the six VPs of the Canacona constituency, GLA Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar gave his authority of stamp to elect his chosen panch-elects for electing to the posts of Sarpanch and Dy Sarpanch in four of the panchayats on Friday. Paving the way for family raj in Poinguinim Panchayat, Speaker went ahead in getting his wife’s name proposed unanimously amongst 7 of the 9 panch-elects for the woman Reserved post of Sarpanch and later presented her congratulatory bouquet of flowers. According to sources, Speaker…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Ahead of the Council meeting to discuss the matter of seeking Supreme Court relief in the BS4 engine trucks, the Shadow Council for Margao demanded fixing of responsibility for the 38 lakhs loss in the purchase of 3 nos BS4 engine banned trucks. And make those responsible deposits the Supreme Court Advocate fees with the Council as advance. Vide a representation to the MMC Chief Officer, SCM Convener Savio Coutinho stated that through the RTI information provided by the Council, it was learnt that the 3 nos BS4 trucks were purchased in UNDUE HURRY at the time…

AERIAL VIEW The core mission of the police is to control crime. No one disputes this. However, shockingly despite the police claiming night patrolling, there have been cases of thefts and robberies during the night. Only blaming the police would not help either; as far as the Khandola temple is concerned, there was no security. Even though the door was locked, there was a need for security simply because there was so much quantity of gold. Secondly, thieves knew very well where the DVR of the CCTV camera was placed and hence after the robbery, they decamped even with the…

Goemkarponn desk DIVAR: The BJP will win both Lok Sabha seats in Goa in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the party’s national general secretary and state in-charge CT Ravi said on Thursday, adding that the Congress’ penchant for dynasty would lead the party to its doom. “Congress doesn’t have niti (policy), neta (leader) and niyat (intention). We will win both seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Goa… We will cross 400 across India. Because of niti, neta, niyat. The Congress is connected with dynasty; we are connected with development,” Ravi told reporters here. The central BJP official is…