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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “It is shocking that the most irresponsible BJP Government headed by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant criminally wasted almost 250 MT of Toor Dal & 10.3 MT of Sugar, costing almost 3.5 crores. BJP Government will get ‘Cursed’ by the Women in Goa who struggle to feed their families, for this wastage,” charged Goa Mahila Congress President Beena Naik. She demanded the immediate sacking of the Minister & Officials responsible for the huge loss. “Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant must act immediately and conduct a high-level inquiry under the supervision of High Court Judge,” Beena Naik demanded.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Days after giving the same statement on the floor of the House, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has almost hinted at the end of the road for Taxis in Goa. The tone in which Chief Minister spoke to the media when asked about the taxis speaks volumes of his intentions. He seems in no mood to relent, and the government seems adamant about bringing in cab aggregators. He said the entire world and country had accepted taxi aggregators. Goa cannot be different from it. He assured of resolving the taxi issue within the next three months. “We…

AERIAL VIEW The month of Shravan is considered holy as a majority of Hindu families are vegetarian during the festive month up to the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. That is one of the reasons why the supporters seem to be less behind the candidates canvassing in almost all 186 village panchayats, which go to polls on August 10. Contesting candidates and their supporters have to a large extent, resorted to foul practices to get voters to cast their votes in their favour during the panchayat elections. While there is not much distribution of cash during panchayat elections, there is a free…

Goemkrponn desk PONDA Henceforth there will be no Airport road in Ponda. It will be Shri Aurobindo Road. PMC changes the Market approach road (popular among the public as Airport road) to Aurbindo Road. PONDA: Ponda Municipal Council, in its meeting today, decided to change the name of the approach road to market with Shri Aurobindo road. The general public unknowingly had named the approach road as an airport road for many years, and it was popular among the common public as an Airport road due to difficulty in pronunciation or other reasons. PMC, in its special meeting, passed a…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa University is playing with the career and future of students. Despite the final year examination, the results of about 10,000 students, including graduate and post-graduate students, have not been declared by Goa University. In this regard, NSUI State President Naushad Chowdhari has filed a complaint against Goa University, which failed to declare the results of UG and PG students. On Thursday, NSUI met the Governor and submitted the complaint. Naushad has also requested the governor to take action against Goa University in this matter. This is happening, again and again, every semester, and the university is…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Against the backdrop of rising fatal accidents in Goa due to consumption of Alcohol, Ponda traffic Police began a special drive against drunken driving. Ponda Traffic PI Krishna Sinhari said We have started the special awareness drive from August 2 and booked 20 drunken driving cases while a total of 80 cases booked from January to July this year. He urged people to safe driving and not to violate traffic rules. He urged to avoid drunk driving and also wear a helmet and other necessary gadget during driving. He said a person goes out of sense during…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Forests Minister Vishwajit Rane said that his department has chalked out various plans for the upgradation of Wildlife Sanctuaries. Rane had an interaction with Vinay Luthra (Retd. IFS/PCCF Karnataka) in the presence of Rajiv Kumar Gupta & Santosh Kumar. “We chalked out various plans for up-gradation of Wildlife Sanctuaries, focusing on enhancing and creating a robust ecosystem,” he added. Rane had earlier said that he aims to boost eco-tourism in the state through the forest department, create camping sites and generate employment for the youth through various portfolios, not only in Sattari but in different parts of…