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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress Party has decided to meet the Governor of Goa on the issue of reservations to OBC, SC and ST at Post Graduate Level Medical and Dentistry Courses in its meeting of the newly elected Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Delegates held yesterday at Congress House, Panaji, said Senior Vice President M K Shaikh. The meeting was presided over by G.P.C.C. President Shri Amit Patkar. Opposition Leader Yuri Alemao, Aldona M.L.A. Carlos Alvares Ferreira, Quepem MLA Altone D’Costa, South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha, Senior Vice President M.K. Shaikh and others attended the meeting. Congress President Amit Patkar and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “Wow! Kudos to BJP Governments Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, for ridiculing Niti Ayog, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on its Report of 1.10 lakhs unemployed in Goa. You are a genius who invented the 102% Covid Vaccination Theory. BJP need to reward you soon. Shakha education, at its best,” charged Congress President Amit Patkar. Reacting sharply to the statement made by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, who claimed that Niti Ayog’s data of Unemployment in Goa was wrong and only 20000 are unemployed in Goa, the Congress President has urged BJP to reward him for…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A major fire engulfed a flat in a residential building at Mundvel in Vasco on Thursday afternoon. Fortunately, there was no loss of life or injuries reported in the incident, as the flat had been unoccupied. While the cause of the fire is suspected to be due to a short circuit, the losses are estimated to be around Rs 15 lakhs. Alert neighbours immediately alerted the Vasco fire brigade, who rushed to the spot and doused the fire while preventing the inferno from spreading into the other flats in the resident St Andrews Residency building Neighbour Prashanti…

Goemkarponn desk BENAULIM: Benaulim MLA Capt Venzy Viegas has filed a complaint with Margao Police, asking to register FIR. Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral and Member Secretary Dr Sharmila Minteiro for intentionally allowing raw sewage discharge into River Sal. “I have submitted to PI Margao asking to file an FIR under section 277 IPC on Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral & Member Secretary Dr Sharmila Minteiro for intentionally allowing raw sewage discharge into River Sal,” said Venzy. He further said that there is photographic and video evidence to show that raw sewerage being discharged from the pipeline of the Sewerage Treatment Plant…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Kundaim locals opposed the Mobile tower in the School premises at Kundaim at Kundaim, stating it is hazardous to students’ health. The locals demanded to shift the mobile tower at IDC or erect it over any government building. The locals also foiled the second effort of the Mobile company to erect the tower without proper documentation, taking the chance of holidays on Saturday and Sunday. The officials, including Mamlatdar, Police had arrived at the spot; however, as locals saw the document’s expiry date, they sent them back. Locals also warned to stage agitation if an attempt…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Curti Ponda locals who were shocked to see theft cases in three flats at Curti in broad daylight today heaved a sigh of relief as the police team cracked the theft cases by arresting two accused and recovering stolen material. The team was headed by PI Vijaykumar Chodankar, PSI Paresh Sinari, HC Kedarnath Jalmi, PC Amay Gosavi, Aditya Naik, Mayur Jambotkar, Omkar Sawant under the guidelines of C.L. Patil SDPO Ponda. The theft cases were reported at Curti on 8 and 9 November. Accused persons, namely Dayaynand Ravi Shetty, age 37 years occupation spot boy r/o…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa from November 20 to 28 will open with Austrian film ‘Alma and Oskar’. The passionate and tumultuous relationship between the Viennese society Grand Dame Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) is the subject of this biopic. Directed by Dieter Berner, the film has total runtime of 110 minutes. Oskar Kokoschka, an upcoming painter, finds Alma, a music composer, during a time when she had already begun a relationship with architect Walter Gropius, after the death of her first husband,…