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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council Chairperson has pledged to clear the road encroached by the fruit vendors at F.L.Gomes road. This move would partially solve the parking issue. Vasco city is not new to the illegalities related to the encroachments and mess related to these footpath and road encroachments. People on a regular basis face parking problems, stray cattle issues, accidents, traffic congestion due to the encroachments of the road. The same situation has cropped up at Vasco F.L.Gomes road. The fruit vendors who are doing their business by encroaching on the main road are actually leading to the…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: “Swar Taal” musical institute of Vasco held a grand annual Guru Poornima event at Vidhyadhiraj Bhavan Vasco on Sunday. Several Goan artists gave their solo performances in this event. Students were advised to work hard in the field of music to achieve success. Annual Guru Pornima event was held at Vidhyadhiraj Bhavan Vasco by the disciples of sir Surya Shetye who is a well known Tabla player in Goa. The guru pujan and traditional rituals were performed during the inaugural function by music teacher Sharad Mathkar, Amey Chopdekar, Vice chairperson Mormugao municipal council, Rohit Bandodkar, Prakash Chari…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – In a major embarassment to Canacona BJP, Congress charged that the just concluded Assembly ended without being presented a single issue of Canacona even as the constituency is reeling under several matters of concern. Infact, Canacona Congress informed, that after Power Minister exposed the failure of Canacona MLA of submitting any proposal/demand, GPCC General Secretary Janardhan Bhandari immediately rushed to Assembly and appraised Dy. CLP Leader Sankalp Amonkar and other Congress MLAs about various issues and development work of Canacona, and they(congress MLA’s) assured to raise the same in next Assembly session. ‘The just concluded session…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: On backdrop of 25 July world drowning prevention day, locals and NGOs have expressed concern over rising drowning deaths in rivers and water bodies in Ponda and Dharbandora Taluka. Goa Can Roland Martin urged the authorities to erect compound walls/ fence around open water bodies and urged to create awareness among people to stay away from unprotected water bodies. In last decade several elderly including childrens while enjoying picnic/bath in Dudhsagar river tributary of Mhadei around 25 drowning deaths were reported in Dharbandora and Ponda Taluka On this background not only social workers but also NGOs like…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Union home ministry has directed both collectors to conduct detailed inquiry into the issues of dual citizenship by Goan residents and make appropriate recommendations to the central government. The order shall remain in force for a period of two years. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), the Central Government hereby directs that the powers exercisable by it under sub-section (2) of Section 9 of the Act read with rule 40 of the Citizenship Rules, 2009, shall be exercisable by the District Collector, North Goa and…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: With state government lacking workforce during elections, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that his government is considering setting up of a dedicated election cell. “The proposal for setting up of a separate dedicated Election Cell is under consideration. But since election is massive exercise and huge number of polling officials are required, the Government officials will have to be requisitioned,” said CM Sawant He further said that since the election is time bound work and has to be completed within time framed schedule as prescribed by Election Commission of India, New Delhi, the services of various Officers/…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In order to promote seaweed culture in the State Minister for Fisheries Nilkanth Halarnkar said that department has requested NIO and CMFRI to assist the Government in identification of ideal sites for seaweed culture. “In order to promote seaweed culture in the State, Department has requested NIO and CMFRI to assist the Government in identification of ideal sites for seaweed culture,”said Halarnkar He further said that the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has conducted training for the Department officials. “Department has nominated few interested applicants and forwarded the list of the interested farmers for hands on…