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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant has said that the extension granted to the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) was much needed and that now a proper hearing can take place. “The extension to the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) was much needed; the proper hearing will take place now,” said CM Sawant The Central government has extended the term of the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) for the fourth time till August 19, 2022, to resolve the water-sharing dispute between Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra after the three states didn’t accept the award. The Centre had issued a…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: All Goa Private Bus Owners Association (AGPBOA) General Secretary Sudip Tamhankar today demanded that the state government should release the fuel subsidy which has been pending since June 2018. “Since June 2018, the state government has not released the fuel subsidy for bus owners and now we have given a reminder to the transport department,” said Tamankar He fiurther said that there is a budget provision but still the subsidy has not been released by the government. “These are tough times and due to pandemic many buses are not on the roads and it becomes very difficult…

Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: The BJP Yuva Morcha has filed a complaint against a person from Salcete for promoting love jihad. As per the complaint filed by Milind Naik and Girish Ghadi, of Yuva Morcha, a person gave a comment on youtube and Facebook asking a particular community to get married to Hindu girls and spread love jihad. As per the complaint, the person asked to increase his community in the state by marrying Hindu girls. “The person in question has tried to dislodge the communal harmony in the state by appealing to his community to falsely marry Hindu girls and…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Noted lawyer Aires Rodrigues has questioned the honorary doctorate awarded to Siddesh Shripad Naik, son of Union Minister Shripad Naik, terming it as a “joke”. “The conferring of a Doctorate on Siddesh Shripad Naik by the so-called Pune based Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Award Academy is laughable besides being ridiculous and the biggest cruel political joke during this pandemic,” Aires said.. He said it is absolutely illegal as there are set rules and regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for conferring PhD and equivalent degrees. “What are the special qualifications or work towards humanity, done by…

Goemkarponn desk VALPOI: In Sattari taluka, about 50 percent of the children in the villages face internet connectivity issues and cannot attend online classes. Many issues are emerging from different villages, but the authorities have failed to take any action in this regard. There is simmering anger amongst the citizens on the issue as they say it is a total failure of the government to give proper connectivity. Meanwhile, two days ago, the Central Committee of the MGP submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Collector of Sattari taluka and demanded that the government take measures to address the problems of…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Local officials of Jio, a mobile network company, visited Canacona to inspect sites for erecting mobile towers; before visiting the sites, they met with local MLA and Deputy Speaker Isidore Fernandes office at Chaudi on Tuesday. Just within a week after the local MLA and Deputy Speaker Isidore Fernandes had a meeting with Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant and the local Jio mobile officials regarding poor mobile network in Canacona, six of the Jio officials visited Canacona taluka and inspected the sites where they can erect mobile towers, they met Fernandes in his office at Chaudi who…

Goemkarponn desk Governor of Goa, Shri P. S. Sreedharan Pillai paid a condolence visit to Shree Gokarn Partagal Jeevottam Math, Partagali Cancona today in connection with the sad demise of Srimad Vidhyadhiraj Teerth Sripad Vader Swamiji, the spiritual and administrative head of Shree Gokarn Partagal Jeevottam Math who attained Mahanirvana on July 19, 2021. Hon’ble Governor met Shri Vidhyadheesh Theerth disciple and successor of Srimad Vidhyadhiraj Teerth Sripad Vader Swamiji and expressed his deep grief on the passing away of Swamiji. Governor said, State of Goa has lost a true sanyasi in every sense of that term and is an…