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Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: Chief Minister Dr. Pramod P Sawant invited the PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate the historic Aguada Jail, beautified under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme. CM also briefed the PM on the current covid scenario in Goa and the on-going preparations for the 3rd Wave. “CM has invited PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate the historic Aguada Jail, beautified under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme and to address all the Village Panchayats of Goa for undertaking the Atmanirbhar Swayampurna Programme, said CMo Sawant also met with the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda ji. CM led the delegation from…

Goemkarponn desk Pernem Police received a complaint from one Mr. Shri Mr. B. Ajith Kumar, age- 22 From Chennai that he was waylaid by two unknown male persons and two unknown female persons in one car from Dabolim Airport on pretext of dropping him to Hotel room at Ponda and further he was taken to Pernem Goa where he was assaulted with fist blows on his head and cash Rs. 2000/-, his wallet and luggage bag containing documents was robbed from him. The accused also threatened the complainant with dire consequences to kill and was beaten up and made him…

Goemkarponn desk Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) a premier notified mineral exploration agency under the aegis of Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Directorate of Mines & Geology (DMG), Government of Goa, offering integrated mineral exploration and consultancy services today at New Delhi. With the signing of MoU, MECL will assess mineral resources by conducting an array of geo-scientific exploration and will finalise the mineral blocks to be auctioned and establish the state’s mineral inventory. The recent amendments to the MMDR Amendment Act 2021, Mineral (Auction) Second Amendment Rules, 2021 and Minerals (Evidence…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: AAP Goa today condemned the attack on Goan Artist Rajdeep Naik for criticising the Govt. AAP finds it shocking that goons of the BJP would attack Goan artists who are the reason why Goans smile in these tough times just for their opinion. Is criticising the Govt now a crime? Moreover artists just like other Goans are impacted by the economic issues around the Pandemic. Goan artists are those who keep our culture alive so is it not the job of the Govt to take care of them? Why is the Sawant Sarkar first abandoning them then…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHE) today declared that 99.40 % of the HSSC students passed in the results declared on Monday evening, much higher than the 89.27 in the previous year Out of the 18,195 students that were for the HSSC, 18,085 passed. A mere 75 students failed. As per information, 99.39 percent cleared Arts stream, 99.66 percent passed Commerce streams, 99.68 passed while 98.51 passed the vocational stream. “This time the HSSC exams were cancelled and the results were declared based on objective criteria. This time the pass percentage of 99.40 percent…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The driver and cleaner of a Karnataka bound truck had a miraculous escape as their truck fell short of landing in a water body by inches after the driver lost control over his vehicle just before reaching the beginning of the Talpona bridge on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. However, the oil from the engine has leaked into the water body, and a dark thick oily substance was found floating near the ill-fated truck. Canacona police informed that the ill-fated multi-axle truck bearing registration number KA-02-AF-2969 was travelling from Ponda towards Karnataka. Police also informed…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Cuncolim Municipal Council has issued a stop-work order for the Illegal Hill Cutting & Massive Destruction of Hillock at Cancanamoddi, Panzorconi Cuncolim. CMC chairperson Dr Laximan G Naik issued a press release saying he inspected the Hill Cutting site and decided to give a stop-work order. “Upon a visit to the site mentioned above on 18 July 2021, it appeared that land development work going on beyond the approvals limits given by the TCP department. As such it was noticed that massive destruction of the hillock at Cancanamoddi, Panzorconi Cuncolim Goa was going on in full swing,”…