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Goemkarponn Desk NUVEM: Negligence on part of PWD personnel led to the death of one youth from Nuvem. 25-yr-old Richard Costa was crushed under a falling tree which was cut by PWD personnel on highway near Nuvem. Richard was on the bike when the accident took place. Agitated People of Nuvem have demanded immediate action against those responsible for the negligence. PWD Highways division was on a routine job of trimming and cutting roadside trees that were posing danger to traffic. People alleged that police was posted to stop traffic only one one side while there was no one to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: NABARD has sanctioned loan worth ₹ 2891.15 lakh under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to the Government of Goa for ‘Construction of Phase II Building of Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa’; said Usha Ramesh, General Manager/OiC, NABARD. She further stated that RIDF was instituted in NABARD with the sole objective of giving low cost support to State Governments and State owned Corporations for developing critical infrastructure in agriculture & allied sector, social sector and rural connectivity. The social infrastructure created out of the project sanctioned will be the State of the Art ‘Dental Hospital’ for…

Goemkarponn desk The Aam Aadmi Party has launched a Legal cell to aid Goans with with the CZMP hearings. The party firmly believes that these hearing need to be had on the village level and not conducted in the haphazard manner in which they are now, the party, however does not want to give the BJP a chance to steal Goans’ lands.The legal cell will be led by AAP Leader Adv Prasad Shahpurkar to help villagers in their CZMP objections. It has to be noted that in the last hearing many Goans were excluded, and the demand across the state was…

Despite transfer in Feb, Sherif Jaques continues to as VERNA PI Two high-profile cases related to the police station transferred to Crime Branch; Verna PI himself under suspicion Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The triple suicide at Zuarinagar has put a big question mark on police role in the development. Moreover, the role of Verna Police Inspector Sherif Jacques is under scanner for allegedly torturing the lady Devamma on suspicion of the theft case. However, what is now come to the fore is that the police inspector was transferred to the Security department by an order issued on 22 February 2021. Police…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Many in the tavernas and pubs in Goa are betting on what will reach a hundred first, beer or petrol. With the beer bottle still sold at eighty-five rupees in wholesale, the petrol and diesel prices are closing on on hundred and reach a century any time soon, the unprecedented rise in fuel prices has not only upset their predictions but the monthly budget of the common man and woman across Goa too. With the relentless increase in fuel prices since the last few months, the commoners’ struggle to survive has become more complex. This has brought…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court has extended all interim orders passed by itself as well as subordinate courts and tribunals that fall under its jurisdiction in Goa and Maharashtra till August 13 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, in view of the Covid 19 pandemic. The Bench further directed that orders pertaining to eviction, demolition or dispossession passed by any lower courts or authorities after April 9 will be kept in abeyance as per the conditions of its previous order of April 16, 2021. “We will extend the of interim orders till August 13. Lockdown orders have…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant to has asked the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) to take the remaining work of Atal Setu on war footing. CM Sawant today chaired the GSIDC board meeting to take review of the projects of GSIDC. “I have asked GSIDC to take the remaining work of Atal Setu on war footing,” said CM Sawant He further informed that the entire stretch of Atal Setu Bridge would be completed by December 2021. Construction of the bridge began in 2014 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid down the foundation stone of the bridge. The bridge connects areas from Pundalik…