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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The representatives of 26 Village Panchayats from the mining areas of Goa have made an appeal to the Apex Court of India, to take the matter of Goa Mining resumption on urgent basis and provide the much-needed relief to the Goa mining dependents. The representatives of the village panchayats from affected villages due to Mining stoppage, claim that the Goa Mining industry has been consistently misrepresented in various government departments and the judiciary. These representatives earlier filed a representation to the Supreme Court of India demanding a solution to the grave situation witnessed by people of Goa since past 40 months. They further explained that immediate resumption of mining…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Canacona BJP Mandal celebrated the birth and death anniversary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder member of BJP, by planting saplings of fruit-bearing trees near various polling booths in the constituency. Syama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951 with the help of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was born on 6th July and had died on 23rd June. He was 51 years old when he died. The fruit-bearing plantation drive was held near the polling booths in Loliem, Poinguinim, Cotigao and Gaondongrim panchayats areas. The local MLA and Deputy…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Tribal Corporation handed over cheques to buy mini tillers to ten farmers belonging to schedule caste (ST) category at a program held at Khotigao. At a function held at the Khotigao panchayat hall, the officials of the Tribal Corporation distributed cheques to ten farmers who had applied for a loan from the corporation. The Tribal Corporation finances 90% of the cost of the agricultural equipment like tillers, brush cutters, tractors or any other equipment used for agricultural purposes, informed Daya Gaonkar, sarpanch of Khotigao panchayat and one of the associate directors of the Tribal Corporation. The interest…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The state government on Friday extended the state-wide Covid-19 curfew till 7 am on 12 July amid a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that all shops can remain open in the state from 7 am till 6 pm daily. Saloons and outdoor sports complexes and stadiums can also open. The Covid-19 curfew in Goa was first imposed on 9 May. It has since been extended from time to time considering the number of infections The following activities/establishment/facilities/events shall remain closed a casinos, b. shops (except as…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa today reported 164 new COVID-19 positive cases. While there were 202 recoveries and 4 deaths. As per DHS health bulletin, the active cases stand at 2087. the total death tally is 3073. The number of patients discharged from hospital today are 20. The positivity rate is 3.56 percent and recovery stands at 96.92 percent.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: AAP condemned in the strongest terms the attack on RTI activist Narayan Naik on Saturday. AAP stated that Law and Order in Goa has been failing as the elections draw near and puts the blame squarely on the shoulders of the CM Pramod Sawant. Pramod Sawant seems too busy to pay attention to his portfolio as home minister and is more interested in campaigning for the coming elections & in a ceaseless PR campaign where the BJP is just patting it’s back. Narayan Naik was attacked in broad daylight as he was exiting the Sancoale Panchayat building. It’s shocking…

Goemkarponn Desk PANJIM: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar said that non availability of genome sequencing testing resulted in almost thousand deaths in state Chodankar also has warned of agitation it steps not taken to start Genome Testing Facility in Goa. “In our neighboring States, the new variants have already reached. The spread of this variant can be controlled with early detection & containment and hence we should have our own laboratory for genome sequencing testing,” said Chodankar He further said that Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant should now at least come to his senses and work towards…