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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa unit of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) organised an “Awareness Workshop on Radiation from Cellular Mobile Towers” under the Chairmanship of Shri Ashok Kumar Mittal ITS, Advisor, DoT at Sanchar Bhavan Patto Panaji today. This workshop was organised as part of DoT’s public advocacy programme designed to dispel myths around Electromagnetic Frequency (EMF) Radiation and quell unfounded citizens’ fears, supported by credible scientific evidence. Giving an outline of the telecommunication services and highlighting the issues faced by the stakeholders, Shri Ashok Kumar Mittal, ITS, Advisor, DoT, mentioned, “Mobile towers are vital for smooth connectivity. However,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A day after the restaurant association met him with a memorandum, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Saturday announced the government is contemplating granting some relief to the restaurant owners. “The government is contemplating giving some relief to the restaurant owners. We may allow them to operate with 50 p.c capacity,” Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said. On Friday, all Goa Bar & Restaurant Owners Association appealed to Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant to allow them to open following COVID19 SOPs. The association also demanded tax relief during the lockdown period. “We, the bar and restaurant owners,…

Goemakrponn desk PONDA: The United Tribals Associations Alliance ( UTAA) on Saturday condemned MGP leaders – former PWD Minister Sudin Dhavlikar and former Priol MLA Deepak Dhavlikar for misguiding ST people on the use of ST fund. UTAA general secretary for Ponda Taluka Durgadas Gaude and members, addressing a press conference, said the tribal fund is being used to develop Banastari Market through tribal fund of Central Government under article 175 to criteria framed for the use of ST purpose. They said that if the other Bahujan communities benefit from it, there is no harm in it. Gaude said, however,…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Priol MLA and Minister Govind Gaude on Saturday, without naming anyone, alleged that both his rival politicians oppose the water treatment plant, at Murdi, Khandepar, keeping an eye on the assembly election. He said his rivals are instigating ST locals to oppose the plant, citing it would cause flooding and environmental damage. He said the Curti Khandepar Panchayat had issued NOC for the project and later withdrawn. He said he is ready to sit with the locals and PWD Engineers and clear their doubts on flooding and environmental issues, but no locals have come forward to discuss…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: A series of cow deaths in last few days have caused concerns to residents of Sada. Sources added that around ten cows had been found dead in the previous few days. Councillor Prajay Mayekar said that residents suspected the cows could be posioned and demanded action on the culprit. Councillor Damodar Naik said that it was shocking to see cows dying every day and told that Urban Development Minister Milind Naik had already alerted the Animal Husbandry Department to investigate the deaths. Urban Development Minister Milind Naik said that he has already directed the police to keep…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: The police in the beach village of Calangute in North Goa have filed an FIR against unknown person/persons after a hacker gate-crashed into an online classroom conducted for students of a school in Candolim and started posting pornography clips. Officials at the Calangute police station have filed the FIR under Section 67 (A) of the Information Technology Act, inspector Nolasco Raposo said on Friday. According to a complaint filed by the school management with the police, unknown persons hacked into the online classroom at around 11:30 am and started posting porn videos, forcing the teacher to terminate…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Shadow Council for Margao filed a written Complaint against the Sewerage department contractor to execute substandard works posing risks to the general public’s lives. While demanding an inquiry into the cause for the sinking of the road and the Margao KTC bus stand near the old Market circle, SCM also demanded that all the losses caused to the public exchequer on account of the shoddy work be recovered from the defaulting Contractor. “The sinking of the portion of the road can very well be attributed to the poor quality work executed by the Contractor and deserves to…