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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) has said that the Panchayat Minister has vested interests, which is the reason for the postponement of the Panchayat polls. “Panchayat Minister has vested interests, and that is the reason for the postponement of Panchayat polls. There is complete injustice done on the OBC community,” said GPCC President Amit Patkar. GPCC further said that they welcome the order of the High Court directing the Government to hold the Panchayat Elections within 45 days and issue the notification within 3 days. “It is indeed a sorry state of affairs that citizens have to…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostle’s Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which is observed on 29 June. The church recognizes that they may not have died on the same day, but the feast day honours the martyrdom of the two saints, sometime between AD 64 and 68, and tradition says that this is the day that they were both martyred in Rome by Emperor Nero. As a former fisherman, Saint Peter is the patron…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council is likely to shift the fruit vendors sitting on the footpath inside the new temporary shed by next week. MMC chairperson, along with the Councillors and Chief Officer, inspected the new temporary market shed on Wednesday. Within the two days of becoming the Chairperson of MMC, Leo Rodriques had hit the masterstroke by taking up the issue of shifting fruit vendors inside the new temporary market shed next to the fish vendors by next week. After the inspection, Leo Rodriques said that the inspection was carried out of the new market shed where the…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Questions are being raised whether the Dhawalkhazan bridge in Agonda, in advanced construction stages to replace the erstwhile delipidated Borim-Bridge, will be without sufficient Wing-Walls. Contractor racing against time to provide pedestrian access onto the Bridge before this month’s end, informed at the site that only one 6 metres long Wing-Wall is being constructed on one side-end of the Bridge in lieu of 3- metres length Wing-Walls on all four ends of both sides of the Bridge. The reason, as explained by the contractor, is the entire project is ill-designed, and the sanctioned concrete works are already…

Gera Developments, pioneers of the real estate business and award-winning creators of premium commercial and residential projects, including the innovative ChildCentric® Homes, in Pune, Goa and California, has recently announced new offers on three of its landmark Imperium commercial projects – Gera’s Imperium Star, Gera’s Imperium Grand and Gera’s Imperium Premio. This highly lucrative investment opportunity with a guaranteed return is available on ready possession commercial spaces for a limited time only. Shops at Gera’s Imperium Premio start at Rs 49.90 lacs and customers buying under this limited period offer can enjoy guaranteed rentals of up to Rs 2.50 lacs…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco firefighters have managed to give a new life to the two individuals who were trapped inside the PWD Sewerage chamber at Sada since Sunday afternoon. Vasco Fire station officers and personnel, with their hard efforts, rescued them on Monday afternoon. As per the available information, two individuals were rescued and shifted to Sub District hospital Chicalim for medical treatment. Vasco fire station officer Francisco Mendes said that “we got a call that one manual labourer entered the chamber he felt suffocated and became unconscious reportedly due to the inhalation of poisonous gases. The second labourer also…

In what may be a first in South Goa, a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patient underwent a life changing Angioplasty at Victor Hospital (VH). A man in his 40’s with a cardiac arrest was revived at Victor Hospital casualty before he suffered another massive heart attack and was wheeled in for an emergency angioplasty and stabilized after the treatment of the Culprit Vessel. The patient had Kidney disease and other multiple blocks in his heart for which there was a need for an angioplasty. Angioplasty procedure generally involves use of contrast dye which would have further worsened his kidneys.…