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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Tired of the internet connectivity issues leading to a continuous struggle in attending their online classes, students from the villages of Kodal, Satrem and Derode in Sattari taluka in North Goa held a protest march at BSNL office at Valpoi on Tuesday. Schools across the country are opting for the online mode of studies in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The protesting students said that connectivity issues are not new for them and they struggled with the same even during the last academic year. The protesting students informed that they have already written a letter to the…

Goemkarponn desk VERNA: Three members of a family committed suicide by hanging, in Zuarinagar, on Tuesday. A PCR call was received on Tuesday morning that three members including two males and one female had committed suicide by hanging in Aman colony, near Fatima Mandir, Zaurinagar, Birla, Verna. Immediately PI Verna PS and SDPO Vasco visited the spot where three members of a family were found hanging inside a room. The bodies were removed from the spot and sent for postmortem where the doctor opined the cause of death as suicidal hanging. A UD case u/s 174 CrPC was registered and…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Goencho Avaaz Party flayed Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho and ex Revenue Minister Jose Philip D’Souza for their roles in denotifying land acquired by the Government for a parking lot for Dabolim International Airport. This was allegedly done to fulfil the vested business interests of a commercial builder. Due to this unethical action of these politicians, today, several families stand to lose their homes which are located on land now earmarked to replace Survey 8/1, Dabolim, which had been originally acquired and notified for this purpose. The 36,800 square metres of Sy.8/1, now in the hands of a…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa today reported 213 new cases. While there 286 recoveries and 2 deaths reported today. In a relief of sorts the covid death count of the state has reached 2 today, after nearly two and half months. Of the 2 deaths one occurred at GMC and the other at SGDH. The cumulative death toll of the state now stands at 3,048. A 49-year-old woman from Vasco and a 90-year-old man from Caranzalem succumbed to covid in the last 24-hours.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: NCB Mumbai & Goa in its continuous fight against Drug Suppliers and Peddlers in Goa, NCB Mumbai & Goa launched 02 operations in various places of Goa & registered 02 cases in a short duration of 24 hours on 28 & 29.06.2021. In these operations, NCB Mumbai intercepted 03 persons at various locations and seized a total 60 tablets of Ecstasy/MDMA (commercial Quantity), 350 gram of Nepali Charas and 20 blots of LSD (Commercial Quantity). Investigation of the said cases is going on. On the basis of reliable information, a joint team of NCB Mumbai & Goa…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: When the government and the administration including the health department is striving day and night to keep Goans safe from the Covid-19 infections, the police deployed at the Polem check-post is allowing free entry of people from Karwar through a secret pass just metres behind the police outpost. However, it’s not clear as to why suddenly these police personnel have developed a big heart and extending such facilities at the cost of the health of the Goans when they are paid from the taxes which Goans pay to keep them safe and secure all the time locals…

SURAJ NANDREKAR CALANGUTE: A day after he sent shockwaves in the entire state and also the country with the announcement of the exiting the Tito’s Club, Director Ricardo Joseph D’Souza said the decision to sell the club he built from the scratch was not an easy one. Speaking exclusively to Goemkarponn, Ricky as he is popularly known as, said “I tried my best but finally I had to take this decision with a heavy heart.” “We two brothers built this club from the scratch, we had nothing, built this club with 48 rupees in hand at that time. I know…