Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has said that state government will ask High Court to allow entry of fully vaccinated persons in the state. “State government will ask High Court to allow entry of fully vaccinated persons in the state. People should follow Covid-19 SOP’s even after taking 2nd Vaccine Dose,” said CM He further said that Goa is leading in vaccination drive across India and that the state government will get the remaining supply of vaccines in time. “State has prepared for the 3rd wave of Covid-19 and the Government did its best to provide infrastructure…
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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Journalist, freedom activist and writer, Padma Shir Lambert Mascarenhas passed away today morning at the age of 106. He started his career as a journalist in the Morning Standard at Mumbai.[1] He worked as a sub-editor at the Bombay Sentinel, under editor B. G. Horniman.[7] Mascarenhas later joined the Onlooker as an assistant-editor. He later edited the Goan Tribune, which espoused the cause of Goa’s liberation. Upon his return to liberated Goa in 1961, he joined as the editor of The Navhind Times and later established and edited Goa Today. Lambert Mascarenhas also contributed to India’s freedom movement. He authored the Goan Tribune, which was dedicated to the cause of Goa’s liberation.[While at the Goan Tribune,…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that the State Government has cleared dues of more than Rs. 400 crores of the several MSME agencies, providing them with the much needed liquidity in this troubled pandemic time. “State Government has cleared dues of more than Rs. 400 crores of the several MSME agencies, providing them with the much needed liquidity in this troubled pandemic time. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had said that he had received around 400 suggestions from people for the state budget 2020-21. Sawant, who also holds the finance portfolio, had launched a website on January 28 inviting…
Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Two time chairperson of Curchorem-Cacora municipality and present councillor Balkrishna Hodarkar is all set to join Congress party on Monday. He confirmed the development through whatsapp message. The move by Hodarkar was expected after the showdown in CCMC chairpersons post in April. However, there were speculations that he would join Goa Forward party. Hodarkar was voted chairperson of CCMC but within half an hour a no confidence motion was moved against him.
Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: In the continuing drive against narcotic drugs, the Calangute Police team apprehended one Isaq Khalif, aged 19 years, a native of Karnataka and resident of Orda, Candolim near Dolphin Circle, Calangute on the night of 25th June, 2021 for being in illegal possession of 904 grams Ganja worth Rs 90,000. As per police the drugs were found in his possession concealed in a scooter rode by him. The accused person was booked under section 20(b)(ii)(A) of the NDPS Act. The accused person was produced before the JMFC Mapusa for seeking Police custody remand. He was subsequently granted…
Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: Bicholim police on Friday arrested 19-year-old from Muslimwada Bicholim in connection with raping a 15-year-old girl from Bicholim area. According to Bicholim police they received a wireless message that a 15-year-old girl from Bicholim area was pregnant. Following the call the police swung into action and started an investigation. The police also interrogated the victim after her mother lodged a complaint at the Bicholim police station. The girl revealed the name of the suspect youth Arman Khan. The suspect was arrested who confessed that he had sexually abused the girl six or seven months ago. The suspect…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa government has extended the ongoing Covid-related curfew till July 5, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced on Saturday. The curfew was first imposed on May 9 this year and has been extended several times since then. “Government of Goa has decided to extend the State Level Curfew till 7 AM, July 05, 2021,” CM Pramod Sawant said. Goa recorded 235 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths on Saturday while 293 patients recovered, according to the health department. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said testing has been ramped up at the borders of the coastal state…