PANJIM: Incessant rains since Monday evening inundated several parts of Goa with fire personnel attending to raining distress calls. Since Tuesday morning, the helpline in the control room of the Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services have been ringing continuously. With a record 269 calls within 12 hours from 7am to 7pm, the fire fighters have been attending to the emergency calls. In an unfortunate incident, an industrial unit employee died after a tree came crashing down on his moving car early Tuesday morning. The fore personnel had to cut the tree trunk to get the victim out of the…
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PANJIM: All Goa Purse-Seiners Boat Owners Association has written to Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant urging him to provide swab testing at cheaper rates at fishing jetties across the state. “As you know that our season officially started from 01” of August. but due to pandemic our industry which is traditional and which provides daily diet to people has taken a severe hit and currently is in very precarious situation with having to fight for basic survival on ali fronts.” said AGPSBOA President Harshad Dhond speaking to goemkarponn.com He said, “As we intend to bring our labour and as ‘SOP’…
PANJIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has welcomed the prestigious private universities in India to set up their campuses and partner in the states initiative to develop Goa as an Educational Hub under Goa Private University Act 2020. “It has been my vision and endeavour to ensure a comprehensive growth for the state of Goa! A step in that direction has been taken by way of passing of The Goa Private University Act, 2020.” said Sawant in a series of tweets He further said that the State of Goa welcomes the prestigious private universities in India to set up their…
PANJIM: Minister for Waste Management and BJP Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has said that Former MLA Aldona Kiran Khandolkar is free to form a party. The minister was reacting to former Aldona MLA meeting MGP leader Sudin Dhavalikar. “Every politician has a right to talk and meet political leaders. He met Sudin Dhavlikar who is a respected politician and chief of MGP. It all depends upon what alliances they are going to do” said Lobo He said, “You can never know what can happen during an election. Our party president along with core committee will decide about whom will BJP…
With four more deaths, including a 29 year old, on Tuesday, it was another nightmarish day for Goa as 259 more cases reported and 238 recoveries. The total death tally in the state is 60 The government bulletin said that the 29 year old male from Altinho, Panjim had co-morbid conditions. Besides him 79 year old female from Vaddem, 54 years male from Calconda- Margao , 80 years old male from Gogol, Margao, all admitted to COVID ESI hospital with co-morbid conditions expired. The pendency of cases has been further reduced to just 570. Interestingly, the sample testing was also…
The Goa government today agreed to the demands of Goa Foundation PIL seeking directions to it to recover Rs.3431 crores from mining companies on several counts within a time-bound period. After the State’s Advocate General told the Court that the amount was recoverable, the High Court bench recorded the undertaking of the Goa government that orders would be passed on all the demand notices issued to mining companies within a period of four months. The Court recorded that the Director of Mines would first deal with the demand notices issued (for Rs.1508 crores) to mining companies pursuant to the report…
Aam Aadmi Party lashed out at the BJP and Congress for playing poaching games even in the midst of daily deaths of people falling victims to covid due to lack of care by the government. In a video message, aap Convener Elvis Gomes said that the insensitivity of both the parties and allies to the suffering of the people proved them to be worthless in holding the reins of power in the state. He said that since the mandate of the people was twisted beyond recognition by those the people had elected, it was time to dissolve assembly and impose…