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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With COVID cases on the rise, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has appealed to citizens to take precautionary measures while urging citizens to get vaccinated. “With rising cases, I urge all citizens to get vaccinated and follow all COVID appropriate behaviour. Also, those left for precautionary dose,” said Sawant. He further, however, refused to give any information on the compulsion to mask in the state. Chief minister Pramod Sawant appealed to all the eligible beneficiaries to avail of the opportunity and got themselves vaccinated. State immunisation officer Dr Rajendra Borkar said that many of those who have…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Mapusa Police today has arrested an interstate gang for duping older adults with cash worth thousands of rupees on the pretext of help. According to police, a gang of four people has been arrested on theft charges. According to information, the gang was stealing money by obtaining their ATM and PIN numbers in the name of helping them to withdraw money. The arrested of the accused was done team led by Superintendent of Police Shobit Saxena, Deputy Superintendent Jivba Dalvi, and Inspector Paresh Naik. Police said that they are in the process of investigation, and more details…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: PWD minister Nilesh Cabral undertook a notebook distribution program in his constituency. Cabral has been doing notebook distribution in his constituency for 12 years. Minister Cabral recently started his annual exercise of note distribution to the school students from Curchorem. Cabral said that he has been doing this exercise for the last 12 years, and it is good to see the excitement and enthusiasm in the school students regarding the school reopening. I get a chance to interact with everyone through this program. He further said that school children are thrilled to hear that after the gap…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the state government is mulling making Goa a Knowledge Hub to facilitate knowledge partners to Goa and conduct the research in different fields. “To make the State-IT and technology Hub, we are attracting private industries as well as the Technology personnel and further added that the State Government is also mulling over making Goa as Knowledge Hub to facilitate knowledge partners to Goa and conduct the research in different fields,” said CM Sawant. He further said that his Government had planned various policies to strengthen the IT sector in Goa for…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Ignoring the local body (Loliem-Polem panchayat), Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar inaugurated the 1.5 crores worth Culvert bridge on NH-66 road at Maxem in Loliem-Polem village on Friday. Cutting the ribbon in the presence of local BJP functionaries early Friday morning, the bridge, which was constructed in the place of an old and delipidated Portuguese era structure, is commissioned for Traffic. Incidentally, this bridge was believed to be an essential link on the NH-66 till the Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR-NH-66 Bypass) road was commissioned on the existing at Babrem-Maxem Highway’ was taken up…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Curchorem MLA and PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral denIed any internal politics for the position of Chairperson of Curchorem Cacora Municipal Council. Cabral Rubbishing the rumours that there are some internal political movements for the post of Chairperson of CCMC, Minister Cabral said that he is just a mediator and his vision is to develop the municipal and village areas of his constituency. When asked if there was any disagreement about the chairperson post, Cabral said the chairperson and the council run the municipality, and they have to take any decision of the municipality. “The term of office…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that his department has decided to provide semi-auto analysers at Valpoi, Canacona & Pernem for blood tests and other tests. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane chaired a meeting with the Directorate of Health Services. “After a productive discussion with the Dir. of Health Services, we have decided to provide Semi-Auto Analysers at Valpoi, Canacona and Pernem to begin with and later spread to different parts of Goa,” said Rane. He further said that Semi Auto Analyser would be used for blood tests and various other tests. Rane said that ANMs would be trained…