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OPINION Two days ago, a robbery took place at the house of our Saligao Sarpanch Lafira Gomes Remedios. This house is situated on the busy Chogam road. A few years ago, this type of incident would have never happened around Saligao. Maybe the thieves were living around Saligao and knew about the family. A police investigation is in progress to reveal the truth. Last week two ploughing bulls belonging to Kalidas Patekar from Muddavadi Saligao were stolen from his cattle shade. Again, a police investigation is in progress. ‌Yesterday teh Saligao villagers caught two Bihari guys; they were going around…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – While the pre-monsoon rains have intensified, so does the sale of Plastics as a means of rain-protection gained momentum in Canacona. Dozens of traders selling plastics of various qualities, sizes, and types have appeared and practically engulfed the Canacona streets, besides several other shops stocking the same. People were still busy carrying out the pre-monsoon works, securing and covering their structures and houses for the onset of a long monsoon season, but were forced to undergo hasty beats as rains began much earlier than expected. The NH-66 road junction adjoining two service roads at Nagorcem under…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Pre-monsoon rains continue to hit the normal life, while the ongoing much needed Hot-mixing works of Gulem-Balli NH-66 road became the latest to victim. The unseasonal pre-monsoon rains have been intermittently hitting the taluka since the past week while pouring intermittently again throughout Thursday, especially in the hilly areas of Karmalghat-Padi, where the Hot-Mix NH-66 road works have been underway for the past fortnight, and the works were continued irrespective of the rain-soaked road. The weather was heavy throughout Thursday, and it was also raining in various parts of the taluka, but as usual Hot-mixing team,…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – The onset of early Monsoon rains has further jeopardized the already delayed and awaited Installation of the Cyclone Warning Dissemination Tower at Agonda. It may be recalled that the state government has set a deadline of October 2020 to install 38 early cyclone warning dissemination towers across the coastal belt of the state work for installation of some of these Towers began as late as April’2022, while in some areas the projects are shelved due its opposition. According to sources, once it began, the construction works were going on at a snail’s pace at Agonda, where…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Akhil Goa Kannada Maha Sangh’ President Siddana Meti today said that his statement was misquoted that Kannadigas would contest a Panchayat election under the panel of ‘Goan Kannadiga.’ “I wish to clarify that my statement was misunderstood and misquoted. We are not forming any panel or banner to contest Goa Panchayat election Panchayat election would be not fought under any Panel or banner either Kannadiga or any other affiliated organizations. We would contest election purely as ‘The Goan’,” said Meti He further said that certain section of people are deliberately targeting his community…

Goemkarponn desk VERNA: Verna Police team cracked the murder case of a girl from New Vaddem within a day by arresting a person involved in the murder at Velsao beach. The dispute in a relationship led to this heinous crime, informed the police. According to the sources from the police, Verna police on Thursday arrested one youth named Kishan Kalangutkar(26) from New Vaddem- Vasco for allegedly murdering a girl named Diya Naik(19) from New Vaddem at Velsao beach. The motive behind this murder is suspected to be because of dispute relation. The deceased girl who had gone out of home…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that his government is committed to infrastructural development in the state, with more focus on Agri-Based sector. CM Sawant today interacted with the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industries in the presence of Chief Secretary Puneet Goyal, GCCI President Ralph De Souza, Shrinivas Dempo and others. “Our Govt is committed to infrastructural development in the state, with more focus on Agri-Based sector; We are committed to make Goa Swayampurna,” said CM Sawant He further elaborated various initiatives taken by the Govt of Goa for Ease of Doing Business and assured of…