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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The unknown accused yesterday at midnight broke open the backside window grills of Shree Navdurga VKSS Society at Marcaim, entered its premises, and committed theft of one laptop and 3000 change (coins). According to Chairman of Society Premanand Gaude, today morning, after the complaint, Ponda Police conducted Panchanama. He said the unknown thieves tried to break open the front door of society; however, as they failed in their attempt, they gained entry to society by removing the backside window grill. The thieves also break open society’s cupboards and throw out all documents in search of cash. Premanand…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today urged the Goa Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to investigate the entire expenditure incurred and the procedure followed in holding that gala Swearing-in-ceremony of Goa Chief Minister and his eight Ministers, which was held on March 28th at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Bambolim. In a complaint submitted to the Auditor General of Goa , Adv. Rodrigues has stated that responsibility needs to be fixed on those responsible for this colossal waste of public funds. Adv. Rodrigues, along with his complaint, has submitted a copy of the…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: For obtaining financial schemes, Aadhaar is one important document. However, a few years ago, when Aadhaar car enrollment started in Goa, most operators/ employees involved in Aadhaar card documentation/ preparations were outsiders. People say they have committed so many mistakes in the Aadhar card that people suffering from rectifying those. The locals in Ponda also demanded a permanent Adhaar centre and rectifying the mistakes at one time instead of wasting several days clearing every mistake in the Aadhaar card. Pondaitees are fed up with rectifying mistakes done in their aadhaar card by operators while enrolling for Aadhaar.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Women and Child Development Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that his department is contemplating modernising anganwadis in the state over five years. Rane also informed that his department, in consultation with Chief Minister, is looking to enhance rates in terms of rent. “Already, GSIDC has been constructing 18 Anganwadi, and we will try to replicate the same across Goa in a period of five years. We have seen that some of the anganwadis are in bad shape, and we have already shifted some of them. We are not being able to find any place due to less…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: India lives in villages. Village people are innocent; they are good at heart, said Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai. “Tradition, history and peculiarity about our country can be seen in villages. Wonders are done in villages,” he added. He was speaking after visiting the farm of progressive farmer Pandurang Patil at Rivona Sanguem. Further speaking Pillai said a country’s growth depends on the efforts of agriculturists and farmers. 17 to 18 % of our country’s GDP is achieved from agriculture. “Agriculture is a field making our country self-reliant, he said. I am extremely happy and feel that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and eight of his Ministers held on March 28th cost the taxpayers a whopping Rs 5,59,25,805 (Rupees five crore fifty-nine laths twenty-five thousand eight hundred five). This has been revealed in the information obtained by Adv. Aires Rodrigues under the Right to Information Act from the General administration department at the Secretariat. The amount does not include the rental charges of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium at Bambolim, where the function was held, and the expenditure incurred…

AERIAL VIEW Well, Mr Sawant, you must be talking only of the people who sit in the plush air-conditioned office and do not want to move out and want all the services to be online so that all the bills, EMIs and taxes are paid by the click of the mouse. Isn’t it? But what about the common man, the farmers, the daily wage workers, the taxi drivers, motorcycle pilots, the fisherman, the people in the rural areas who have no access to the internet? What about them, sir? Agreed, in this age of globalisation, digitisation of every service is…