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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: One person was arrested by Verna police, and FIR has been registered against the immediate supervisor from the contractor’s side who was supervising the operation, says Vasco DySP Nilesh Rane. The blast at Zuarinagar on Tuesday, which took the lives of three workers, shook the entire Goa. The local police took cognisance of the incident and arrested one supervisor from the contractor’s side. The offence has been registered against him by the Verna police, said Vasco DySP Nilesh Rane. He further informed that one person has been arrested in this case, and some more arrests are likely…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Labour and Employment Minister Babush Monserrate today said that minimum wages for skilled and unskilled workers increased. “The minimum wages for skilled and unskilled workers will be increased; The decision will be taken in the next week; the wages have not been increased for the past six years,” said Babush. He further said that in the other states like Kerala and Delhi, they are much higher. “We are not even at par with the central government wages,” he said. The Minister further said that all the workers in the state would be equipped with cards to help…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Minister for Transport Mauvin Godinho, in the presence of KTCL chairman Ulhas Tuyekar flagged off Air Condition Electric Kadamba buses from Vasco to Panaji route. Minister Godinho, after the flag-off function, told reporters that more than 500 electric Kadamba buses would be procured shortly. He also said that all Kadamba depots would have to charge stations to charge these electric Kadamba buses so that no bus should remain idle at the bus stand. He further said that recently he had not been given any new permits to rent a car and bikes in Goa due to the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s first mining era, which commenced in 1929 with the grant of the first mining concession by the former Portuguese colonial government, has just ended. The Goa government, by a series of orders issued on 4.5.2022 under the Mineral Concession Rules, has directed all 88 former leaseholders to surrender their leases to the government by 6 June 2022. The orders were posted yesterday on the website of the Department of Mines & Geology. The Goa Foundation, in a Facebook post, said that Persistence pays. The Goa Foundation moved the Supreme Court with a petition to cancel all…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that Goa would see the establishment of an agriculture and horticulture university. “Goa might soon see the establishment of an agriculture and horticulture university. We will sign an MoU with Konkan Krishi Vidhyapeeth, Dapoli, and start the institution by June this year,” said CM Sawant. Speaking further, Sawant said that 1.3 lakh of the 3.5 lakh water meter holders in the state have benefitted from the 16,000-liter free water scheme of the state government. “This ‘Save water get free water’ scheme of the govt has benefited 1.3 lakh meter holders. Only…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – It’s been months after strong winds have blown off the roof sheets throwing the GCA-built indoor cricket practice pitch into doldrums at Dapot-Maxem grounds. The frequent cyclonic winds have turned the once prestigious indoor cricket pitch into a death trap, with many of the residents now saying that cricketers, as well as students who are often using this pitch/ playground for practices, are doing so with ‘Ram Bharose’, not knowing when and exactly what tragedy is going to befall on them. Neither have any authorities initiated any plans to repair or renovate the indoor pitch, nor…

Goemkarponn Impact Goemkarponn desk CHICALIM: Chicalim village panchayat to write to GSIDC either to give funds for the maintenance of Chicalim Joggers park or take it over by GSIDC for maintenance. Chicalim joggers park to remain close to the general public for the maintenance for four days. Chicalim Sarpanch Sebastiao Pereira told Goemkarponn that the Chicalim joggers park would remain close for four days due to the ongoing repair works in the park, which received some damage to the pipeline and other minor things from the park when the second phase work of the park was in progress recently. He…