Stating that there is no vaccine to the COVID19 disease yet, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has urged Goans not to get carried away with the sump in COVID19 cases of late. He urged the people to continue maintaining social distancing and keep using masks and sanitisers. “Soon the festival season will start along-with weddings and functions and since there is no vaccine yet we need to continue the social distancing and other norms,” he said in a video message. He urged that those having any symptoms may get tested at the government hospitals and public health…
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Panaji: The State government has issued a notification extending validity of documents related to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 upto 31/12/2020. The order issued by Director Transport Rajan Satardekar says, “All public are hereby informed that validity of Fitness, Permit (all types), License, Registration or any other concerned document(s) related with motor vehicles whose extension of validity could not or not likely be granted due to lock-down and which had expired since 1st of February, 2020 or would expire by 31st December, 2020, are treated to be valid till 31st of December, 2020.” …
VASCO: Goa Airport Police today detained Zia Ul Haq (30) from Delhi who travelled by a Air India Delhi-Goa flight for creating panic and chaos on board the flight. The passenger posed himself as an official from the Indian Special Task Force who had come on the flight to nab terrorists. After the flight landed at the Dabolim Airport ataround 4.30, the Air India staff informed of the incident to CISF staff who handed the passenger to Goa Airport police. As per his family members, he was mentally unstable and was taking treatment at…
Almost two months after the murder, the Crime Branch has arreeted three ore persons in the jeweler Swapnil Walke muder case of Margao. The three persons arrested from Bihar, are accused of procuring pistols to shoot the victim at Margao. The three Kundan Kuma, Rahul Kumar and Shani Kumar will be brought onntransfer warrant to Goa. The arrests come 45 days after Director-General of Police Mukesh Kumar Meena while clearing clouds over the Swapnil Walke murder case said the robbery was the motive and that this is very clear. The DGP also rubbished the contradictory theories making…
PANJIM: Goa today reported 247 new cases. While there were 348 recoveries and 7 deaths. As per DHS, a 67 year old patient from Margao with Chronic pancreatis+old pulmonary kochs, 63 year old patient from Amona with HTN+IHD+COPD+Post Covid fibrosis, 58 year old patient from Marcel with Diebetes mellitus cerebrovascular disease hypertension psychiatric illness, 65 year old patient from Sindhudurg with Intersital Lung disease + kochs, 20 year old patient from Porvorim , 65 year old patient from Chimbel with DM+HTN+IHD+CKD and 64 year old patient from Nuvem with DM succumbed to virus. Meanwhile there…
Panaji – Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat has strongly condemned the statement made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promising free Covid vaccines to Bihar as BJP’s first poll promise for the upcoming Assembly Elections in the State. In a strongly worded tweet, Digambar Kamat said “After Financial bankruptcy, now Mental bankruptcy comes to the fore with Union Finance Minister @nsitharaman pushing @BJP4Goa agenda of “Business from People’s Sickness”. #CovidVaccine is right of every citizen & no one can play politics about it by being selective. The entire world has suffered due to Covid pandemic. It is unfortunate…
Panaji: After a long meeting aith the Chief Ministee Dr Pramod Sawant, the final rates for transportation by truck owners has been finalised. The neeting was held between the North Goa Truck Association, South Goa Truck Association and Dharbandora Truck Association was held with CM Dr Pramod Sawant and company officials. PWD minister Deepak Pauskar and MLA Subhash Shirodkar was also present for meeting. As per the decision taken Rs.14.50 for transport below 10Km, Rs. 14.00 for 10 to 20km, Rs.13.50 for above 20km These rates have been arrived after intervention of CM. CMO said…