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Margao – Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat slammed the government over disturbing reports of 18 year young Girl restrained at Guirdolim in Salcete & forced to drink liquid disinfectant is another alarm bell on safety & security of women in Goa. “This is clear sign of collapse of law and order in the State. I demand Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant must ensure that culprits are arrested & punished and ensure that such incidents are not repeated again,” stated Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat. He said the memories of brutal gang rape and murder of a 19 year young girl…

PANAJI:Panjim, Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has said that rift between health minister V S Rane and CM Pramod Sawant is growing day by day. The lack of coordination between them has caused a lot of damage to the Covid Pandemic response of the state. Goans are suffering because of a lack of focus on providing necessary facilities. V S Rane was always ambitious of becoming CM of Goa one day and has been in the news for toppling the Govt. In 2019, V S Rane’s alleged telephonic conversation with a Journalist was all over the news in which he was talking…

PORVORIM: Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar today said that tourists, who take narcotic drugs or create nuisance are not welcomed in the coastal State. Ajgaonkar said that the government wants to promote “drug-free” tourism in Goa. The minister also said that government has already implemented stringent laws to tackle the nuisance created by hawkers on the beaches in the state as well as against tourists who indulge in cooking in public places. “Government is committed to act against drugs. We want to end drug menace. We want to give drug-free tourism in Goa,” Ajgaonkar said. ” We want rich and…

Nine players set to graduate as the first batch from the Reliance Foundation Young Champs (RFYC) academy in Navi Mumbai, will be signing contracts with leading ISL clubs. Aritra Das, Muhammed Basith PT & Birendra Singh are headed to Kerala Blasters FC, G Balaji & Aqib Nawab will be at Chennaiyin FC, Muhammed Nemil at FC Goa, Thoi Singh at Bengaluru FC, Ayush Chhikara at Mumbai City FC and Koustav Dutta at Hyderabad FC.  Balaji & Nawab’s deals are for two years while the other seven players have agreed to three year contracts. “It is a matter of great…

Goa Mining People’s Front on Wednesday demanded a permanant solution to the mining issue in the State. Addressing a press conference here, Puti Gaonkar said that they welcome the Supreme Court decision to allow transportation upto January 31. “However this cannot be a permanant solution. Transportation is for a short time it cannot be a solution to crisis,” he said. He said the government mist show some spine and restart mining at the earliest. “The CM Dr Pramod Sawant has to prove himself by restarting mining operations in the State. If it can’t start mining than govt should take over…

Panaji: The National Green Tribunal has directed the State government to pay a compensation of Rs 16 lakh each to the family members of the four students who drowned in a water-filled laterite quarry last year at Tuem. In September, 2019,  Four students drowned in a water-filled laterite quarry in Goa’s Tuem while they were on a school trek on Saturday. The boys were identified as Danish Shaikh (14), Jonas Mendes (14), Prince Das (14) and Fredrick Fernandes (14). The NGT order said “as per discussion made above the four students succumbed to injuries due to falling in the pit…

PANJIM: Goa today reported 308 new Covid positive cases. While there were 495 recoveries and 4 deaths. As per the DHS bulletin, 75 year old patient from Thivim with DM+HTN, 63 year old patient from Sanguem with DM+HTN PRU, 81 year old patient from Sanguem with Bronchial asthma +IHD+ old pulmonary TB and 67 year old patient from Curchorem with DM+HTN succumbed due to the virus. Meanwhile, the active cases stand at 4316 active, total deaths 514 and samples tested today are1570