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Goemkarponn Desk Panaji:At a corner meeting held by Aam Aadmi Party in Navelim as part of the election campaign for Matilda D’Silva its candidate at the Zilla Panchayat elections in the constituency, AAP severely criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress Party and previous ZP member Cipru for totally neglecting the constituency. Addressing the meeting AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre lamented that Cipru has neglected the constituency totally during his term as its ZP member and concentrated only on his personal gains including ill gotten wealth. “It is indeed ironical that Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro who besides being a MLA of…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa College of Art paid rich tributes to their Ex-Principal Padma Bhushan Laxman Pai. The condolence meeting was held in the conference hall of the college. A three minutes silence was observed as a mark of respect to the departed soul. Principal of College of Arts, Rajeev Shinde in his address said that Sir Laxman Pai, as principal of Goa College of Art, set a high standard for art education in Goa, on par with international standards. He also mentioned that Laxman Pai was instrumental in giving the college its own premises, a cluster of buildings on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The study being conducted by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) for monitoring riparian biodiversity on a sampling mode, sand replenishment and sand erosion will be completed by May this year. CSIR NIO Director Professor Sunil Kumar Singh said, “We are studying the status of eco-system, how much sand is there. We are mapping the sand thickness, how much it is, how much it is coming, how much it is going, how much has been stolen. Study on Chapora river is over and on Zuari and Mandovi its underway. Actually we would have finished the work but due to…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: With rising COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring cases of Maharashtra and Karnataka, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday said that government did not pay attention to my request of imposing restrictions on tourists entering the state. “I had moved a file with the state government of imposing restrictions on tourists entering into Goa. However it doesn’t happen just because i want it. We also have to protect our states economic activities, “ Rane said He further said that the COVID-19 can be curtailed if people follow all the SoPs laid by the state government. Rane had said…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A total of 53 wards have been reserved in Five Municipalities- Margao, Sanguem, Quepem, Mormugao and Mapusa, as per the new notification issued by the department of Urban Development. As per the notification issued on March 15, a total of 34 wards are reserved for women. Of the total 27 wards reserved for other backward class (OBC), 8 for Scheduled Tribes and 5 for Scheduled caste category, there are women reservations too. As per notification one ward each for women and OBC increased in all five Municipalities while one ST ward is increased in Quepem, as noted…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Justice Nitin Sambre of the Bombay High Court at Goa granted bail today to Mahendra Tanawde co-accused in attempt to murder case registered by Fatorda PS on ground that Section 212 IPC was bailable offence and Prosecution had no material to connect accused with crime under Section 120B IPC. Adv C A Ferreira with Advs Amey Prabhudessai & Sanman Keny appeared for Mahendra Tanawde whilst Addl Public Prosecutor Pravin Phaldessai appeared for the State. Additional session court judge Edgar Fernandes had dismissed the bail applications of the seven accused arrested in the attempt to murder case of alleged history-sheeter Anwar Shaikh. It may be…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: It has been three years since the mining operations came to grinding halt in the State following the Supreme Court order and yet there is no solution in sight or rather the State does not want to follow the options given by the Supreme Court. Since March 15, 2018, when the struck off the renewal of mining leases, the State and Centre seem to be involved in just flip-flops with only assurances and no practical solution. GMPF representing the mining dependents of Goa has raised concerns that their livelihood matter is being ignored by the Central Government…