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Goemkarponn Desk Margao – There is enthusiasm amongst the Congress Workers with regards to enrollment of new members through Digital Membership Drive. Despite facing the network connectivity issues, the Congress Party Workers are approaching the people to join Congress Party and we are receiving overwhelming response, stated Congress Membership Observer Sunil Hanumannavar. “We had discussions with our teams at the booth and block level. Their views and suggestions as well as grievances are noted by me and I will convey them to AICC Goa Incharge Dinesh Gundu Rao who will take appropriate decision and corrective measures on the same,” said…

Goemkarponn Desk DABOLIM: Goa International Airport handled 3.7k flights in February 2021. While the airport witnessed 4080 in January and 3,492 in December 2020. “Pristine beaches and fun-filled ambience is what Goa is known for. In Feb’21, AAI’s aai goa airport witnessed over 3.7K flights that touched the blue sky. The team looks forward to manage more flights in near future,” AAI Goa Airport tweeted

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Sahil Tagora, the advocate for Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar has said that the disqualification matter which was listed for today has suddenly gone missing from the Supreme Court Board. The advocate has now written to the Supreme Court Registrar for petition be listed for urgent hearing. “The matter was earlier mentioned on 03.03.2021 when the tentative date was being reflected as 08.03.2021. A request was made that the matter be not deleted. However, despite specific directions of the Court to list the matter in the first week of March, and a Mentioning Application having…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji:Aam Aadmi Party termed the farcical public hearing on the Coastal Zone Management Plans as nothing but illegal as the same were conducted without following the proper procedure according to AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre. He pointed out that “public hearing” means giving people a right to speak and be heard but lamented that at the hearings conducted on Sunday people registered to speak including some elderly people were not even allowed inside the meeting hall and were kept outside in the scorching sun. “This was nothing but a drama staged by the government just to meet the…

Goemkarponn desk Canacona: Canacona taluka which had nil COVID-19 active cases on 26th February have since then diagnosed 35 cases. While the whereabouts of 1 patient is not known, 2 are referred to District Hospital Margao and other patients are advised home isolation informed Health Officer Dr Jose Tavares. Dr Tavares informed that since February 27th Canacona has seen a spurt in COVID-19 cases which has put the entire staff of Canacona Community Health Centre on high alert. The 35 cases detected since 27th include 13 from Agonda, 7 from Chaudi, 6 from Loliem, 4 from Karvem and 4 from…

Goemkarponn desk Vasco: Women affiliated to Congress led by Petitioner Shraddha Sankalp Amonkar on Monday hit out at Urban Development Milind Naik on the occasion of Woman’s day for not having given even one candidature to women and failing to have reserved wards for women in the recent reservations. Amonkar said that though the Jai Tara Nari Welfare trust manged by her would celebrate International Womens Day every year for the last many years, the women in Mormugao decided not to celebrate the women’s day terming it as a black day for women in protest of the recent reservations. Amonkar…

Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Admitting the application of Goa Foundation, the NGT has agreed that the Vedanta’s beneficiation plants at Codli required EC for its operation In its judgement, the NGT agreed with the GF that an EC was required for operation of the Codli plant, and directed the MOEF&CC and the Goa Pollution Control Board to act accordingly. The plant shut its operations the same day. The GF application pleaded that the commencement of the two beneficiation plants at Codli after the closure of mining on 15.3.2018 and after the cancellation of all environment clearances was illegal as Vedanta did…