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Goemkarponn Desk Sankhali: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant inaugurated the new premises of the Atal Incubation Centre at GIM (AIC-GIM) at the Goa Institute of Management campus in Sanquelim and simultaneously unveiled four key initiatives of AICGIM aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and sustainable businesses in the state. The new incubation centre will conduct an eight-week ‘GOA INVEST-a-THON’ across Goa to attract investment for Goa-based start-ups, by facilitating access to Founders of start-up ventures to leading Investors. The four programmes which were unveiled by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant included ‘iMagic’, which will help identify entrepreneurial talent in Goa and harness this talent…

Gaurang Prabhu/ Goemkarponn Margao: The BJP, under the banner of Vibrant Margao, released a list of 25 candidates for the Margao municipal polls, scheduled for March 20. The candidates are – Ward no 1 – Renzil Mascarenhas; 2. Kalidas C. Naik; 3. Zico Fernandes; 4. Francisco Barbosa; 5. Arthur D’Silva; 6. Sadanand Naique; 7. Milagrina Gomes; 8. Gajanan (Amey) Karmali; Narmada V.Kundaikar; 10. Terezinha Noronha; 11. Jaya Amonkar; 12. Sharmad Raiturkar; 13. Ketan Kurtarkar; 14. Rajendra Azgaonkar; 15. Uday Desai; 16. Anisha Mohan Naik; 17. Rupesh Mahatme; 18. Parag Gajanan Raikar; 19. Mangala Harmalkar; 20. Alinda Rodrigues; 21. Sachin Satardekar;…

Goemkarponn desk Mollem: In a major seizure the Goa Excise seized illegally transported liquor worth ₹ 8.2 lakh from a Tamil Nadu registered container truck, at Mollem Check post. As per Goa Excise officials, the container truck bearing registration No TN-57-AV-4104 and 685 cases of Liquor bottles of worth ₹ 8,29,680 was carrying illegal transportation of liquor at about 5:15 am on 26/02/2021 from Goa to Karnataka State. The said liquor were concealed behind empty crates of fish in a container The driver of the vehicle escaped in the forest area taking opportunity of the darkness. The said vehicle has…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: Stating there were several jobs for the taking in the Government of India, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today rued the fact that despite several career opportunities, very few Goan youth are interested in the Centre government jobs. The Chief Minister was addressing the Webinar on “Career opportunities in Central Government offices, which was co-ordinated by Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs and the Model Career Centre. “Being in politics as MLA for nine years and CM for last two years I have had talk to the several youth and have come to a conclusion that very…

Goemakrponn desk Panaji: All eyes would be on the Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Rajesh Patnekar as he hears the infamous disqualification petition against 10 former Congress MLAs , at 11am, tomorrow. The Speaker will also hear the disqualification case against and 2 former-MGP MLAs – Deepak Pauskar and Babu Azgaonkar, both of whom are ministers in Dr Pramod Sawant Cabinet. The 10 former Congress MLAs are – Dy CM Babu Kavlekar, Revenue Minister Jennifer Monseratte, WRD Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues, Panaji MLA Babush Monseratte, St Andre MLA Francis Silveira, St Cruz MLA Tony Fernandes, Thivim MLA Nilkanth Halarnkar, Dy…

Goemakrponn desk Canacona: Canacona police arrested four persons from Palolem area for allegedly assaulting a Goa Miles taxi driver and damaging his taxi when he had come to drop a tourist, at Palolem on Tuesday. As per Canacona police, a complaint regarding these was filed by a Goa Miles taxi driver named Abdul Banwale (53), resident of Rumdamoll, Davorlim. In his complain he stated that some unknown persons allegedly abused him with filthy language and one person slapped him on the face and stomach. His Maruti Swift Desire car GA-O8-V-3743 was also damaged by the same unknown persons while other…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Demanding atleast one more month’s time for studying the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan, Goa Foundation Director Claude Alvares said the plan uploaded online is full of discrepancies. Speaking to media in Panaji, Alvares said the authorities themselves do not have knowledge about the plans. “The plans were submitted by NCSCM in January and has been uploaded without studying and they want to hold public hearing on March 7 in both districts,” he said. He said it is practically not possible to attend hearings at both places at the same time. “We have suggested them to take…