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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a bid to take Governance at the doorsteps of the people, the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today announced to hold taluka-level meetings to listen and resolve public grievances, once model code of conduct is lifted post Municipal elections. Sawant also said that directions have been issued to the Ministers to hold Janta Darbar in their respective constituencies and talukas to reach out to maximum population, trying to solve their problems related to the concerned departments and also ensuring implementation of State and Central schemes. The Chief Minister was speaking to media after chairing Janta Darbar…

Goemkarponn Desk SANGUEM: Department of Legal Metrology in Sanguem Taluka has seized 16,176 packages of ‘7 Up’ of 1.25 Liters worth of 8.5 Lakhs has been seized for not bearing the name and complete address of the customer care which is in violation of the provision of Legal Metrology Act 2009, read with Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. The inspection of weights & measures and packaged commodities under the provision of Legal Metrology Act 2009, read with Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 16,176 packages of ‘7 Up’ of 1.25 Liters worth of 8.5 Lakhs has been seized for…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa today reported 71 new COVID-19 positive cases. While there were 33 recoveries and 2 deaths were reported. As per DHS bulletin, 1 death was reported at GMC while the other death was at South Goa district hospital. The patient who expired at SGDH had symptoms of dry cough for four days prior to the day of admission and breathlessness since 1 day prior. Patient reported to hospital in a very critical state with the oxygen saturation level very low and patient had a cardiorespiratory arrest in the casualty itself and succumbed to the same. The active…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Cyber Crime Cell of Goa has arrested accused for impersonating Health Minister FB Profile from Bharatpur Rajasthan. Cyber Crime Cell team led by PSI Devendra Pingle arrested one Arman s/o Rafeek , R/o village Nandera satwas, Kaman , Bharatpur Rajasthan for making and using fake profile of Sh. Vishwajeet Rane Hon’ble Health Minister on Facebook. During interrogation accused revealed that he would make fake profiles of public personalities in the hope of cheating people by sending them messages asking for money. However, he failed to do so in this case due to proactive response of Cyber…

Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: Crime Branch has arrested two accused on charges of trafficking and pushing three girls from their native state of West Bengal into prostitution in Goa. The raid was conducted in a parking area of a hotel at Calangute early this morning. According to the police, the accused are identified as 38-year-old Deepak Sarkar from Kolkata and 42-year-old Ranjita D’çosta from West Bengal. The accused supplied victim girls to decoy customers for sexual activities and thereby living on the earning of prostitution through organized prostitution racket in the public vicinity.A case has been filed U/s 370 (3) r/w…

Goemkarponn desk Vasco: The Opposition parties alongwith one ruling MLA stormed into the Mormugao Dy Collector’s office while the hearings for the land acquisition were being held in Vasco. The Dy Collector, however, kept the Opposition MLAs – Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat, Goa Forward president and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai, Curtorim MLA Alexiao Reginald Lourenco and the only ruling MLA Alina Saldanha out for almost an hour before allowing them. The Dy Collector said he cannot meet the MLAs as the hearings were on. Emerging out after meeting the officer, Fatorda MLA Sardesai said that the land acquisition is…

Goemkarponn desk Margao: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee has said that the act of the Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant of calling Government Officers to the Margao BJP Office is clear violation of Model Code of Conduct. “The Chief Minister must come clean and make public the number of Goans who got Government jobs after the Zilla Panchayat Elections,” demanded Margao Block Congress Committee President Gopal Naik. He was reacting to the visit of the Chief Minister to BJP’s South Goa District office and his meetings with various sections of the society in the official capacity as the Chief Minister…