Goemkarponn desk Sankhali: Urging the youth to take up community farming, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Saturday said Goa is dependent on its neighboring states for milk, poultry and vegetables. Addressing the farmers at Krishi Melava, in Ravindra Bhavan, Sanquelim, which organised by Directorate of Agriculture the chief minister has urged the youth to look at farming as a profession as it can generate huge income. He said the government is ready to support the farmers in every possible way including giving assured price from their produce through Horticulture Corporation. “The Corporation is ready to give assured price for…
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Goemkarponn Desk Panaji :Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant inaugurated 50 UV-C Disinfection Chambers provided by Signify Innovations India and Disha Foundation to support Covid frontline warriors in the city today. Speaking on the occasion Chief Minister said we managed to control Covid in Goa quiet effectively. He said Goa Government has partnered with Signify Innovations India Limited and Disha Foundation to enhance the personal safety of frontline Covid warriors in Goa using UV-C Lighting. Dr. Sawant commended the work done by Signify Innovations India Limited and Disha Foundation, whose joint initiative has provided 50 UV-C Chambers for Goa. These 50…
Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Union Minister for Fisheries Giriraj Singh today urged the Goa Fisheries Minister to take forward and adopt cage culture method of fishing. He also said that the centre will be providing all the required technical and financial to the state for the formation of cage clusters. Addressing the media, Singh said that he has urged the fisheries minister for Goa to implement and adopt the system of cage culture for fishing as this system of fishing is environmentally friendly. “Central government will be providing all the required technical and financial to the state,” said Singh Speaking on…
Samir Umarye/ Goemkarponn BICHOLIM: Even as the government has begun with the hot-mixing of the Chorla ghat road the Keri sarpanch has demanded to permanently stop all the heavy vehicles on the road so as to maintain it in good health. It may be stated that Chorla ghat road that connects Goa and Belgavi is the shortest route for most of the people from North Goa to go to Belgavi. During weekends many go to this neighbouring city of Karnataka for shopping and most of the inter-state trade takes place through this route. Since many years this road has seen…
Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Anjuna Police today have arrested Viji A B (20) a native of Kerala for allegedly peddling suspected Ganja worth Rs 12,000. This is the second arrest in two days, first accused was also a Kerala origin. Anjuna Police upon receiving the information conducted a narcotic raid at four road junction near Shrushthee guest house, Coutinhowado, Vagator, Bardez, Goa during which accused person namely Viju A.B. s/o C. Bindu Kumar, age 20 yrs, r/o C/o Coconut palms guest house. Vagator, Goa n/o B1/F9, Fact township, Udyogamandal PO, Ernakulam, Kochi, Kerala was found in possession of 123 grams of…
GOEMKAPONN DESK VASCO: Commercial Tax Department conducted day long search and seizure operations on various dealers from Vasco city today to ensure compliance with GST and VAT. The operations were conducted by the department upon scrutinizing the data available and specific tip offs where it was found that various dealers are selling goods without proper invoices, such invoices were often issued without tax details, complete description of goods, quantities sold etc. The department informed that various discrepancies were noticed during the visits which were documented and books of accounts including sales register, purchase register, kaccha bills and other books were…
Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: No Covid deaths were recorded in Goa in the last 24-hours. 56 i.e. 3.9 % of the 1417 samples tested positive for Covid today. With 78 recoveries the active covid count of the state now stands at 760 while the death toll is at 770. Total 53,773 people in Goa have been infected with the disease in Goa since the outbreak of the dreaded disease in March 2020.