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Panaji, February 4, 2020: Goa Directorate of Health is all set to organise a free of cost health check-up and surgery camp, where they will also distribute complimentary medicines and spectacles to the needy people on Saturday (February 4) at Hirabai Zantye Memorial Hall, Bicholim. The four-hour long camp, starting from 9:30am, will be inaugurated by Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant along with other dignitaries Shri Vishwajit Rane, Health Minister, Goa and Shri Rajesh Patnekar, Speaker, Goa Assembly. The initiative is being taken under Director of Health’s Vision for All.

Goemkarponn desk Margao: In a shocking development, two flats were bulgerd in Paradise Apartments, Aquem, at midnight in a densely populated housing complex. Police said both owners namely Vishnu Bhat and James Pereira were not in flat at the time as they had gone to there relatives place to attend function . James Pereira said its shocking that robbers enterd the house breaking main door. He also claimed that gold ornaments worth Rs 3 lakhs stolen from his house while the other owner yet to reach his house. Margao police team investigating the robbery.

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister Milind Naik said that the state governemnt is planning to reconstruct a new building for old age home at Chimbel “The Demonstration Housing Project under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) is one of the component which will provide emerging technology in construction sector. As per the Guidelines the only requirements is to provide land by the State Government,”said Naik He said that the IPA had  identified land admeasuring 2000 sq.mtr, for construction of Demonstration Housing Project at Chimbel. He added, “The matter was placed before the State level Monitoring and Sanctioning Committee (SLSMC) of PMAY(U)…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Agriculture Minister Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar has said that 88,734 people have taken subsidy and fruit bearing trees amounting to Rs 15,18, 6016.00 during 2020-21. As per the figures 2,95,067 fruit bearing trees have been taken by 88,734 people across the state The plots are inspected randomly by the Zonal Agriculture Officer’s and District Agriculture Officer’s before release of subsidy to the farmers,” said Kavlekar He further said that Paddy seed is made available to the farmers ar 50% subsidy through Registered Cooperative Societies and there is no proposal to give fertilizer quota during the Kharif crop sowing…

PANAJI: Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network, and Disability Rights Association of Goa (DRAG) notices lack of proper signage at the entrance of the city bis service area, lack of main zebra crossing being repainted, lack of proper passage for the Disabled pedestrians during a joint inspection today. The lack of proper signage at the entrance of the City Bus service area, lack of the main Zebra Crossing being repainted, lack of proper passage for the Disabled pedestrians was noticed. Aveline De Sa President DRAG personally walked the entire stretch from the entrance of the Bus Stand from the City…

A Division bench of the High Court of Bombay at Goa comprising of Justice Mahesh Sonak and Justice Bharati Dangre today set aside and quashed the order passed by the Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) rejecting the application filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues to cross- examine Pradosh Amoncar the owner of Bicholm based Amoncar Classic Caterers in the alleged food scam case during the 2016 BRICS Summit which was held in South Goa. A full bench of the GHRC comprising of retired Justice U.V.Bakre besides retired District Judges Desmond D’Costa and Pramod Kamat on 9th December last year had rejected the application filed by Adv. Rodrigues…

Aam Aadmi Party has severely criticized the government for its decision to file an FIR against the Bodgeshwar temple committee and said the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa is anti Goans and only for big business houses from outside Goa. AAP Goa convener Rahul Mhambre said the FIR proposed to be filed against the temple’s management committee is actually a FIR against the common Goan who is struggling to make a living in these trying period of pandemic. “All small traders like those selling sweets at feasts and zatras or those selling clothes and utensils have been very badly…