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The Goa Police has initiated departmental inquiry against Police Inspector Sagar Ekoskar after he allegedly assaulted a local representative from Honda. Ekoskar, sources said, has been sent on leave. The Villagers of Honda have been demanding his suspension since morning. Earlier, tense situation prevailed in Honda Sattari after the controversial police inspector Sagar Ekoskar allegedly manhandled the local village panch Suresh Madkar this morning. Ekoskar tendered a public apology after people’s protest. Sources said the locals gathered at Honda near a mining company to stop mining transport trucks. The police arrested the locals and the PI allegedly assaulted the sarpanch,…

Panaji: Following reports that the elections would be held on December 12, Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho informed that the Zilla Parishad Elections can be held on either December 9th or 16th January, 2021. “I have moved the file to the Chief Minister informing that elections could be held on January 9 or 16, Now it is upto him to take a decision after consulting the State Election Commission,” Godinho said. Godinho rejected rumours that the elections could be held on December 12. On Tuesday, the Secretary for Elections Melwyn Vaz had said that the State is prepared for ZP polls.

BHOMA: In a tragic accident at Bhoma, a 20-year-old girl from Kamlamal , Borim died on the spot when the KTM bike on which she was riding pillion dashed against a container truck today morning. She was killed on the spot. The bike rider Vindhit Mardolkar was also injured in the accident.

Panaji: Chief Secretary, Parimal Rai chaired the first meeting of the State Level Steering Committee set up for streamlining Covid vaccination program in advance. The meeting was attended by other Secretaries/official members/Govt Health Experts and members of civil society including Presidents of Global Rotary International and Lions Club, SMO (World Health Organisation) and Chairperson (GSPCB). Secretary (Health) made a powerpoint presentation and briefed on the various major tasks that the State is expected to undertake, to be ready to carry out the vaccination in Goa. He also shared that a special national level digital platform (Co-WIN) is being created to…

PANJIM: Goa today reported 117 Covid-19 postive cases. While there were 64 recoveries and 3 death. As per the bulletin of Goa total covid death’s are 3 where 2 death’s at GMC and 1 death at Hospicio The patient who expired at Hospicio was brought dead to the hospital and the post mortem covid test was positive for SARS COV 2 virus. Meanwhile, the active cases stand at 1416, total deaths are 693 and samples tested today are 2003

The Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today announced road-map to double the farmers income by 2022. The road-map prepared by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) speaks about making Goa self-sufficient in agriculture produce. Addressing a press conference, Sawant informed that the contribution of agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is less than 5 percent. This has forced us to be dependent on other States to meet our requirements of agriculture, horticulture, dairy, pottery, etc, he said. As such, Sawant said that government has decided to promote Integrated Farming for achieving the goal of doubling farmers’ income by…

Panaji: In a major decision, the Bench of Bombay High Court at Goa set aside appointments of 32 Assistant Data Entry Operators (ADEO) in the electricity department citing procedural lapses in the recruitment. The Court also directed the State to prepare a fresh list based on OM dated 05.03.2007 and issue appointment orders to the 32 most meritorious candidates on or before Jan 31,2021. The High Court ruled that the appointments in 2016, did not follow proper criteria while preparing final list of selected candidates. A total of 56 candidates, which had 32 general category and 24 reserved category, were…