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Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Students who did not clear classes IX and XI during the academic year 2020-21 can now appear as private candidates for the Class X and XII 2022 board examination according to the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Education (GBSHE) circular. GBSHE has informed that it is a one-time concession for students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “After extensive deliberations, it was decided to allow ‘needs improvement’ students of Class IX and XI of the academic year 2020-21 to appear as private candidates irrespective of age in the ensuing public examination 2021-22 for Class X and XII…

Goemkarponn desk SALIGAO: Saligao police have arrested a Satara-Maharashtra native on charges of committing theft. According to police, the accused has been identified as Bhushan Jitendra Jadhav, 24 yrs r/o Dhule, Satara Maharastra. The police said that the accused committed theft of Realme mobile, Bose Bluetooth speaker, ATM card of Mahindra Bank and subsequent withdrawal of Rs 80,000 in 8 different transactions, Mahindra XVU 500 car key other documents of the car all w/Rs 1,50,000. One Dillzan s/o Naville Wadia r/o Saligao, a native of Parel Mumbai, about the theft of the above articles from his house at Saligao. Saligao…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The state government has directed all employees of state government departments, autonomous bodies, corporations to immediately resume the marking of attendance with the face reading attendance machines. The state government had stopped using the biometric due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Pursuant to the instructions issued vide O.M. No.37/2/2020 GAD-III(PF-1)/1823, dated 06/09/2021, by GAD, Secretariat, Porvorim, the employees of the State Government Departments/ Autonomous bodies / Corporations etc. have been instructed and requested to resume the of attendance having the face reading attendance machines,” the order issued In this regards, All the staff of the Secretariat are therefore,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Anshuman Agarwal grabbed a triple crown while Khushal Naik and Trisha Verlekar won double crowns each at the State Ranking Table Tennis tournament organised by the Goa Table Tennis Association in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG). On an exciting day of matches played at the multipurpose stadium, Peddem, Anshuman upset top seed Dheeraj Rai to clinch the Men’s singles title to add to the two Junior (U17 and U19) titles he had won earlier. Khushal Naik, who had reached three finals, won the U13 and U15 Boys singles titles, while Trisha Verlekar clinched the…

MLA all set to join AAP after Pitru Paksha Says will decide after consulting supporters Goemakrponn desk CURTORIM: After dormer Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro’s exit from the Congress last week, the grand old party may receive another jolt this week with Curtorim MLA Alexio Reginald Lourenco all set to join the Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa. Sources said that Reginald will resign as an MLA and join AAP tentatively on October 8. “Though Reginald’s birthday is on October 5, tomorrow, and he wanted to join AAP on the same day, but due to Pitru Paksha, he has…

All roads to be pothole-free by Nov 1, says CM Stern action will be taken on the concerned PWD officials, incase the directions to this effect are not adhered to Goemkarponn desk CUNCOLIM: Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, asserting that the potholes on all roads will be done away with from November 1st, said that stern action will be taken on the concerned PWD officials, incase the directions to this effect are not adhered to, as necessary direction have been given to the PWD officials. The Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, was speaking after launching the Sarkaar Tumchya Dari event…

Of Course, Congress does not deserve such honest politicians who stood for the issues of Goa and Goans for whom it’s Goa and Curtorim first. If only Congress had retained such a clean image MLA and respected his presence in the Party, things could have differed. Reginald feels suffocated in Congress, and the worse is that the Party does not even care about it. Reginald was the most eligible candidate for Leader of Opposition in 2017, but he was overlooked. Again when Babu Kavlekar quit Congress and joined BJP, Reginald’s name was not even considered for the post. The man…