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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, Chaired a meeting of the Empowered Working Group (EWG ) for the cause of Atmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa and reviewed the achievement of individual stakeholders of the Swayampurna mission yesterday. The Chief Minister insisted that each department adopt at least one village and implement all the schemes in that village and said that each HOD should visit the village at least once a week to reach the ground level. He cited cases as to how common men are unaware of schemes of Animal Husbandry and stressed that officers should go to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has announced that the state government will be granted a concession of 50% in registration/renewal fees for this financial year for Category C and D hotels as most of them are yet to resume operations. “Government will be granting a concession of 50% in registration/renewal fees for this financial year for Category C and D hotels as a majority of them are yet to resume operations,” said CM Sawant He further said that the suggestions received from the industry have been duly considered. Accordingly, the composition of the Goa Tourism Board has been…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that his Government’s focus is to promote Goa for its Hinterland tourism, Religious tourism, eco tourism, Wellness tourism, Mice tourism and Sports tourism besides Beach tourism. Chief Minister said that the entire industry has been going through a hard time during the last 18 months. “Though resilience has been shown by the industry during the last season, the second wave of COVID brought the situation back to square one. However, the prospects are looking bright now,” Chief Minister added. Chief Minister said that last week, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: On 1 October, Senior Citizen day will be celebrated; however, senior citizens or senior citizen couples residing alone in the house face many difficulties in their lives. As per the Senior Citizen Protection and Maintenance Act, there is provision to form a three members Volunteers Committee comprising social workers to provide them help at the time of need and distress. However, many Panchayats had not appointed such committees. Such committees are essential to coordinate with beat Police so that senior citizens or couples residing alone can get timely help from Police and Volunteers. In this regard, Goa…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In an online cheating case, one bank customer, a resident of Patantali Bandora, was looted by the fraudster to the tune of Rs 26000 after he shared a one-time password( OTP) with the cheater, and soon after, money was removed from his Bank account. The Customer filed a complaint with Ponda Police Station. According to the complainant, the incident took place on Saturday Morning. According to the complainant, he had planned to buy a washing machine and called a customer care centre. However, he did not receive any response to his call. A few minutes later, he…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar has written to The Chief Election Commissioner of India demanding to replace Chief Electoral Officer-Goa IAS Kunal on completion of over 6 years in office. “GPCC in Goa had raised the issue. about the functioning of Shri Kunal (IAS), the Chief Electoral Officer in the State. (Copies of complaint enclosed). The officer besides being the CEO is also holding a charge over some other Government Departments as Secretary,” said Chodankar. He further said that it was regrettable that despite expressing serious reservations over the conduct of Kunal in the…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Goa’ Sandhya Melasheemi won Gold in Women’s Doubles 35+ along with a Silver in 35+ Singles as the curtains came down on the All India Masters Ranking Badminton Tournament, which concluded at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor stadium at Navelim. Goa’s Ayoob C.K, who partnered Kerala’s Xavier Raphael, surpassed all expectations to win Silver in Men’s doubles 50+ category. Goa’s former State champion and former India player, Leena Pednekar Dhapre, was a double delight as she won a Gold in Women’s Singles 45+, followed by another Gold in Women’s Doubles 40+ partnering Gujarat’s Pooja Mehta. Several prominent players…