Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Aggrieved Peons working in various government section schools have demanded the Seventh Payscale implementation. The Aggrieved Peons or Multi-Tasking staff have submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister and Education Department requesting them to implement the 7th Pay Commission. According to them, the government is implementing the 7th pay scale for all government staff. Secondary School peons are also paid this scale, and government-aided Primary School teachers are also paid this scale. They questioned why they are denied the &th pay? They stated further they fall in the D group employee category and want the government to…
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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Drishti Marine Lifeguard services has issued a Blue Bottle Jellyfish warning to tourists and locals visiting Goans beaches. Drishti says the sting of jellyfish can cause “Blue Bottles are being reported across North and South Goa as well as Juhu beach in Mumbai. Known also as the Portuguese Man o’War, these creatures are found in the Indian Ocean and drift seasonally with currents into the coast. The size of its inflated ‘float’ can be about 15cm but tentacles can grow up to 165 feet: Drishti said. It further says that the sting causes sharp pain and,…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Athletes and Sports personalities representing the sports disciplines of Archery and Athletics were felicitated at KTC Busstand, Panjim and Agakhan Park, Margao, respectively. Sportspersons were felicitated in recognition of their outstanding achievements in their respective sports by the Goa Olympic Association during the Olympics Awareness Programme, which is currently underway on the sidelines of Tokyo 2020. Snehal Divakar, Monika Singh, Laxmi Priya Sharma, Gaurish Dhond and Mrunaj Talaulikar representing Archery were felicitated by Kiran Kandolkar, President, Goa Amateur Archery Association in the presence of Chetan Kavlekar, the Association Secretary and GOA coordinators Sandeep Heble and Siya Sharma.…
Goemkarponn desk PORVOPRIM: A day after businessman Ricardo D’Souza, owner of Tito’s night club, announced he would contest Assembly polls on BJP ticket, the party’s State unit president Sadanand Shet Tanawade said that he has no knowledge of development. “I do not have any idea of Mr D’Souza meeting any party leaders in Delhi. The local office here has no idea,” he said. Tanawade said Mr D’Souza must have met people in Delhi, but nothing is informed to them. “For us, we have a sitting MLA Michael Lobo there, and we do not see any reason to deny him a…
Canacona A truck proceeding from Margao towards Karwar mowed down 12 and critically injured 2 cattle squatting on the middle of the NH66 road at Gulem in Canacona in the wee hours of Tuesday. Locals with the assistance of fire and emergency personnel cleared the road for traffic as the dead carcasses were all over the road. Later all the dead cattle were buried with the help of an heavy earth moving machinery in the night itself sources informed. Police informed that the driver of the truck who had fled with the vehicle after hitting the cattle was intercepted at…
Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: Congress Party delegation led by President Girsh Chodankar today called on the Governor of Goa P.S. Sreedharan Pillai and submitted two Memorandums raising various issues concerning the State of Goa and demanding probe into Pegasus Spying by Modi Government. The Congress Party has demanded dismissal of the BJP Government under Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant for its failure to protect the interest of Goa and preserve the Identity of Goa. The second memorandum addressed to the President of India has raised concerns about the threat to the Nations Security after reports of Spying and Snooping through Pegasus…
by Rajendra P. Kerkar KERI (SATTARI) – Deforestation undertaken for various purposes in the watershed of the tributaries of Mandovi, Zuari, and Colvale intensified the flooding situation in different parts of Goa. Though there was a heavy downpour of monsoonal rain during the last week, on Thursday repeated heavy rainfall coupled with the destruction of the watershed of the various tributaries have intensified floods in the low-lying areas of Bicholim, Dharbandora, Pernem, Sattari, and its vicinity. Massive deforestation for the quarter-century in the various basins of the Mandovi, Zuari, and Colvale resulted in increasing sediment load. Also, encroachment done in…