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Goemkarponn desk CANANCONA: With the monsoon not even halfway through, most of the BSNL land phones in the taluka have conked off, putting the customers in great distress in Canacona; people in the rural areas of Canacona are still dependent on BSNL landlines phones as the interiors of the taluka is not covered by the mobile connectivity. With the interior regions of Canacona devoid of mobile connectivity, the people living there are dependent on BSNL landline phones and the landline phones not working since last week has disconnected them from the outside world, many from here complain. Manoj Prabhugaonkar an…

Goemkarponn desk VALPOI: It has been raining heavily in Maloli, Nanoda for the last two days, due to which the wall of one side of the bridge at Maloli has completely collapsed. This is the Portuguese era bridge that connects around six villages in Sattari. The locals have been demanding a parallel or new bridge as travelling has become a significant risk. However, due to the ignorance of State administration, the wall on one side of the bridge collapsed on Tuesday night. “Travelling on the bridge is now risky, and most of the villages are now cut-off from Valpoi town,”…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: New Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan today said that he will have to study the matter related to Mhadei River Dispute and Goa’s politics. Sreedharan also said that Governor should not indulge in politics but should be proactive on public related issues. “I will have to study the matter related to Mhadei and Goa politics. My experience in Mizoram and Kerala will be used to transform Goa into more attractive tourism destination,” said Governor Sreedharan On the Goa mining matter, he said that the matter is in the Supreme Court of India and that the central governmnet has…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Tourism and President of Goa Olympic Association Shripad Naik today announced Tokyo Olympics awareness and promotional programmes. The 17 days awareness drive includes daily Live telecast of the Olympic events on big screen at Kadamba Bus Stand, Panaji and Agakhan Municipal Park, Margao. After the daily events there will be a felicitation of eminent sports persons at both the venues. Four Cycle rallies with Cycling Association and Cycling clubs also planned in North Goa and South Goa districts. Mini Marathon in Ponda and Mini Marathon and Tennis…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Tourist taxi operators having cabs with registration number ending with 0 or 1 have been asked to fit digital fare meters with tracking system failing which license of the taxi shall be terminated. “Tourist taxi operators having cabs with registration number ending with 0 or 1 asked to fit digital fare meters with tracking system; public notice issued today states fitment of these vehicles started from July 1 till July 24; those failing to adhere to the direction to get their license suspended,” the order states The Directorate had also ensured that specific SMS has been sent…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today clarified that Tuem was never on the list of probable to set up the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa. “There was no intention nor proposal to setup IIT at Tuem. Search is on to find land for IIT in Goa. Appropriate location will be finalized soon and we will declare the decision,” he said. Sources had earlier said that there were plans to acquire 10 lakh sq meters of land for IIT at Tuem in Pernem taluka. Mandrem MLA Dayanand Sopte earlier made a statement that the IIT is coming to…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Senior national leader of the Indian National Congress ,Alka Lamba on Thursday hit out at AAP stating that Goa was not an experimental lab for outsiders while urging Goans not to Invite outsiders and let the true Goan local leaders govern Goa. Lamba said that while Goans were being fooled by offering freebies, the fact remained that Delhi governance was a failed model and that Delhi had been suffering since the last few years including several deaths caused by shortage of oxygen. Lamba further expressed shock over Kejriwals statements over the demolition of a church in Delhi…