Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party got a boost in Pernem, Saligao & Porvorim constituencies when a number of BJP and Congress workers joined the party in the presence of State Convenor Rahul Mhambre and State Vice-President Adv. Surel Tilve. Sandeep Pednekar, senior BJP functionary from Saligao constituency, joined Aam Aadmi Party today with his supporters, after working for BJP for more than two decades. Pednekar has been a State Executive Committee member of BJP, and was the Youth President of Calangute Mandal in 2004. Pednekar is a well-known social worker and businessman, and is currently the vice-treasurer of Gadevansh…
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Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Tika Ustav 3.0 by the state has been receiving enormous response as nearly 1,36, 408 people in the 18-44 category were vaccinated with first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. As per information by the health department, 18, 662 were vaccinated on day of the Ustav (June 13) , 14,873 people on June 14, 18,505 on June 15, 15,911 on June 16, 14959 on June 17, 16,218 on June 18, 21, 624 on June 29. While 15,656 were vaccinated yesterday. The Goa government had announced that it will host “Tika Utsav 3.0”, a vaccination festival across the state to…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Government of Goa has issued the instructions to all the Courts and Quasi – Judicial Authorities, viz. Revenue Courts, Children’s Court, Industrial Court, Administrative Tribunal, Labour Court, RERA, Goa Human Rights Commission, Goa State Information Commission and other quasi – Judicial authorities such as Rent Controller, Dy. Director/Directorate of Panchayat, Mamlatdars / Jt. Mamlatdars / B.D.O. The DIP release said that the competent authorities of above respective Courts should open the Court functioning on normal basis taking into account the situation prevailing in their respective districts. “The principal idea is to avoid congestion and occasion of…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte today has demanded that inquiry report on Goa Medical College (GMC) dark hour deaths should be made public at the earliest. “The Inquiry Report on GMC dark hour deaths should be made public at the earliest. Those responsible should be meted out with exemplary punishment as warning against such criminal negligence in future.,” said Khaunte He further said that justice for Goan lives is a must. Khaunte further said that it was sensible of Goa CM to extend the curfew for another week. “If CM Sawant had shown this sensibility in the beginning,…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government today declined to set up Judicial Commission to probe into the shortage of oxygen supply in Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) that led to death of several COVID-19 patients. It also turned down the demand for conduct of audit into the deaths related to coronavirus. When the matter came up for hearing today morning before the division bench of the Bombay High court at Goa, the Advocate General Devidas Pangam said that the doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, officials and bureaucrats have worked tirelessly and with full dedication during the entire pandemic and more particularly,…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Several residents of Hollant Beach in Issorcim area on Monday appealed the authorities and government to intervene and immediately repair the retaining wall that had collapsed during the cyclone Tuktae . Former Sarpanch of Velsao panchayat Lourenco Rodrigues, claimed that no authorities had bothered to pay a visit at the site and take up restoration works giving a feeling that the area had been completely neglected along with the residents. Rodrigues said that the place had historical value with many monuments from Portuguese era including an old custom house outpost. He also said that the villagers feared…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A Goan, Lenny D’Gama has been appointed as a technical official for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Lenny was appointed by the Boxing Task Force. International multi-sports event scheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan originally, have been rescheduled and will take place from 24 July to 9 August 2021, the event was postponed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will not allow international spectators. “I congratulate Lenny D’Gama for being appointed as a technical official for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in…