PANJIM: Progressive Front of Goa (PFG) today has has mocked Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant for his directionless and insensitive statement that Goa would be borrowing a sum of Rs 100 cr to fund its fun filled extravaganza to mark its 60th Liberation year. “There has been no white paper on revival plan from the Government especially with regards to huge job losses that have occurred in the aftermath of the pandemic. An eye wash economic revival committee report is not yet discussed with the stakeholders nor there has been any steps initiated on complying with the recommendations of the…
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Goa, Nov 29: Kerala Blasters held Chennaiyin FC to a goalless draw courtesy a superb penalty save from Albino Gomes in their Hero Indian Super League encounter at the GMC Stadium, here on Sunday. Chennaiyin named an unchanged side from their opening win against Jamshedpur FC. Meanwhile, Kerala made three changes with Denechandra Meitei being handed his Hero ISL debut. The first half remained goalless with either side failing to fashion clear-cut opportunities. Chennaiyin were the dominant side but weren’t clinical in the final third. Kerala goalkeeper Albino Gomes was called into action early on, in the third minute, saving…
CUNCOLIM: In a major breakthrough cuncolim police arrested a security guard namely lakshi Basumatary (45) n/o Assam from Margao railway station for committing murder of fellow security guard siddharamayya Rachayye Wandal (66) deployed at Boat craft company at IDC cuncolim on the intervening night of 23 and 24 November 2020. Accused has confessed to have committed the crime and cuncolim police has recovered the weapon of assault, an iron pipe, at the instance of accused person. Further investigation is in progress with PI Therron Dcosta.
Pernem Police have continued thier raids against drugs activities in Pernem. As per PI Jivba Dalvi reliable information was received regarding one Austrian National involved in illegal drug activities. Accordingly a team was formed and a raid was conducted during evening hours of 29/11/2020 and the accused person was caught red handed with possession of Charas worth Rs. 1,20,000/-. The raid was conducted at Thorlebag, Keri, Pernem. Accused person namely Mr Stefan Hechenberger, age 43 years, Austrian National has been placed under arrest under section 20(b)(ii)(B) of NDPS Act and is currently in Police custody. It is learnt that accused…
Panaji: Despite the State ofbHoa boiling over the issue, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India granted stage 2 forest clearance to Xeldem Mapusa transmission line. The MoEF has allowed diversion of 69.41 ha of forest land in North Goa Forest Division in Goa State for construction of 400 KV D/C Xeldem-Mapusa Transmission Line in favour of M/s. Goa Tamnar Transmission Project Ltd – reg “I am directed to refer to Dy Conservator of Forests Monitoring & Evaluation, Forest Department, Government of Goa’s letter No 6-883-2019-20-FD/2030 dated 26/07/2019 and 11/04/2020 seeking prior approval of the Central Government…
Goa, Nov 29: Jamshedpur FC’s Hero Indian Super League game against Odisha FC was a game of two halves and two strikers. At the Tilak Maidan on Sunday, Jamshedpur’s Nerijus Valskis dominated the first scoring twice (12′, 27′) and putting his team in a commanding position. Odisha’s Diego Mauricio though grabbed headlines in the second, pulling one back in the 77th minute before driving home a stunning injury-time equaliser, to wrap up a thrilling 2-2 draw. It did not take long for Owen Coyle’s men to break the deadlock. Barely ten minutes in, Odisha goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh failed to deal…
Panaji: Dy CM Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar has been appointed as the Chairman of Sepak Takraw Federation of India. Kavlekar’s appointment as the head of premier body at the National level is for 2020 to 2024 period. His appointment was unanimous and was done at the A.G.M. of the National Body that happened on Sunday 29/11/2020 in New Delhi. Along with the Dy CM Kavlekar, Suraj Desai has been appointed as the General Secretary of the National Body. A delegation from Goa led by Dy Kavlekar, Suraj Desai and Krishna Kharade attended the AGM and the elections in Delhi. Dy CM…