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Aam Aadmi Party convener Rahul Mhambre asked Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant to stop playing the blame game and come to terms with the fact that it is his own efficiency that is responsible for the total collapse of administration in Goa. “ It is not that websites of 80 departments are non existent but the fact is that entire administration in Goa has collapsed where sons of the red soil have to suffer while outsiders get their work done immediately,” said Rahul. He pointed out that the government works with alacrity to do works of Adani like the double…

BJP Youth Leader Siddesh Naik today has critised the Congress for politicising the Bainguinim Solid Waste Management issue. “Congress has been politicising the issue of Bainguinim Solid Waste Management. This is Congress v/s BJP issue,’ said Naik He further said that they have asked the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant for a site visit and he has agreed. “BJP had always been opposing this plant,’he added Senior BJP leader and Union Minister for Ayush Shripad Naik has endorsed the objection raised to the proposed solid waste management plant (SWMP) at Bainguinim by the residents of Old Goa. Naik along with…

PANJIM: Crime Branch has arrested Brijesh Kumar a native of Uttar Pradesh at Mapusa for peddling 5Kg ganja worth Rs 5 lakhs. As per Crime Branch the accused has confessed that he had brought ganja to the state for the upcoming tourist season

New Delhi: The activists in Goa have been up in their arms over the coal pollution and relation to higher COVID19 deaths in Mormugao taluka but their cries have fallen on deaf ears. However, the central government citing a report that links air pollution to higher mortality in Covid-19 cases, said that studies in Europe and US have established a connection between Covid mortality and pollution. Mormugao has been hit hard byCOVID with atleast 400 people from taluka losing life due to COVID. Professor Balram Bhargava, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, said that…

PANJIM: Former MLA Subhash Shirodkar today said that schools in the state should re-open as almost 10 to 12 percent of the constituencies are COVID-19 free. He also informed that expert committee has been preparing a report about the infrastructure facilities to implement the new educational policy 2020. “Schools in the state can reopen as almost 10 to 12 percent of the constituency are now COVID free” said Shirodkar He further said that 60 to 70 percent of the schools do not have proper facilities and that the report will be submitted to the state government by…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday extended the time for completing trial in the sexual assault case against Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal till March 31. Tejpal is alleged to have sexually assaulted a former woman colleague inside an elevator of a five-star hotel in Goa in 2013. He has denied the allegations levelled against him He was arrested on November 30, 2013 by the crime branch after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the court. He has been out on bail since May 2014. The matter came up for hearing on Tuesday before a bench headed…

Valpoi: Around 100 girl students, parents and faculty members today participated in a Breast Cancer Awareness webinar, which was organised by Govt Higher Secondary School, Valpoi to celebrate the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The teachers, students and parents from various other government higher secondary schools also participated in it. The webinar was held by Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan’s NSQF project, which has been providing skill training to the students in primary and higher secondary school. Dr Shekhar Salkar, Onco-Surgeon,chief dept of oncology,Manipal Hospitals Goa, shared a detailed presentation on the breast cancer causes, symptoms and cure. With…