State sees two Covid deaths, 85 new infections on Monday

Times of India | 1 week ago | 02-08-2022 | 04:31 am

Panaji: Goa reported two Covid-19 deaths over the past 24 hours. The victims, a 44-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man, were both from North Goa and died at GMC. Both victims suffered from comorbidities and had been vaccinated. Meanwhile, one Covid death, of a 68-year-old vaccinated man at GMC who had comorbidites, was reported on July 30.The state’s currently tally of Covid deaths now stands at 3,954. The tally of active cases in the state stands at 729.A total of 85 new Covid-19 infections were detected on Monday. All the 85 have opted for home isolation. In all, 768 samples were tested with a case positivity rate of 11% . Goa’s daily positivity rate is almost double that of the all-India average, which was 6.01% as on August 1. According to information from the Union health ministry, Goa’s precautionary/booster dose coverage among the 18+ population is also low and the state is among those with the lowest coverage. Goa’s coverage has been reported to be just 8%, a fraction higher than the states of Jharkhand and Meghalaya that have the lowest coverage of 6% each and Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh with coverage of 7% each. Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Sikkim have been identified with the highest coverage of 22%, 21% and 20% respectively. Among the Union territories, Ladakh has the highest coverage with 51% followed by Andaman and Nicobar Islands with 30% and Delhi with 18%.

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55% Voter Turnout In Goa Panchayat Polls Till 2pm

Ndtv | 11 hours ago | 10-08-2022 | 04:55 pm

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11 hours ago | 10-08-2022 | 04:55 pm

Polling was underway for 186 panchayat bodies in Goa today. (Representational)Panaji: Fifty five per cent of the voters exercised their franchise in the Goa panchayat polls till 2 pm on Wednesday, as per the State Election Commission.Polling was underway for 186 panchayat bodies in Goa since 8 am on Wednesday and will conclude at 5 pm.A total of 5,038 candidates are contesting the panchayat polls from 1,464 wards across the coastal state.There are 3,85,867 voters in North Goa and 4,11,153 in South Goa, as per official data.Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was among the early voters. He cast his vote at a booth in Pale-Kothambi village panchayat.Union minister Shripad Naik, who hails from Goa, also exercised his franchise at a polling booth in the Old Goa village panchayat.Later speaking to reporters, Mr Naik said political parties should keep themselves away from panchayat politics.Voting in ward number 9 of Calangute panchayat had to be postponed as there was a mismatch between the name of a candidate and the poll symbol, an election official said, adding that polling would be held there on Thursday.A total of 64 candidates have already been elected unopposed from different village panchayats, of which 41 are from North Goa and 23 from South Goa, an official earlier said.North Goa district has 97 panchayats with 2,667 candidates in the fray, while 2,371 are contesting polls for 89 panchayats in South Goa, he said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comThe administration has already imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code across the state, while liquor ban has also been enforced on Tuesday and Wednesday.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Goa: St Francis of Assisi church joins 100 monuments across India to be lit up

Times of India | 21 hours ago | 10-08-2022 | 06:32 am

Times of India

21 hours ago | 10-08-2022 | 06:32 am

PANAJI: As dusk falls, the towering 17th century church of St Francis of Assisi at the world heritage site of Old Goa looks resplendent in the colours of the tricolor. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has illuminated it as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. The church with a three-tier facade built in 1661 and a convent that now houses the ASI’s archaeological museum and portraits gallery registers hundreds of footfalls daily. Set against the backdrop of an extensive green garden, it has its back to Se Cathedral, which was once considered the largest church in Asia. “The church has been illuminated since August 1 as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav,” an ASI official said. It is the only monument in Goa to be selected. A hundred monuments have been illuminated in the colour of the country’s flag across India. The colourful lighting is also part of the celebration to mark administering of 100 crore Covid vaccinations in the country. The monuments include some of the world heritage sites such as Humayun’s Tomb and Red Fort, Fatepur Sikri in Agra and Golconda Fort in Hyderabad among other monuments. Social media was abuzz with photographs of the St Francis of Assisi Church, though one post wrongly referred it to as the Se Cathedral.

Protest at Old Goa temporarily suspended till weather improves

Times of India | 1 day ago | 10-08-2022 | 02:40 am

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1 day ago | 10-08-2022 | 02:40 am

Panaji: Volunteers of the Save Old Goa Action Committee have temporarily suspended their ongoing satyagraha owing to heavy rainfall warnings. The volunteers are protesting the illegal structure in the world heritage site of Old Goa and demanding its demolition. The protest had completed 223 days till July 5.“Due to heavy rainfall, it has been very windy and we want to avoid any potential disastrous situation,” said the committee’s treasurer Hugo Gonsalves. “We will resume the agitation when the weather condition improves.”The agitation was initially suspended on a temporary basis for three weeks owing to the extended rainfall warning. However, with the progress of monsoon and increase in rainfall, the suspension has been further postponed, indefinitely.The Save Old Goa Action Committee will attend a hearing in the matter of the illegal bungalow on August 17 at the directorate of panchayats in Panaji. TOI had earlier reported that citizens across Goa expressed their disapproval over the illegal construction by holding protests and large gatherings in solidarity with the activists leading the protest.The protestors had also started an indefinite hunger strike from November 23, 2021, onwards demanding that the government revokes the licenses and demolishes the illegal structure.On a daily basis, the protest would see about seven to eight protestors at the site, at the precincts of St Cajetan Church, with a bigger crowd showing solidarity on the weekends.

TMC demands strict enforcement of ban on LED fishing

Times of India | 1 day ago | 09-08-2022 | 04:59 am

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1 day ago | 09-08-2022 | 04:59 am

Panaji: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday demanded that the state government must enforce the ban on LED fishing to safeguard marine ecology. The TMC has also demanded that fishing trawlers should not be allowed to fish close to the shore as such a practice can hamper the spawning and breeding of fish.TMC Rajya Sabha MP Luizinho Faleiro had raised a question regarding the fish catch and the data provided by the Centre shows an average drop of 8000 tonnes per year over the last five years. “A drop of 8000 tonnes per year is not small for Goa where fish is the staple food,” TMC functionary Trajano D’Mello said.The TMC official said that the Goa government does not have patrol boats to monitor how fishing activity is conducted and it also does not have a mechanism to check if trawlers have installed LED lights.

Former ZP member held for theft of laterite stones worth Rs 1.4cr

Times of India | 1 day ago | 09-08-2022 | 04:58 am

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1 day ago | 09-08-2022 | 04:58 am

Ponda: Former zilla panchayat member Govind Gaonkar, 49, was arrested by Ponda police on Monday for the theft of laterite stones worth Rs 1.4 crore. Assistant geologist of department of mines and geology, Panaji, Jeetendra Veluskar had filed a complaint with Collem police on July 25 following a raid on a laterite stone quarry in Mollem, Dharbandora, allegedly run by Gaonkar. “The complaint states that Gaonkar has committed a theft of laterite stones from the quarry for the last several years. The case has been transferred to Ponda police station,” Ponda PI Vijaykumar Chodankar said.On July 30, Gaonkar had applied for an anticipatory bail at additional district and sessions court, Margao. However, it was denied on Monday.He has been booked under provisions of the IPC and the Minor Mineral Ore Act. He would be produced before a Ponda court on Tuesday, PI said.Gaonkar was ZP member from Dharbandora during last term and now his wife is representing the constituency. He has also been Dharbandora sarpanch in the past.

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