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Uproar in CMC over transfer of CO

Uproar in CMC over transfer of CO
MARGAO
Cuncolim citizens on Wednesday gheraoed Cuncolim Municipal Chairperson Polita Carneiro over the memorandum submitted to the Urban Development Minister by the ruling group in support of Chief officer Shankar Gaonkar, even as the agitated citizens reiterated their demand for the immediate transfer of the Chief Officer from the Cuncolim Civic body.
The citizens, including a number of Congress workers and supporters, also took strong exception to the CMC ruling group's remarks directed at the Cuncolim M
LA Clafacio Dias in the memorandum.
In the memorandum, the CMC ruling group headed by Chairperson Polita Carneiro had in the memorandum submitted to the Urban Development Minister Francis D'Souza with a copy to the Chief Minister and the DMA had opposed the demand of the citizens for the transfer of the Chief Officer Shankar Gaonkar from. The ruling group had also slammed MLA Clafacio in the memorandum, saying he had no right to insult the Chief Officer when he had secured 1400 votes out of 10,500 votes from the Cuncolim Municipal area in the Assembly election.
When the agitated citizens confronted the Chairperson Polita, vice-Chairperson Shashank Desai and Councilor Mario Moraes, they initially denied the media reports, but the citizens were not ready to accept their plea.
Before withdrawing from the Chairperson's chamber, the citizens warned of a massive agitating in the event the Chief Officer is not transferred out of Cuncolim Municipal within the month long deadline set by the people.
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China-made Christmas decorations seized

the goan I network
Published Dec 14, 2017, 4:30 AM IST
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MARGAOAhead of the Christmas season, officials of the Legal Metrology cracked a whip against Chinese made Christmas items illegally sold in the commercial capital. The value of the seized goods is placed at around Rs 3 lakh.Senior legal metrology officials told The Goan that the Christmas decorative items were seized from two shops located at Malbhat. The officials pointed out that the made in China Christmas decorative items were sans the manufacturer labels, packaging date…

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