Two more bodies recovered

Two more bodies were recovered from the Zuari River, as recovery operations were carried out by various agencies around the site of the collapsed footbridge at Sanvordem on Friday.

The Goan NetworkPublished May 20, 2017, 7:14 PM IST

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While the navy divers pulled out the body of one onlooker, Ajit Prakash Ekka (28) a native of Jharkand but residing at Sanvordem in the wee hours of Friday, the National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) from Pune retrieved the body of Basaaya alias Santosh Wandal (26) of Cacora, who is believed to have committed suicide by jumping off the bridge on Thursday evening. The body of Basavaraj Malanavar (30) a truck driver from Bazar wada, Sanguem, was pulled out late Thursday evening.

While the search operations on Thursday night were restricted to the area around the collapsed footbridge, the operations were expanded on Friday as the search and recovery agencies suspected that any missing bodies could have floated away with the tide.

With no person being reported missing in police stations around the accident site, authorities are unlikely to continue with the search operations, but NDRF team has been requested to remain on standby till Saturday.

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GST: Phone bills up; edu, healthcare exempted

n Services put under four slabs n Hotels categorised on tariffs n Casinos, cinemas @ 28% n Biz class travel, insurance to cost more

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Published May 20, 2017, 7:10 PM IST

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PTISRINAGAREducation and healthcare will continue to be exempted from tax in the upcoming GST regime that will see service tax incidence go up on telecom, business class air travel, insurance and sale of newspaper space for advertisement. Transport services will be taxed at 5 per cent leading to a small drop in economy class air travel which currently attracts 6 per cent service tax. Non AC train travel, including in local trains…