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Team Goemkarponn DABOLIM: In a significant security breach, a Canadian national, Kristina Lewis, was intercepted at Dabolim Airport, Goa, for carrying a prohibited GPS device in her hand baggage. The incident occurred on December 5, 2024, at approximately 7:30 PM during baggage screening at the Security Hold Area of the Domestic Terminal. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel stationed at the airport detected a GPS device, “GARMIN inReach MINI,” in the passenger’s belongings during a routine scan at X-BIS Machine No. 03. The accused, who was set to board Indigo Airlines flight 6E-885 from Goa to Kochi, failed to…

Team Goemkarponn NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has raised the pitch against the infamous “cash-for-jobs” scam in Goa, with the local leadership taking the fight to Delhi. AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has vowed to take this issue to the upcoming Parliament session and fight for justice for Goa’s youth. Addressing a press conference on Thursday along with Goa leaders in AAP’s national office in Delhi, Singh stated that the BJP government has consistently manipulated recruitment processes in Goa for years. Referring to the recent “cash-for-jobs” scam, he claimed that names of prominent BJP leaders, including Chief Minister’s…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a scathing attack, the Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Friday said that insensitive BJP government has ignored the demand of People with Disability (PwD) to help them by providing financial assistance, and demanded that they should be helped in same speed how MLAs were benefited with salary hike. Aelmao said despite the government giving him assurance in the assembly session to hike the assistance of PwDs, it has failed to keep its word. “Insensitive BJP Government was quick enough to hike salary, incentives and perks of MLAs, but has ignored the long pending demand of…

New Delhi: A high-level investigation has been ordered after a cash bundle was found on the Rajya Sabha seat of Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi. The high-level committee that will oversee the probe will include officials from security agencies, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, and senior MPs. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar told the MPs this morning that the cash bundle – of ₹ 500 notes amounting to a total of ₹ 50,000 – was found after the House was adjourned last evening. Mr Singhvi has clarified that he had never heard of such a thing, suggesting that bundle…

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday called on the Bharatiya Janata Party to respond proactively to protesting farmers’ demands about a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price, or MSP, and warned the government, “Do not allow the farmers of this country to face a situation like Manipur”. The opposition party also slammed the government for taking the time out to watch a movie – on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, members of his cabinet, and MPs attended a screening of ‘The Sabarmati Report’, a movie about the 2002 train-burning incident in Gujarat’s Godhra. “The Modi government has time to watch…

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP, which leads the coalition of parties currently in Government in India, has directly accused the US State Department of trying to “destabilise India”. It also claimed that the US “deep state” is working to “target Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. In a press conference, the BJP spokesperson said, “It has always been the US State Department behind this agenda” BJP CLAIMS THERE’S A NEXUS Sambit Patra, the spokesperson of the ruling BJP, claimed that elements in the US deep state have colluded with a group of journalists and with India’s opposition leader Rahul…

New Delhi: The United States Embassy in New Delhi and Consulates in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad will open consular operations on Saturday, December 7, to accommodate applicants requiring in-person visa interviews, officials said on Friday. The US Mission in India launched a series of special Saturday interview days in January earlier this year as part of a larger effort to reduce wait times for first-time visa applicants. According to an official statement this fourth ‘Super Saturday’ is an innovative way to keep pace with the growing demand for travel between the United States and India. The participating posts will employ…