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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: AAP Vice President Prof. Ramrao Wagh has launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led government over the inefficiency of the Goa Staff Selection Commission (GSSC). Prof. Wagh stated that despite completing a year since its establishment, the GSSC has failed to fill vacant posts, while BJP’s commission agents are actively filling up posts in an opaque manner. Taking a dig at the BJP government, Prof. Wagh remarked, “The GSSC was formed to bring transparency in the recruitment process. But in its one year of grand inaction, the GSSC has only demonstrated the BJP’s style of governance—complete inefficiency…

Team Goemkarponn MORMUGAO: The first cruise ship of the season, Vasco Da Gama, docked at the Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) on Saturday, marking the official start of the cruise tourism season. The international vessel, arriving from Mumbai, brought with it 590 passengers and 416 crew members. Following its stop at MPA, the Vasco Da Gama is scheduled to sail to Cochin port later in the day. In addition to the international cruise, the domestic cruise liner Empress, carrying 1,300 passengers, also arrived at MPA on Saturday, adding to the excitement. MPA officials have expressed optimism about a bustling tourism season,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A cash-for-jobs scam has defrauded hundreds of Goans out of crores of rupees. Goa police have so far filed 25 cases around the state, 15 in the North Goa district and 13 in the South Goa district. They have also arrested individuals for offering to get government positions in return for money. A government employee committed suicide as a result of the scam after his name was mentioned. At the Ponda, Agassaim, and Bicholim police stations, a new case has been filed virtually daily for the previous two weeks, with a maximum of three FIRs per station.…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: In a bizarre accident, 6 people including a minor were injured in a Car and an Inter-state Truck accident at Dapot (Loliem) on Friday-Saturday midnight. As all the 6 injured (including a minor) were brought to Canacona Community Health Centre, Chaudi, and immediately thereafter including the one in serious condition were shifted to South Goa District Hospital (SGDH) Margao for further treatment. Sources informed, one of the Car occupants was shifted in serious condition with heavy bleeding from the ear. All the injured including a child were reportedly returning back towards Margao after attending a Wedding reception…

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s bags were checked by Election Commission (EC) officials in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district on Friday, in the latest of a series of examinations of the luggage of high-profile political leaders visiting the poll-bound state, amid allegations that only the Opposition was being targeted. In a post on X, Mr Shah shared a video of polling officials checking his luggage in the chopper as he arrived at Hingoli assembly seat to address an election rally. “Today, during my election campaign in Hingoli Assembly constituency of Maharashtra, my helicopter was inspected by Election Commission officials. BJP…

Mumbai: The Congress will be the “worst-performing” opposition party in next week’s Maharashtra Assembly election, Union Minister Piyush Goyal declared to NDTV Friday, pointing to what he claimed were rifts within its state unit and with its leadership in Delhi. “I think the Congress is in the worst situation… local leadership is crestfallen. It had high hopes of being the dominant partner (in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance) but I believe there is friction within the party and within the centre and state units, and they are all a very unhappy lot.” “My own sese is that among the opposition…

New Delhi: The Indian economy is expected to clock a medium-term growth of 6.7 per cent on average between fiscal 2025 and 2031, and touch the $7 trillion mark, according to a report by rating agency CRISIL. This would be similar to the 6.6 per cent growth seen in the pre-pandemic decade, driven by a capex push and surge in productivity. The report projects India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 6.8 per cent during the current financial year as high interest rates and stricter lending norms are expected to impact urban demand. “A somewhat lower fiscal impulse to growth…