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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday flagged “false propaganda” on altering the Constitution under the BJP rule and made a veiled reference to the Emergency, saying former PM Indira Gandhi had insulted the Constitution in 1971-72. Addressing a convention of tribals under the banner of the United Tribal Association Alliance (UTAA) at Farmagudi in North Goa, Sawant said that many people are spreading false propaganda that the BJP was trying to change or amend the Constitution. “Recall 1971-72 when then PM Indira Gandhi had insulted the Constitution,” Swant said. He said the BJP-led government at Centre…

Goa: In a stellar recognition of its contributions to Goa’s tourism landscape, the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) has been honoured with the esteemed Chanakya Award 2024 in the category of Most Impactful Tourism Corporation by the Public Relations Council of India (PRCI). Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, presented the award to GTDC, accepted by Shri Deepak Narvekar, Deputy General Manager, Marketing, GTDC, on behalf of GTDC at the PRCI’s 18th Global Communication Conclave held at Moti Mahal in Mangalore. The ceremony graced by celebrity Ms. Sweezel…

Team Goemkarponn Margao: SCC Loutoulim defeated Navelim sporting club 1-0 and moved into the final of the 23rd edition of Bro.eulalio Vas Memorial football tournament, organized by Don Bosco Oratory fatorda at Don Bosco oratory ground Fatorda on Saturday. The semifinals began on fast pace in front of large crowd who came to witness the game and both teams look like eager to score goals and it was SCC Loutoulim who netted the first goal of the match through Aniston Dsilva in the 10th minutes of play with neat placement and Than Navelim sporting club,s Neville Pereira missed a chance…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Reacting strongly to Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant’s remarks targeting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during the UTAA event at Farmagudi, former GPCC President Girish Chodankar condemned the statement and accused the BJP of attempting to divert attention from the serious ‘Cash for Job Scam’ issue. “We strongly condemn Goa Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant’s desperate attempt to divert attention from the serious ‘Cash for Job Scam’ issue by unfairly targeting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at the UTTA function in Farmagudi,” said Chodankar Girish Chodankar, former GPCC president and CWC Permanent invitee, rightly pointed out that…

Team Goemkarponn CALANGUTE: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has expressed concern about tourism and stated that it is imperative to avoid releasing treated sewage water into Baga Creek from a sewage treatment plant. According to him, tourism will suffer if large volumes of treated sewage water leak into the sea where the creek meets the sea at Baga. “The treated water can be used for industrial purposes, plantations, irrigating fields, and watering gardens instead of being released into the creek,” he stated. According to Lobo, the plant has started serving the people of Khobra Waddo and Sauntawado. Sarpanch Calangute The meeting…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Minister Vishwajit Rane has urged the director general of police and the cyber crime cell to interrogate Congress leader Amit Patkar regarding allegations of a cash-for-government jobs scam. Patkar, the Goa Congress chief, accused Rane’s departments, including urban development and health, of issuing fake appointment letters to aspirants, claiming this was part of an extortion scheme. Rane, in response, called for a full investigation, including assessing the authenticity of a call recording provided by Patkar. The minister insists these claims are part of a smear campaign to divert attention from broader job scam issues. He said that…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a dramatic turn of events, around 200 residents from Aviao, Marivel Village, and La Marivel Colony gathered near Raj Bhavan to protest a shocking act of environmental destruction unfolding right next to the residence used by Goa’s Forest and Town & Country Planning (TCP) Minister and his MLA wife. The protest highlighted disturbing details of rampant deforestation in a dense forest area, designated as a green zone in the old Regional Plan and listed as forest cover in the Taleigao Outline Development Plan (ODP). According to eyewitnesses, laborers and gardeners, allegedly acting on instructions from people…