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Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar today heard final arguments on disqualification petition filed by Congress leader Girish Chodankar against 8 MLAs. As per information, the Speaker has granted parties time till Monday to submit written arguments. The disqualification petition filed by former Congress leader Girish Chodankar targets eight MLAs who defected from Congress to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP0 on September 14, 2022 claiming merger of two-third as per the Tenth Schedule of Anti-defection Act. The Speaker has issued notices to the petitioner and eight MLAs, asking them to appear either in person or through their advocates on October 14.…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Canacona police have booked three people including two from Canacona and one from Margao for inducting a complainant to pay Rs.15,00,000/- to provide a government job of Civil Engineer in PWD to the brother-in-law of the complainant. Upon the complaint of one Nisha Chari, a resident of Iddar-Loliem (Canacona), Canacona police have registered a case under section 420 r/w 34 IPC against three accused persons – Mithil Chari r/o Mahalwada, Poinguinim, Pritesh Chari r/o Iddar Loliem Canacona and Parag Raikar r/o Margao Goa. The Canacona incident of Cash for Govt job comes close on the heels of…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the National Security Guard (NSG) successfully carried out a joint counterterrorism exercise with Basilica of Bom Jesus and Se Cathedral as primary focus sites ahead of the upcoming exhibition of the holy relics of St. Francis Xavier. “We conduct the exercise annually to evaluate our own capabilities, but the exposition made this year unique,” an officer stated. About 400 personnel participated in the exercise, which sought to improve coordination and readiness amongst the several security operations players. “The two churches, a government building, and a private structure—all of which are situated…

Team Goemkarponn OLD GAO: The Save Old Goa Action Committee has demanded to prepare and implement a master plan for Old Goa, to include all the heritage sites to protect them from encroachments. In a letter to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant the committee has given a charter of demands to be fulfilled immediately. “As discussed with you during our meeting, we recap the few detrimental issues facing Old Goa, especially the heritage sites, for your reference,” the Committee wrote to CM Sawant The Save Old Goa Action Committee says it has been petitioning the TCP to prepare and implement a…

New Delhi: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived here on Thursday as part of his three-day official visit to India during which he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in wide-ranging talks on strategic ties in several key areas. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a post on X said, “Olaf Scholz of Germany lands in New Delhi for the 7th Intergovernmental Consultations and the 18th Asia Pacific Conference of German Business (APK 2024).” The Chancellor, who arrived late Thursday night, was received by Ministry of State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai. The MEA had in a statement earlier…

New Delhi: Three terrorist outfits – the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen, and Jaish-e-Mohammed, all banned by the Indian government – have set up a joint training camp in Pakistan’s Abbottabad, in a campus belonging to that country’s Army, intelligence community sources told Friday morning. The camp, sources said, is ‘completely safe’ since there is a Pakistani Army camp right next door, making outsiders’ access to training terrorists almost impossible without permission of the military. An unnamed General, posted to Pak’s intel agency ISI, is believed to be supervising the camp, which is training young men and women in multiple aspects of…

New Delhi: Pushing for a permanent seat for India at the United Nations Security Council, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today said established institutions must be reformed to create a more equitable global order. He also reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message that this is not an era of war and global disputes must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. Speaking at the 16th BRICS Summit in Russia’s Kazan, Dr Jaishankar said, “BRICS is a statement of how profoundly the old order is changing. At the same time, many inequities of the past also continue. In fact, they have…