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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath for a third time on Saturday, and in so doing, become the first (and only) three-term leader of the country since Congress stalwart and India’s first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru. Prime Minister Modi has reached Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Droupadi Murmu and resign from the top post. He would then stake claim to form the government. Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party – which claimed 282 seats in 2014 and 303 in the 2019 election won 240 seats this time – 32 short of the 272-majority mark. It will now rely on the 53…

SIKKIM: Football legend and Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) candidate from Barfung Assembly seat Bhaichung Bhutia lost to Sikkim Krantikari Morcha’s Riksal Dorjee Bhutia by 4,346 votes, as per Election Commission data. Bhaichung Bhutia received 4,012 votes while his rival, Riksal Dorjee, bagged 8,358 votes. Bhutia is currently the vice-president of the SDF. He merged his own Hamro Sikkim Party, formed in 2018, with the SDF in 2023. The former captain of the Indian football team has previously contested polls on a Trinamool Congress ticket but lost on both occasions. He was fielded by the Mamata Banerjee-led party in the 2014 Lok Sabha…

KOLKATA: While the City of Joy has been the Blue Tigers’ home for the past week, Subhasish Bose is perhaps the one feeling most at home. A local boy, the India left-back and captain of Mohun Bagan Super Giant, with whom he lifted the ISL Shield at the Salt Lake Stadium merely a few weeks ago, is all geared up for arguably the biggest match he’s set to play at the iconic stadium. The 28-year-old spoke to the media before Monday’s training session at the Salt Lake. “The match against Kuwait is hugely important for us. It is a golden…

Goemakrponn desk Panaji: Goa Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Yuri Alemao on Tuesday said that if the INDIA bloc forms the government at the Centre then Congress will also form a government in the state within two days. “BJP has failed in policies and today’s verdict is a slap on their face. We are confident that the INDIA bloc will form a government. If this happens, then only within two days, Congress will also form the government in Goa,” the LoP said. Speaking of the decisive margin in South Goa, he said that they (Congress) had to fight against the money…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The yellow alert for Goa was extended by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) until Saturday, June 8. IMD stated that on June 6, 7, and 8, 2024, there is a high probability of isolated thunderstorms with lightning and winds of 30 to 40 mph over the North and South Goa districts of the State, despite the likelihood of light rain or thundershowers over those areas. It stated that haze is probably present in certain areas over the state’s North and South Goa districts in the morning. According to IMD, until June 5, the State’s maximum and lowest…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: BJP South Goa Candidate Pallavi Dempo today said that she has accepted the verdict of South Goa. “Thanks to all BJP karyakartas and supporters, my family, my team and the media for their unwavering support. I humbly accept the verdict for South Goa and congratulate Viriato Fernandes. I also congratulate BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi,” said Dempo. She further extended my heartfelt gratitude to the voters of South Goa for their love and support. I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi the central and state leadership for the opportunity to be the BJP candidate for South…

Goemkapronn desk MARGAO: AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s assertion on June 2 that the much-publicised exit polls are completely fake, was proved true when INDIA Alliance posted major success during the counting of the Lok Sabha votes today. BJP which was bragging of crossing 400, is struggling to reach even the halfway mark of 272 on its own. In Goa, the INDIA Alliance candidate Capt Viriato Fernandes scored a convincing victory over his BJP counterpart in the South Goa constituency. Political analysts openly credited a large part of this success to the two AAP MLAs Engr Cruz Silva of Velim and…