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New Delhi: Delhi Minister Atishi was served a notice by the Election Commission on Friday, seeking a response on her ‘join BJP or face jail’ claim. The poll body has sought a response from her by Monday (April 8), 12 noon. On April 2, Atishi said four senior leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including herself, would be arrested soon, claiming the BJP approached her through a “very close” person to join it or be prepared to be nabbed by the Enforcement Directorate within a month. At a press conference, Atishi claimed that she, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, MLA…

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a dig at Robert Vadra, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s businessman husband, after he hinted at his political debut, showing interest in contesting from Amethi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The saffron party questioned Vadra’s credentials and said the Congress could not get over nepotism. BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, “From what he said, one thing is very clear that they (Congress) cannot come out of dynastic politics. What is he (Robert Vadra) apart from being the son-in-law of the Gandhi family that people will expect something from him? What…

Goemnkarponn desk VASCO: The Excise Station Mormugao carried out a raid in the Bogmalo area on Thursday and seized liquor worth Rs 38,000 from a restaurant “We raided Illegal Restaurant premises at Chicolna Bogmalo and seized various brand liquor worth value of Rs. 38,002. The total liquor seized was around 64.570 bulk litres and included different brands of Alcohol. The raid was conducted under the In – Charge of Taluka Excise Inspector Devendra Ghanate, Flying Squad In – charge of Taluka Excise Inspector Samit Nayak, along with the team of officials namely Rameez Mulla, Mayur Gokani and Shabbir Shaikh,” said…

Goemkarponn desk MYSORE: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant attacked the Karnataka Congress and predicted the arrival of a “double-engine” government shortly to lead the state toward growth. “The Congress with its ‘Super CM’ and ‘Shadow CM’ will collapse after the elections and the BJP-JDS alliance will form a form of a double-engine government,” said Sawant. Sawant believed that had the JDS and BJP formed a pre-poll agreement during the assembly elections, JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy would have been the chief minister. He asserted that Goa has experienced complete progress since the double-engine government took office and that, during the previous…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Verna police have succeeded in recovering Rs 8 lakhs cash from the two main accused, Nitish Naik and Aniruddha Pawar on Thursday morning “The police recovered Rs 4 lakhs cash from Nitish Naik and Rs 4 lakhs cash from Aniruddha Pawar and a total of Rs 8 lakhs in cash have been recovered in the incident. While the businessmen had complained that Rs 16 lakhs had been seized on March 31st, both the accused have informed the Verna Police that only Rs 8 lakhs were seized in the incident ” said a top source in the Goa…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: After dilly-dallying for two days, Canacona Shigmosthav Mandal announced the winners of the different categories of floats held in the Canacona Shigmosthav parade held on Tuesday. In the main attraction of the Chitrarath category, Adpai Yuvak Sangh is adjudged as the best amongst the 17 Chitraraths who participated in the Canacona leg of Shigmosthav Floats winning the Rs.54,000/- cash award. SHREE SARSWATI KALA AVISHKAR DAG PONDA (2nd place cash award of Rs.30,000/-, Shree Sateri Yuvak Mandal (3rd place Rs.25000/-, Jai Santoshi Maa Khorlim (IV-Rs.20000) and Hot Sports Group (5th place-Rs.15000/-), respectively, in Chitrarath competition. Gajanan Yuva Sangh…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Amidst fear that the water level in Canacona’s ‘Chapoli Dam’, has dwindled in the ensuring hot summer season, the water storage is much better placed at 58.30% as compared to last year’s corresponding period. Chapoli Dam, the lifeline of Canconcars with a gross storage capacity of 11.22.30 ham, presently has storage of 654.29 ham, which is equivalent to 33.54 metres of RI (reduced level) on Thursday morning. This storage is slightly above 58.30 % and is much higher than last year’s corresponding period of 55.26%. According to the information collected from Taluka observatory, last year’s corresponding R.L.…