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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress Leader Vijay Bhike today said that candidates for Lok Sabha will before announced before the Gudi Padva festival. “There is no delay as such. Congress candidates for Lok Sabha will before announced before the Gudi Padva festival,” said Bhike He further said that a proper process is underway, this election is a fight for the protection of India’s identity. Before Gudi Padwa candidates will be declared. “BJP remembers minorities only at their convenience, forgot minorities when Manipur was burning,” he added. While former minister Ramakant Khalap and party functionary Vijay Bhike were initially considered the frontrunners…

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal – arrested last month in the alleged liquor policy scam – lashed out at the probe agency Wednesday afternoon, declaring “the sole purpose of the arrest is to humiliate me… to incapacitate me”. Arguing for bail before the Delhi High Court, Mr Kejriwal said the ED had arrested him “without any inquiry, statement, or material that could be basis of arrest”. The AAP boss – whose arrest weeks before the Lok Sabha election led to furious protests and claims the ruling BJP is trying to shut down rival parties to ensure a massive…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Directorate of Food and Drugs will be organizing the “Eat Right Mela” Healthy and Nutritious Food Festival on 5th April 2024 at Ravindra Bhavan Margao. This event is being organized to publicize and promote healthy eating among the citizens. As lifestyle disorders attributed to unhealthy eating, stress and lack of exercise have bloomed among the population and thus it is important to rewind and rewire our habits to lay the impetus to promote a healthy lifestyle. At the Eat Right Mela, FDA has engaged nutritionists who will be available to speak to our citizens; Goa’s top…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: It was quite a surprise for many after two-time Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida, who had contested on a Congress ticket in the 2022 assembly elections, rejoined the BJP on Tuesday morning. What was even more interesting was that six of his eight supporters who have been very vocal as councillors of the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) also joined the BJP along with Almeida in the presence of BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar, Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho and others. The bigger question for people in the port town will certainly be how this…

On Tuesday, the BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade declared that the saffron brigade has completed the first round of campaigning for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, scheduled on May 7, in Goa. The BJP has fielded 5-time MP Shripad Naik from the North and businesswoman Pallavi Dempo, wife of industrialist Shrinivas Dempo, in South Goa. The BJP hit the ground running the very next day after both the names were confirmed and due to their strong organisational base has been able to complete the first round within a week of the start. Right from Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant,…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday blamed Congress for not helping then Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) government during the post-liberation period to release freedom fighters from Portugal’s jail. CM Sawant, while addressing a political meeting in MGP citadel constituency Marcaim in South Goa, praised the regional party’s work.MGP MLA and Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar was also present along with BJP’s South Goa Candidate Pallavi Dempo on the occasion.”Congress has done nothing for the state. Because of them, our freedom fighters remained in Portugal’s jail for almost eight to 10 years, despite our state being liberated,” CM…

Goemkarponn desk Cortalim: St Joseph Vaz College in the western Indian state of Goa has observed the international April Fools Day on a different note. The botany department of the college at Cortalim in association with the Rotary Club of Madgaon Midtown celebrated April 1 as April Cool Day to care for birds and animals who suffer during summer. “The program was to create awareness among students to take care of birds and animals during summer,” said Father Bolmax Pereira, assistant professor at the college and parish priest of St Francis Xavier Church, Chicalim. Father Pereira’s students said the program…