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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In an exciting move that is certain to delight football fans in India, Bingo! and Sunfeast YiPPee! from ITC Ltd., have joined hands with the Argentine Football Association (AFA), as their Official Regional Sponsor. The World Champion Argentina Football team enjoys huge fan following in India. The admiration for the team and game is significantly growing especially among the young audience. YiPPee! and Bingo! as youth-oriented brands, are all about fun, excitement, being playful, which beautifully resonates with the spirit of AFA. As part of this strategic partnership, YiPPee! and Bingo! will harness the rich legacy of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI Goa AAP chief Amit Palekar on Thursday said the Union budget was nothing more than an “election speech.” Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke about rising foreign investment but did not utter a word about the falling rupee vis-a-vis US dollar, he said, reacting to the interim budget. “It was more like a popular speech. It is like an election speech. There is nothing concrete. There were no concrete figures,” Palekar told reporters. “She should have come out with concrete proposals to lift the entire economy. It has also to be conducive for industrial development and employment generation.…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The interim budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has laid the foundation for development over the next 25 years, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday. The budget will fulfil the dream of “Viksit Bharat 2047”, Sawant added. “#AmritKaal as #KartavyaKaal. The Union Govt led by Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji has resolved the issues before 2014 through economic management and governance. The Amrit Kaal is the Kartavya Kaal for Bharat to build the Viksit Bharat,” the CM said on X, formerly Twitter.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Industries Minister Mauvin Godinho on Thursday said that the practice of employing manpower from outside the state has to be minimised so that locals can get more employment opportunities. He was speaking after inaugurating an industrial plant at Industrial Estate, Verna in South Goa. Godinho stressed upon the upskilling of Goan youths for the jobs in the industrial sector. He said that Goa need industrial growth for generating more employment avenues but at the same time “we have to see that our environment do not suffer in this bargain. Thus, the government is focusing on attracting…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: “We have always said that the BJP government is working in the interest of crony capitalists and not in the student, youth, poor or middle class people. This is proved in this interim budget,” said Chodankar while reacting on union budget. He said the Narendra Modi government has failed to keep its promises and to bring ‘smart cities’ in reality. In Goa we are witnessing the mess created by the Smart City contractor, which has made people sick. “Government is delaying the work purposely to make corruption and hence substandard work has been done,” he stated. Chodankar…

“We are not interfering, go to High Court,” the Supreme Court said while hearing Hemant Soren’s petition challenging his arrest. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to interfere in former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on money laundering charges. “We are not interfering, go to High Court,” the Supreme Court said while hearing Hemant Soren’s petition challenging his arrest. Hemant Soren was arrested late Wednesday night. He has been sent to judicial custody for one day, with a definitive ruling on the central agency’s request for 10-day custody expected Friday afternoon. In his petition,…

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal – who had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for the fifth time – will not appear before the probe agency for questioning in the Delhi liquor policy case today. This comes after Arvind Kejriwal skipped the January 19 questioning, saying that the summons issued by the ED were illegal and its only aim is to arrest him. Mr Kejriwal, also the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, had refused to appear before the probe agency on three earlier summons for November 2, December 21 and January 3 as well. The AAP has slammed…