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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment of India Ramdas Athavale today said that ST reservation in Goa Assembly is not possible due to less ST population in the state. “ST reservation is impossible in Goa. The number of STs should be large to reserve seats in Goa. But in Goa this amount is very less,” said Athavale. He further said that as far as the census is concerned, this number is not enough to reserve seats for STs. “As of now, we come to know the numbers for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in…

Goemkarponn desk MANGESHI: In a shocking incident, a leopard was found dead at Shimepaine, Mangueshi today morning. The animal was found trapped in a snare. The leopard was sighted by many people in the residential locality for past several days causing panic among locals. Snares have been setup at several locations in the village by unidentified persons. The leopard must have got caught in one of these snares. Forest dept officials were called in to take charge of the dead animal and investigate the matter further.

Goemkarponn desk SANKHALIM: Mission Political Reservation for Scheduled Tribes of Goa conducted series of corner meetings in last 10 days at village Panchayat level in Sanquelim to create awareness about the pending constitutional rights of tribal’s & to make people aware about why Reservation of seats in assembly is important to fulfilling pending demands of ST’s. Two meetings were held in Sanquelim on Saturday in Village Panchayat Pale , one at Bhamae Village and another at Ambeshi Village as part of its awareness campaign . Also door to door visits have started by Mission. In meetings, Tribal leader Rama Kankonkar…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant state that the BJP will perform well in all five states that will have elections since voters there had seen improvement over the past ten years. After the Election Commission published the dates for the assembly elections in Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana on Monday, Sawant reacted. Sawnat further said that he travelled to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh thus far (for electoral meetings). Madhya Pradesh residents have been very supportive of our “Jan Ashirvad Yatra.” “We’ll win this state once more. Our Karyakartas exhibit passion in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh as…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Sports Minister Govind Gaude flagged off 37th National Games Torch Relay at Secretariat-Porvorim. The Torch Relay will travel to all 12 talukas across the state. The forthcoming National Games, which are slated to take place in Goa from October 26 to November 9th, are officially counting down with the completion of this event. “We aspire to establish a thriving sports ecosystem in Goa. Just as tourists have long enjoyed our beautiful beaches, we now aim to attract sports enthusiasts from around the globe. Events like Ironman and the World Table Tennis event…

* Setback for Vishwajit as he follows directions of superiors but not before exposing Jit Arolkar * Onus on Jit now to prove he did not go to Vishwajit to get land converted * Deafening silence from Sudin Dhavalikar, Jit’s party leader or MGP president Deepak Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The past whole week has seen a political drama over the Pernem Zoning issue which finally culminated with the TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane announcing that the plan will be kept in abeyance. While teh zoning plan has always been questionable, it has now brought to fore the murky deals of the…

 Job requests, basic facilities, Tourist harassments by traffic police, pending requests made in last 3 Janta Durbars, dilapidated buildings, amongst the issues raised Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: While citizens bombarded several new and old issues at the 4th Janta Darbar held in Canacona, Fishermen Minister Nilakant Halarnkar holding the Swayampoorn-Mitra responsible told the government officials in clear terms that issues raised by citizens in this Darbar should be solved/addressed with priority so as these (same) issues/matters are not raised again in next Janta Darbar. Fisheries Minister Nilkant Halrankar on realizing that some of the issues raised in the last Janta Darbar…