Earlier this month, the Indian National Congress released its manifesto, called Nyay Patra (Promise for Justice), for the 2024 General Elections. It prominently talked of caste census, raising the cap of 50% on reservations, jobs for youth, internships, and economic support for the poor among others. Its focus has been on justice for women, adivasis, Dalit-OBCs, farmers, and student youth. One of its spokespersons stated that the manifesto addresses the steps needed to undo the injustices heaped on different sections of society during the last 10 years of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule. Narendra Modi criticised this manifesto by saying…
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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today slammed the Congress and also termed its manifesto as communal. CM Sawant was addressing the media after chairing the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting in Panaji. “The Cong manifesto is ‘communal’; the BJP is a secular party; we have taken steps to address the OCI issue; even though Goans may be living overseas, it is our responsibility to safeguard their properties in Goa; Cong manifesto is not working,” said CM Sawant. He further said that the opposition is saying that the minority is not with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but I want to state that the majority of the minority is with the BJP. “They have full confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his guarantee and they have decided to elect Modi for the third time,” said Sawant. Sawant said that…
Bengaluru/New Delhi: Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna was today suspended from the Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) amid a row over explicit videos – allegedly showing him sexually assaulting multiple women. Prajwal Revanna – a sitting MP from Karnataka’s Hassan constituency – has also been issued a show cause notice by the party. The video clips, allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, surfaced on social media a day after his constituency went to polls. The scandal involves hundreds of explicit videos that were allegedly shot by the Mr Revanna – grandson of JDS chief and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda – and…
Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Congress and BJP are engaged in a fierce and unprecedented campaign, leaving the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) way behind in terms of direct contact with the electorate in Canacona for the South-Goa Parliamentary Seat. While Congressmen along with its I.N.D.I. Alliance partners coming together are on a person-to-person contact spree all over the Canacona constituency, BJP with its top leaders relegating themselves to holding corner- meetings, has banked on its grass-root leadership (booth-level leaders) and Karyakarta’s to remain in touch with their neighbouring electorate. For Congress-led INDIA candidate Capt Viriato Fernandes, it’s a good sign that all-in-all…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Artist Rajdeep Naik today has exposed the unfortunate sad situation of Kala Academy, which is rapidly declining In addition to the infrastructure, a less expensive version of every piece of equipment has been installed in the acoustic theatre where the Tiart artists perform. Due to subpar theatre equipment, the artists are finding it difficult to perform, which has prevented the audience from enjoying the show. “The government has been engaging in some kind of deceit under the guise of renovation for the last three years. Previously, the sound could be clearly heard in the back of the…
Goemakrponn desk Panaji: The Goa Crime Branch Police on Monday busted an IPL cricket betting racket by apprehending 16 persons, the police said. The police added that after receiving information about the betting, they raided a location at Porvorim in North Goa and caught 16 accused persons, of which 15 are from Gujarat and one from Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly accepting bets on mobile/online in connection with the T20 IPL cricket match played on Sunday between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings. The police have seized from their possession cash worth Rs 12,670, 46 mobile phones, one Tablet, nine laptops, one…
Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The Lok Sabha Polls boycott threat was issued by villagers of Gaondongrim after passing a resolution in Gramsabha, over the non-distribution and diversion of rupees 15 lakhs worth of materials obtained under Water Conservation Initiative of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) has now fizzled out after the Chief Minister reportedly promised to amend with the materials distribution to the village Anganwadi post the elections. Gaondongrim Sarpanch Yeshwant(Dhillan) Dessai informed that Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has personally asked him to allow him sufficient time to amend the wrong distribution of the materials arbitrarily diverted and distributed…