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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Directorate of Panchayat today has disqualified Sangolda Village Panchayat Deputy Sarpanch Ulhas Morajkar for misappropriation of Panchayat funds amounting to Rs.16,10,926 through self withdrawal from Panchayat Bank account. As per information, Morajkar stands removed as member for the present term of the panchayat and shall continue to remain ineligible for re-election till 19/05/2026. Ulhas Morajkar d been elected unopposed as the new sarpanch of Sangolda panchayat in 2021. The post had fallen vacant after former sarpanch Avinash Naik had submitted his resignation citing personal reasons.

Goemakrponn desk Margao: “My 20 days experience with BJP in 2021 convinced me that BJP has no value for Loyalty & their focus is only on Royalty. I am indebted to Congress Party for pardoning my emotional mistake & accepting me back in Congress,” stated Congress General Secretary Moreno Rebelo. Reacting to the questions raised by Curtorim BJP Mandal on his shirt stint with BJP, Moreno Rebelo charged BJP of patronising Rich & Wealthy. Curtorim Zilla Panchayat Member Michelle Rebelo had given her opinion on BJP giving ticket to an Industrialist Pallavi Dempo. I dont know why BJP Mandal dragged…

MUMBAI: India’s aviation watchdog has deferred a June 1 deadline for airlines to adopt new rules on rest and duty times for pilots, a notice on its website showed, but without stating a reason or a new target date. Tuesday’s news followed a warning from a key airline lobby group, reported last month by the Economic Times newspaper, that the scramble to meet the new rules could force cancellation of up to a fifth of flights. Announced in January, the rules increased flight crews’ weekly rest periods to 48 hours from 36 and cut pilots’ night flight duty times to…

MUMBAI: Mumbai has now overtaken Beijing as Asia’s billionaire capital for the first time and Mukesh Ambani has topped the list of 271 billionaires in India, according to Global Rich List 2024 published by Hurun Research Institute. According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2024 “Mumbai was the fastest-growing billionaire capital in the world, adding 26 in the year and taking it to third spot in the world and Asia’s billionaire capital. New Delhi broke into the Top 10 for the first time.” According to the report by Hurun India published on 26th March, 94 new faces from India have…

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is considering handing out green cards to up to 4,000 undocumented immigrants facing deportation. There are some conditions – they must have resided in the United States for at least a decade, and have not been convicted of “serious crimes.” According to the Daily Mail, a proposal floated by the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review in September last year sought to make thousands of migrants lawful permanent residents. Migrants who wish to qualify must also have “good moral character.” They will qualify only if the case is such that they “would suffer exceptional and…

BALTIMORE: Maryland Governor Wes Moore called the Indian crew “heroes” for their prompt warning before the collision of a cargo ship with the Baltimore bridge on Tuesday morning, which resulted in “saving many lives”. The owners of Singapore-flagged container ship “Dali”, which was involved in the incident, said the vessel collided with a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore while under pilotage with two pilots on board. All crew members, including the two pilots, were located, and there were no reports of injuries. One of the pilots did “everything that he could have done” to slow the…

LONDON: An Indian studying in the United Kingdom found himself ensnared in a web of slander during the student union elections at the London School of Economics (LSE) for supporting the development of “Bharat” under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pune-born Satyam Surana last year came into the spotlight when he defiantly picked up the tricolour from the road during an attack at the Indian High Commission by extremist elements. In a series of social media posts on March 26, Satyam said he was targeted for taking a pro-India position on issues like terrorism and Ram mandir, during the LSE student…