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Goemkarponn desk FATORDA: Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai today has issued notice to move for introduction of bill “The Goa State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2024” in this session. “I have issued notice to move for introduction of bill “The Goa State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2024” in this session,” said Sardesai. He further said that it’s the stated objective of our party, and the essence of our existence, to put Goemkars first in all job opportunities that come up in Goa. “I’ve been extremely vocal on this, and have brought this up at every turn. Goa government’s appalling…

AERIAL VIEW Then comes the criminalisation of triple talaq, invalidation of Article 370, Supreme Court verdict paving way for the construction of a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and so on. The opposition leaders are under constant pressure to react and they end up fumbling for words, invariably. Blame it on the intellectual bankruptcy or sheer cussedness of opposition leaders. Or credit Modi-Amit Shah’s earthy politics and grasp of the people’s pulse. They always have their political adversaries on a Twister mat. The opposition just can’t anticipate the duo’s next move, forget outwitting or outmanoeuvring them. For…

Goemkarponn desk AGASSAIM: Ashpak Kadur, a 28-year-old resident of New Vadem, Mormugao, was arrested by Agassaim police on January 18 for allegedly robbing Maria Piedade Candelina Fernandes, 72, in Neura Grande, Padribhat, of a gold chain valued at Rs 1.60 lakh. The elderly citizen who filed the complaint described how the accused physically removed the 22-gram gold chain that was embellished with a pendant of a Holy Cross with the letter “GG” on it. The valuable chain was taken from her neck by the accused, who then departed the scene. After being apprehended in Taleigao, Ashpak Kadur has been detained…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji,:Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said the consecration of the Ram Lalla idol at the Ayodhya temple is a moment of civilizational resurgence and renaissance in the country. The new idol was consecrated at the Ram temple in Ayodhya city of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, an event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and watched by lakhs of people on television at their homes and in temples across the country. Army helicopters showered flower petals on the newly constructed Janmabhoomi temple as the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony took place – a seminal occasion in India’s political and…

PANAJI: Alleging that double engine governments have failed to give political reservation to the Schedule Tribe community of the coastal state, the Goa Forward Party has demanded a clarification whether ‘sabka saath, sabka vikaas’ includes the ST community. “The ruling party must clarify whether ‘sabka saath, sabka vikaas’ includes the ST community of Goa. I have repeatedly voiced and fought for the long-pending demand of political reservation for the community but the BJP governments stand united in their decision to deny it, ” GFP MLA Vijai Sardesai said. “I had written to the Union Law Minister in April 2023 to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: While people were celebrating the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Monday, the Congress in Goa posted a video with the words ‘Hey Ram’ of candidates taking oath of god that they will not switch party. Former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, (then) Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Rajesh Faldesai, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes were the eight MLAs who had jumped ship from the Congress to the BJP on September The political development had decimated the Congress to mere 3 MLAs in the 40-member Goa Assembly. Subsequently,…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today announced that Goa government in the long run is planning to start a new course BSc in Fisheries. Sawant was addressing the gathering on the occasion of Aqua Fish Festival scheduled to happen in Panaji. “The government is thinking of launching a Bachelor of Science program in fisheries in Goa. Students should choose to major in this field; the industry is worth crores,” said Sawant. He further said that Maharashtra-based institute Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli-Ratnagiri, has reserved three seats in the general category for students from Goa for degree…