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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “Arrogance at full display in BJP President Sadanand Tanawade’s rude statement downplaying Opposition strength for next Loksabha Elections. He needs to remember that 67 per cent of Goans are against BJP & Dr Pramod Sawant’s Government is full of Defectors,” stated Congress President Amit Patkar. BJP just retained two Zilla Panchayat seats in By-election. There is nothing to celebrate. If he is so confident about the Double Engine Government’s so-called Development, Why did he not show the guts to ask the eight defectors to resign & contest on the BJP symbol? Why did he not tell the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Nilesh Cabral today said that his department has a technical (engineering) staff shortage and is facing difficulties in executing several works. “We are working with barely 50 per cent of the required engineering staff strength; I have told this to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant,” Cabral said, adding that almost 400 of the PWD’s 750 sanctioned posts of engineers are vacant. Cabral said that he would find a mechanism so that work across the state is not hampered. We know how the work is currently going on in the PWD department. “How…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Excise Commissioner Narayan Gad will on 20th October at 11 am deliver his order on the complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues over the illegally obtained liquor licence by the now controversial ‘Silly Souls Café and Bar’ in Assagao allegedly run by the family of Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. Submitting documents that the property where Silly Souls Café & Bar is located was leased to Eightall Food and Beverages by Anthony Dgama with effect from 1st January 2021 for a period of 10 years at a monthly rent of Rs 50,000,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho today said that Goa Taxi App would provide 90 per cent of its fair to the taxi owners. “Goa Taxi app will give 90% of its fair to Taxi owners, 5% to operation cost & 5 % will be contributed to taxi welfare for their benefit. Some taxi owners are still with the old mindset of making just one trip per day and relaxing,” said Godinho. He further said that the world had moved forward, and taxi drivers should also move forward. “Govt will not make any profit out of this. The public…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: 114 kilograms of drugs worth over Rs 3 crore were seized from Goa between January and August this year, a report said. The data is concerning as the total drug bust from the state was 135 kilograms in 2021. This tally is likely to be surpassed when the data from September to December 2022 gets added to the chart. Are narcotic trade and addiction blooming in the coastal state? Here is what we know so far: According to the police team, synthetic drugs are brought to the state by foreigners and are sold mostly during parties. The…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that Transport Department and Police Department will take strict action against those who are giving private bikes and scooters for rent. “Transport Department and Police Department will take strict action against those who are giving private bikes and scooters for rent. While I was on Atal Setu, today I saw two bikes with private number plates given on rent,’ said CM Sawant. He further said that it was definitely tourists and not Goans, as our people are aware that bikes are not allowed on the bridge. “As I am aware, some…

Goemkarponn desk CORTALIM: Revolutionary Goans backed candidate Lesley Gama who came second in the ZP Bye Poll Elections, hit out at the Congress leader Olencio Simoes who had earlier said that RG had placed a weak candidate to split the votes and favour the BJP to win elections. “Silencio has been shown his place by the people and the Congress, and the people have finally realised who is the real weak candidate and could not even reach closer to my position today. I want to advise them to think a hundred times before they make a Statement to defame others,”…