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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Governor of Goa P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has granted assent to the controversial Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Ordinance 2022, making show of hands for electing chairperson and vice chairperson of municipal councils. The Ordinance makes it mandatory to show of hands for electing chairperson and vice chairperson of municipalities across the state. “”Provided further that notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made there under, the election of a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson shall be taken by show of hands.” states the official gazatte notification The cabinet last week by circulation approved the Ordinance which drew…

Goemkarponn desk CORTALIM: Valent Barbosa on Thursday filed his nomination as the official candidate of the Indian National Congress for the ZP seat from Cortalim. Speaking to the media later, Barbosa said that he had entered the arena of politics to get the work done for the people and to come forward to help the people with their issues at the Village level. Barbosa further appealed to the people not to vote for candidates who were likely to split the votes in and help BJP Backed candidates Congress Cortalim leader Olencio Simoes questioned why the BJP had not fielded candidates…

Goemkarponn desk CORTALIM: Cortalim Congress, led by their leader Olencio Simoes on Thursday alleged that the Revolutionary Goans party was a B team of the BJP and claimed that RG Supremo Manoj Parab was the agent of the BJP. “We have to understand who divided the votes during the assembly elections. The RG has, to date, not taken a single issue in Cortalim except for dividing votes during allegations. I want to make an allegation that the RG supported the BJP Dy Speaker Joshua DSouza elected in connivance with the BJP,” Olencio Simoes said. He said RG is back in…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Today, with around 5000 dog population in Ponda and surrounding Panchayat, people are scared to go out for morning or evening walks, and there are chances of dog bite cases to children from stray dogs. At Ponda Hospital, for the past many years, monthly average there are 50 to 60 cases of dog bites cases are reported, while there is growing demand from people to control the stray dog menace in every Panchayat. The People for Animal ( PFA) NGO working at Curti Ponda for treatment, sterilisation, and anti-rabies vaccination stressed the need for more government financial…

SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn CALANGUTE: Club X, which is in the eye of the storm due to the involvement of its owner Manoj Singh in a brutal stabbing of Calangute youth, has been operating sans any licences. Ravi Shirodkar was stabbed mercilessly by Tarzan, Ludu, and his gang in the presence of Manoj Singh is in critical condition and fighting for life after multiple surgeries at Goa Medical College. However, sources now inform Goemkarponn that at Club X, where all the accused partied before the crime was committed, they were provided with five girls for entertainment. “The Club X is operating…

AERIAL VIEW Sources reveal that on any given day, there is about 2025 youth (mostly Goans) at Tarzan’s house in Nagoa. For them, Tarzan is Bhai and a Don. It now comes to the fore that Tarzan is involved big time in Dhirio’s (bullfights), and most of his cases have been due to bullfights. And for this, Tarzan has gathered some 30-odd youth called as Tarzan Gang. It is high time the Goa police and the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, take a firm decision on getting rid of criminal minds like Tarzan from the State. Any punishment is no…

Goemkarponn desk HYDERABAD: The High Court of Telangana today has dismissed the anticipatory bail of accused Edwin Nunes in the drugs case. Edwin believed to be the drug mastermind, has three FIRs against him in just one month for allegedly operating the drug syndicate within and outside Goa and faking his COVID-19 test. The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) and the Osmania University Police are on the lookout for 174-odd suspected drug dealers, traffickers, and consumers in the inter-state drug racket unearthed over two months ago. The Curlies owner, along with two other drug peddlers, Dattaprasad Gaonkar and Ramdas Mandrekar,…