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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Stating the Contractor has once again taken u repair works on the two-year-old Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR), Canacona Congress and Goa Forward leaders a surprise quality checks of the works carried by Contractor MVR. The mission is against the government’s inferior quality of road works, which we will not permit nor allow to continue’, Congress candidate in Canacona Janardhan Bhandari said. According to Bhandari, the two-year-old MPCBR is constructed in a bad manner, and just to hoodwink the public, it is once again given lip service. “On Monday, we gave a surprise visit to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goan shuttlers excelled at the Mangala Cup All India Invitational Badminton Tournament organised by Mangala Badminton Association at Mangalore. Goa’s upcoming Sub Junior players Minoshka Pereira and Lakshita Sawal won Bronze in Sub Junior (U16) Girls Doubles while Amit Kakkar and Vishal Vernekar likewise won Bronze in Veterans Doubles in 35+ age category. Goa’s rising Men’s player Ayaan Shaikh who won a double crown in the Junior State Ranking tournament held earlier this season, performed creditably, reaching the quarter-finals in Men’s singles as well as Men’s doubles partnering former State champion Navneet Nasnodkar.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Tanisha Crasto, Goa and India’s young badminton sensation, will be part of a strong India contingent, which will participate in the prestigious All England Badminton Open Championships, scheduled to be held in Birmingham, England, from 16 to 20 March 2022. Tanisha, who won Gold recently at the Syed Modi International Open Badminton along with her partner Ishaan Bhatnagar in Mixed Doubles, is the first Goan to qualify in the Main Draw of one of the most prominent badminton Championships in the World Badminton circuit. India is sending a strong 20 member contingent to England led by PV…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: BJP Medical Cell today said that a study over four weeks showed that 41%-56% of households surveyed in low- and middle-income countries had solely spent their health expenses on medicines. “A study over four weeks showed that 41%-56% of households surveyed in low- and middle-income countries had solely spent their health expenses on medicines,” said BJP Medical Cell President Dr Shekhar Salkar. He further said that another study from three north Indian states on the burden of medicines showed that the reason for debt was the medical expenditure in 25% of the urban households and 19% of…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA—The NH road passing from Borim is narrow and often invites accidents and traffic congestion. The villagers are most inconvenienced after traffic congestion. The traffic coming from Belgaum and Karwar Karnataka proceeded through Borim Village. Due to the constant flow of vehicles, the congestion has become a regular feature on which Borim Villagers are demanding a solution to decongest the Village. The NH road passing from Borim Village is too narrow. The Borim bridge located in Village connect not only North and South Goa. Further, the heavy traffic diverted from Cortalim Bridge also overburdened and overused Borim bridge…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: BJP Goa President Sadanand Tanavade today said that results are sealed in the EVMs, and the phone tapping charge by Congress is an excuse.’ “Results are sealed in the EVMs; Phone Tapping is an excuse; we have kept our fingers crossed and are not dependent on luck but the acknowledgement from Goans of our performance in the last ten years,” said Tanavade. Tanavade said that Congress has already started playing a “defeatist” game by levelling such accusations on the BJP. “People who know they will not be able to form a government make these kinds of statements.…

AERIAL VIEW It’s not just BJP; the Congress too will have to make a decisive call on who would be the next CM – Digambar Kamat or Michael Lobo. As the counting dates draw closer, it seems like former minister Michael Lobo is emerging as a threat to Digambar Kamat’s ambition of becoming the next chief minister. While the Congress leaders – Girish Chodankar, Kamat and Dinesh Gundu Rao were caught napping, Lobo has taken on his own to start negotiations with the independent MLAs and like-minded parties. Interestingly, Lobo has made no bones of his aspirations of becoming the…