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Goemakarponn desk PANAJI: North Goa Congress candidate Ramakant Khalap hit back at power minister Sudin Dhavalikar for wasting ₹12,000 crore on the power department with no results to show for it. Responding to a question that pointed out to him that Dhavalikar had raised the issue of the Mapusa Urban Cooperative Bank that went bust, Khalap said that Dhavalikar had become desperate since it was clear that he might be dropped from the cabinet after the elections. “After the Congress MLAs joined the BJP, it is likely that Dhavalikar may be dropped from the cabinet so he is talking like…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister for Art and Culture, Govind Gaude has shrugged off the controversy over the Kala Academy false ceiling by placing the blame on the PWD. He stated that Kala Academy has not yet been turned over to us and that the work is being completed by the PWD. He went on to say that engineers from Kala Academy had occasionally written to the PWD pointing out different difficulties. “PWD has a chain of engineers that oversees the renovation work, ranging from Principal Engineer to JE. JE Kala Academy is not involved in the construction,” said Gaude In…

Goemakrponn desk CANACONA: Reacting strongly to Opposition (Congress-led INDIA) claims that they will garner most of the 70% of votes who have voted against BJP candidate in last Assembly elections, Canacona MLA /Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar (who polled only 30% of polled votes and won), said, the results of votes polled in Lok Sabha polls in Canacona segment will give befitting reply to the congress led I.N.D.I.Alliance taunts directed at him (Tawadkar). “This time in Canacona, I will bring 90% of Hindu votes to BJP candidate,” Tawadkar declared at the corner meeting held at Rajbhag-Tarir. Tawadkar was speaking at a corner…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Pallak Revankar, Veda Kolvalkar and Shayana Mirashi top Arts, Commerce and Science, respectively at Shri Soiru Angle He. Secondary, Maxem–Dapot had an overall pass percentage of 84.99% at the 12th Boards examinations results declared on Sunday night. 50(52)-Arts, (Distinction-12, 1st Class-12 & 2nd class-26) , 40 (49)-Commerce (D-06 1st Cl-05, 2nd Cl-17, Passes-12) and 57 (60)–Science (D-04, 1st Cl-24, 2nd Cl-28 & PCl. 01)Science have passed out. A total of 14 students with a maximum of 12 students in the Commerce stream alone needs improvement. Pallak Revankar with 95.66% topped in Arts, Shreya Prabhu with 92.05% stood…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Stating 25 houses have been built under Shram-Dham for the needy people, BJP’s South-Goa candidate Pallavi Dempo praised Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar during her 2nd campaign visit to Canacona constituency for the Lok Sabha polls on Monday. Dempo arrived straight at the Vithal Rakhumai Devasthan Temple at Dhavallkhazan, Agonda where she was received by Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar himself and took part in the prayers held for her and BJP’s success in the National General Elections at the Vithal Rakhaumai idol. Addressing the locals, Dempo reminded the people of the best of the best developments carried out in Goa…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: After facing flak, the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) has finally decided to withdraw the proposed hefty hike in parking fees and garbage tax. A customer who was charged Rs 60 for parking at the taxi stand protested about the significant increase, pointing out that he had only paid Rs 20 for the same area days ago, which brought the dispute to light. MMC Chairperson explained that when the contractor’s term ended on March 31, the council decided to stick with the prior pricing schedule, and municipal employees were in charge of collecting fees. Still unknown, though, was…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa disposed of the Suo Motu Writ Petition of 2007 regarding garbage management facilities in all 191 panchayats of Goa taking cognizance of the fact that almost every panchayat has established a Material Recovery Facility (MRF). Advocate General Devidas Pangam said that the petition has been disposed of with cost to be paid to the amicus curie by the defaulting Panchayats. Bhati Panchayat which has still not set up the facility has been given 6 months to do so. Hearing in the Aldona Panchayat whose MRF is set up has been…