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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa NRI Commission has informed that there were a total of 19 Goan students in Ukraine of which secen have returned home. “By today, six have reached Goa.1 student is arriving tomorrow. 2 have reached Romania and awaiting flight boarding,” said Goa NRI Commissioner Narendra Sawaikar. He further said that three have reached Hungary and are waiting to board a flight back to India, while One is in Poland and awaiting flight boarding. “As per location: 2 students are in Kharkiv and moving towards the border.One student is is Sumy and moving towards border.” he added. Sawaikar…

AERIAL VIEW Kishor may be a giant in political strategy and has a knack of winning elections, but Goa has shown him that only money and muscle power do not win you seats. Goa realised long back that Kishor and TMC were in Goa only to defeat the Congress, which was on its way to the majority. Yes, we mean it… If the battle was between BJP, Congress and AAP, Congress could have gained a majority on its own. Congress president Girish Chodankar has been saying from Day One that TMC is in Goa only to split Congress votes, and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Ahead of counting day on March 10, the Congress party has accused BJP of indulging in phone tapping of its leaders and candidates. Addressing a press conference, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar accused BJP of it’s phone tapping its leaders and candidates. He said that a similar strategy was adopted by BJP in Karnataka to topple the Congress government there. “BJP has hired a private agency to tap the phones of Congress leaders and candidates. This is done illegally,” he said. Chodankar said that if BJP government is doing this on legal parameters, then…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Senior Congress Leader and Leader of the Opposition Digambar Kamat today said that his party objects to the current delimitation process going for the Panchayat elections. Kamat also demanded that the State Election Commission (SEC) should extend the date for filing of objections. “Congress objects to the current delimitation process that has been going on for the Panchayat elections. It is evident that all panchayats have objected to the delimitation. It is brought to my notice that they are trying to change the ward number,” said Kamat He further said that the they will be meeting the…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Three months ago, a truck rammed into Hotel at OPA Junction, damaging the entire hotel. Since then, parents have feared for the safety of school children’s waiting for the bus at OPA Junction. Khandepar locals PTA Members demanded an urgent Bus Shed at the dangerous OPA-Khandepar Junction. Locals said that in the absence of buses, hundreds of students wait for buses at OPA Khandepar’s busy junction by the side of NH. PTA members and Locals had demanded that Curti Khandepar Panchayat and PWD to construct a bus shed by the side of the road at OPA Khandepar…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) employees union members met MMC Chairperson to resolve the employees’ pending salary issue. Union has given an ultimatum of Monday, failing to issue a legal notice and will likely go on strike. On Thursday, MMC employees union secretary Anil Shirodkar along with the MMC workers, met MMC chairperson Damodar Kaskar and inquired about the two months’ pending salaries of the MMC workers. The union secretary later told the media that he had been assured by the MMC chairperson Kaskar that two months of pending salaries of the MMC workers would be released by…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In a tragic incident at Talponwada –Shiroda, Rajesh Ganesh Gaonkar (34) murdered his father Ganesh Ragoba Gaonkar with an iron rod over petty issues that the victim was not getting any marriage proposal from the accused. Ponda Police registered an offence under section 302 for murder and arrested the accused. The incident took place today at the residence of the victim at around 12.45 pm in the house’s courtyard. According to Ponda Police, some altercation took place between son and father over a marriage issue. Rajesh made the issue that his father was not getting any marriage…