On Tuesday, the BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade declared that the saffron brigade has completed the first round of campaigning for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, scheduled on May 7, in Goa. The BJP has fielded 5-time MP Shripad Naik from the North and businesswoman Pallavi Dempo, wife of industrialist Shrinivas Dempo, in South Goa. The BJP hit the ground running the very next day after both the names were confirmed and due to their strong organisational base has been able to complete the first round within a week of the start. Right from Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant,…
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Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday blamed Congress for not helping then Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) government during the post-liberation period to release freedom fighters from Portugal’s jail. CM Sawant, while addressing a political meeting in MGP citadel constituency Marcaim in South Goa, praised the regional party’s work.MGP MLA and Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar was also present along with BJP’s South Goa Candidate Pallavi Dempo on the occasion.”Congress has done nothing for the state. Because of them, our freedom fighters remained in Portugal’s jail for almost eight to 10 years, despite our state being liberated,” CM…
Goemkarponn desk Cortalim: St Joseph Vaz College in the western Indian state of Goa has observed the international April Fools Day on a different note. The botany department of the college at Cortalim in association with the Rotary Club of Madgaon Midtown celebrated April 1 as April Cool Day to care for birds and animals who suffer during summer. “The program was to create awareness among students to take care of birds and animals during summer,” said Father Bolmax Pereira, assistant professor at the college and parish priest of St Francis Xavier Church, Chicalim. Father Pereira’s students said the program…
Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Hundreds of Canconcar’s revelled in the annual Shigmotsav Floats held late Tuesday evening in the commercial town of Chaudi even as maximum participants including Chitrarath, Romtamel, Folk Dances enthralled the crowd. The Shigmotsav-2024 was earlier flagged off at the hands of Department of Arts & Culture Director Sagun Velip in the presence of Canacona Dy. Collector Madhu Narvekar, Canacona Municipal Council Chief Officer Mangaldas Gaonkar, Department of Agriculture Dy. Directors Chandrahas Dessai and Nagesh Komarpant, Canacona Shigmotsav-2024 Mandal Working president Babesh Borkar, Secretary Sidharth Dessai, and Treasurer Subhash Mahale, amongst several prominent residents of Canacona. Besides showing…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: AAP’s Goa unit has condoled the untimely demise of the party’s founding member Dinesh Vaghela. State President Adv. Amit Palekar said that Vaghela, who has been associated with the party since the India Against Corruption days, was an inspiration and guide for many of the dedicated leaders of AAP today. “He was a member of our party’s highest decision-making body, the National Executive. He also served as chairperson of the party’s Disciplinary Committee. But he was admired and respected by every AAP volunteer because, despite his age and health, he would enthusiastically join ground campaigns and street…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Bengaluru CEO’s 4-year-old murder case: The Goa Police has filed a case against Suchana Seth, the CEO of an AI startup, who was arrested on charges of killing her four-year-old son. She was caught with her son’s body stuffed in a bag as she was travelling from Goa to Karnataka on January 7. In the 642-page chargesheet against Seth in the Goa Children’s Court, the Calangute Police mentioned that the child died as a result of shock and respiratory asphyxia, caused by strangulation. The Goa Police also attached a scribbled note written on a tissue with an…
Goemkarponn desk DHARMAPUR: In a shocking incident one person died after a Kadamba bus rammed into a two-wheeler at Dramapur, Salcete today morning. The person had been shifted to South Goa District Hospital for treatment. The bus veered off the road and tilted into roadside bushes. All passengers inside the bus have been safely rescued. As per the information, the bus was travelling from Margao to Karwar when the incident happened. Sources say the bus went out of control and rammed into a two-wheeler before hitting an electricity pole. The reason for the accident is not confirmed. Police are on…