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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: At a press conference held today, Congress Party Vijay Bhike flayed the self-promotion Prashansa darbar organized by the BJP in yet another attempt to cover up the reality and brainwash the people in an election season. He urged the people to attend the so-called “Prashansa darbar” and seek answers from the Ministers to very crucial questions and show this darbar for water it really is – an ELECTION JUMLA DARBAR. “The people of Goa need to know why the promises made by the BJP before elections, like 3 gas cylinders and pensioners, medical insurance schemes, schemes for…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Superintendent of Police (SP) North Goa today had said that a mentally-challenged woman from West Bengal had recorded her statement before the magistrate that nobody had raped her at Baga. “As per the information, she was not mentally stable and was changing statements. Accordingly, there was a need for treatment and when we were told that she was now stable, we recorded her state,” said SP North Nidhin Valson. He further said that he has suffered from this issue for many years. Valsan said he is married and has a child staying with his mother’s sister. “As…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: Days after three members of a family were assaulted during their four-day trip to Goa by a group of persons, including the staffer of the hotel they were staying in, the resort, in a statement, said that the guests flouted hotel rules and threatened the staff. In a statement issued with regard to the incident, Spazio Leisure Resort claimed that complainant Ashwani Kumar, one of the injured persons, “violated the hotel’s no smoking policy by the swimming pool, which is a public area”. “Said guests were requested by the hotel staff multiple times to stop smoking hookah…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In order to include Goa in the National Forest Fire Prevention and Management Plan, Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane said that he would soon have a meeting with the Government of India in Delhi. “n order to include Goa in the National Forest Fire Prevention and Management Plan, I will soon have a meeting with the Govt of India in Delhi. By doing this, we can enlist more agencies to help us manage circumstances where a significant amount of infrastructure is required,” said Rane He further said that the Defense Ministry has also given us its full backing,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress in-charge of Goa, Manickam Tagore, will visit door to door during the party ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Yatra’ in Ponda constituency of South Goa on Saturday. The Goa Congress has launched ‘Yatra’ on March 4 in the coastal state. The party’s state media cell chairman Amarnath Panajikar said that Tagore will arrive here on a three-day visit on March 17 and will hold several meetings. “We have already covered 60 per cent area in North Goa and we will cover the remaining very soon. Simultaneously, we will visit constituencies of South Goa,” Panajikar said. He further…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adriver died after his speeding car crashed into parked vehicles, triggering a fire, in the early hours of Thursday near Raikar hospital, Tonca Panaji city, an official said. A senior police official said that the charred body of the driver, who is yet to be identified, was removed from the burnt car. Police said four cars were burnt in the fire that erupted after the accident at Tonca, Caranzalem area of Panaji city.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government should not count the revenue received from the recent e-auctioning of iron ore mining leases and should instead park it for future generations, environmental campaigner Claude Alvares has said. He was speaking at the launch of a book on the Goa mining case on Wednesday. “Please note that before 2009, the Goa government got Rs 20 crore in mining which went up to Rs 900 crore in 2009 and continued to remain the same till mining was shut down as the prices were changed by the Central government,” he said. With the e-auctioning of…