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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: After 17 long years, when he left the party in February 2005, stating he felt suffocated in the BJP, the Margao MLA Digambar Vasantrao Kamat has embraced the BJP once again. In 2005, Digambar Kamat – number 2 in Manohar Parrikar’s cabinet, defected to Congress and toppled BJP. Two years later, he was made the Chief Minister of Goa from 2007-2012. When asked about today’s defection to the BJP he said, “an individual takes a decision as per the prevailing political situation.” He said the condition of the BJP is bad, and there is no sight of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) President Vijai Sardesai today said that eight legislators who have decided, against all political propriety, basic decency and honesty, to pursue their greed for wealth and hunger for power stand today as the symbols of pure evil. “The people of Goa are backstabbed, and their faith destroyed first by oaths and then this betrayal, and they will note that this act of perfidy comes on the Hindu auspicious period of Pitru Paksa when these MLAs chose to repay their debts to their ancestors in this devious and false-hearted manner,” said Sardesai He further…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Days after the famous Curlies restaurant was razed, the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has now turned its focus on the “iconic” Souza Lobo restaurant on Calangute beach. On Tuesday, the GCZMA issued directions to demolish illegal constructions of the metal stage on the beach of approximately 80 sq meters illegally erected laterite masonry compound wall height.9 meters and length of nine meters, constructed along the eastern boundary of the plot, illegally placed stone pavers as a pathway on the beach in NDZ area in the property bearing Survey No 176/17 of Calangute Village. The GCZMA…

Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: Sanguem Police have issued warrants against four persons causing obstruction to surveyors and threatening them while demarcating the IIT institute building. As per information, warrants have been issued against Joesph Fernandes, Maria Vaz, Philip Vaz and Swizelle Cruz. Police have also arrested Joseph Fernandes under section 186, 506 (ii) R/w 34 IPC. A tense situation was witnessed at Sanguem yesterday as local farmers tried an attempt to stop the ongoing demarcation process for the IIT Goa campus. The farmers confronted survey officials who were demarcating land at the proposed IIT site and demanded that they furnish the…

Goemkarponn desk CORTALIM: Cortalim MLA Anton Vas announced that the new Cortalim market complex will soon be fully functional. Vas spoke to the media during a joint inspection convened by the GSIDC Vice Chairman Deepak Naik alongwith Cortalim Panchayat Sarpanch Senia Periera, Dy Sarpanch Divya Raikar, other panch members and secretary. “On priority, the Government offices will be shifted to the complex,” he said. He said the Cortalim Sarpanch Senia Pereira has requested for amendment in the market policy. “She wants to allow maximum vendors to be shifted inside the complex, which will be considered,” he said. During his visit…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: In a shocking incident, the Fire Brigade rescued a woman who had mysteriously spotted between Grade Separators segments near Dabolim Airport. Onlookers said the Taxi drivers at the airport spotted her on the pillar of the Grade Separator. The Lady named Sneha Naik hails from Karwar, Karnataka. She explained that she had been dropped off by someone at the airport and had no money to return. The locals and passersby were shocked how teh woman reached the height. “How a woman could climb a pillar to reach the area, many felt that the woman had plans of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that remedial classes should be compulsorily held in all government-aided schools for all weak students. “I am saying again that remedial classes must be held and made mandatory for weak students. Those schools not holding classes will take strict action, or their grants may be stopped,” said CM Sawant after the Teachers Day function. He further said that a new system under Vidhya Samiksha Kendra will be in place, which collects data sets annually and analyzes them meaningfully using big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance overall learning…