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Goemkarponn desk Panaji – It is loud & clear that the Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant who is feeling insecured due to strong opposition from his own Ministers, is using every opportunity to pressurise his political opponents. He should stop interfering in land grabbing probe currently underway & give free hand to Special Investigation Team, demanded former Congress President Girish Chodankar. I had raised the alarm on 25th June 2022 and brought it to the notice of the Chief Minister about the involvement of a sitting Cabinet Minister in the illegal land grabbing & demanded that the said Minister should…

Goemkarponn desk Cuncolim – Congress Party is a movement of the people and no one can take the space of the Congress Party. Congress Party has faced numerous challenges in the past and have overcome them successfully. There will never be an alternative for Congress stated Cuncolim Block Congress President Assis Noronha in a press statement issued here today. Reacting sharply to the statement made by Panaji Congress Candidate Elvis Gomes in section of media today wherein he has said that people in the Country have found alternative for Congress Party, Cuncolim Block Congress President said that Congress & Hand…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa Forward Party President and MLA Vijai Sardesai on Saturday said that recruitment at Mopa airport has exposed the BJP government’s mission of “doing injustice” to people of the state. “Around 5,198 candidates have got jobs at Mopa airport. Out of which only 443 candidates are locals, which means just 8 per cent. The figures provided in the Assembly session have exposed the BJP government’s agenda of discriminating against people of Goa,” Sardesai said in a press conference here. He said though people from Pernem in North Goa, where Mopa airport is located, were assured to give maximum…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: The family of a Goa-based alleged drug dealer, who was arrested in Hyderabad on August 16 , has alleged that the Telangana police picked him up nearly two weeks earlier in Goa and took him in a private car by keeping local police in the dark. According to the police, the alleged Goa-based interstate drug peddler, Preetesh Borkar, was arrested on August 16 by the officers of the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) and the Osmania University police. In their statement to the media, the Telangana police said that Borkar was found with illegal possession of Narcotic…

Siddhesh Lad is all set to represent Goa in the upcoming domestic season. Lad is reportedly ready to sever his ties with Mumbai after nine seasons. He is also expected to handle the leadership duties for Goa from next season. Goa cricket team already has two Mumbai cricketers- Arjun Tendulkar and Eknath Kerkar – and with Lad the side will be stronger. Lad is currently playing club cricket in the United Kingdom. Lad admits that at the age of 30, it was indeed a tough decision for him to leave Mumbai. At the same time he informed that his desire…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward President Vijai Sardesai, on Saturday, reacting to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s recent remark “Portuguese looted Goa”, said if the ongoing loot had stopped then Goa would have become “Swayampurna” automatically. “Properties and wealth of the tourism area is given to private players. He (Sawant) says that Portuguese looted Goa, if they (BJP government) had stopped the ongoing loot, Goa would have become Swayampurna automatically,” Fatorda MLA Sardesai said. “Our rivers, hills, jetties, tourism properties are our wealth. Their plan is to hand over this wealth to their corporate interest, who are with them. This mission…

AERIAL VIEW Seriously, Goa does have Har Ghar Jal, but there is no sign of Jal in many of those, especially in the rural areas of Sanguem, Sattari, Quepem, Canacona etc. The situation is even worse in tourist places like Calangute, Anjuna, Reis Magos and Pernem. In Calangute, which is called a world-famous tourist destination, people get water after every three days, which means they get water only 10 times a month. In Anjuna, people have gheraoed the PWD officials several times, and despite assurances, there has been no progress. In Sanguem, just a few kilometres away from the Selaulim…