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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party held a post-poll review meeting with its candidates today at the International Centre. At the occasion, the newly-elected MLAs, Capt Venzy Viegas and Engr. Cruz Silva were felicitated by the party with a shawl, memento and bouquet. “The entry of AAP in the Legislative Assembly of Goa is a momentous occasion. Through our two MLAs, the common man of Goa will now find a voice in the Assembly in a way that has never happened in the recent history of Goa. Through honest politics, Capt. Venzy and Engr Cruz will demonstrate what every elected…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA- GOACAN coordinator Roland Martins made a case of Consumer Protection and Rights as empowerment of consumers. Martins speaking at the symposium at the Consumer Welfare Cell (CWC) of Shree Mallikarjun and Shri Chetan Manju Desai College in Association with Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD) as part of Consumer Empowerment Week on upholding consumer rights on Saturday. Martin explained with examples the six Rights of the Consumer under the Consumer Protection Act 2019. He urged the students to use the CPA 2019 to improve road safety and to tackle the grievances of consumers regarding…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Even as the news of a 12 ft King Cobra rescued from a farm at Amboli-Sattari is afresh, an eight (8) ft long King Cobra is rescued from a residential house at Welwada-Poinguinim in Canacona on Saturday. The 8 ft King Cobra was noticed hidden inside the Pooja Room of the residential house of Putu Sudhir when the inmates had taken up cleaning the room. Well-known snake catcher and Forest Department official Santosh rescued King Cobra. This King Cobra is found after the news of a 12 feet King Cobra on a farm at Amboli-Sattari was…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In an interesting development, Himachal Pradesh Governor Rajendra Arlekar will land in Goa on March 22, a day after the crucial Bharatiya Janata Party meeting on March 21, 4 pm. Even though the BJP High Command is in talks with both aspirants – Caretaker CM Dr. Pramod Sawant and Vishwajit Rane, both may not get the party top brass nod. CM Sawant returned from Delhi this morning while Rane was still staying put in Delhi till evening. Meanwhile, the Central observers – Narendra Singh Tomar and L Murugan, will arrive in Goa tomorrow and hold a crucial…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today said that BJP Central Observers Narendra Singh Tomar and L. Murugan will be arriving in the state tomorrow after which date on swearing will be declared. “BJP Central Observers Narendra Singh Tomar and L. Murugan will be arriving in the state tomorrow after which date on swearing will be declared; also final decision on alliance and support will be taken tomorrow after the meeting,” said CM Sawant He further said that BJP National President J.P. Nadda had called him to Delhi to discuss on certain issues pertaining to government formation.…

AERIAL VIEW There have been three major law and order incidents in the law one week. A day after the counting of votes in Goa, the farmers from the mining belt of Pissurlem reported a bloody attack from the Valpoi police and their alleged crime- trying to get their farms free of mining dumps. According to the farmers, Valpoi police allegedly assaulted and arrested those waiting for the Mamlatdar at a mine in Pissurlem to register their protest transportation and dumping of iron ore on their fields without following the High Court directives. The DGP announced that PI Sagar Ekoskar…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Governor of Goa, Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, today launched the initiative of providing food to the homeless by handing over the first packet of food to Donald Fernandes, founder of Street Providence. The Raj Bhavan organized the function in association with Street Providence, an NGO providing food to the homeless persons at 6 Centers being run by the Institution under “Food Bank for the Poor”. While addressing the gathering, Governor said Raj Bhavan will be providing fresh food for 100 persons once a week, which will be distributed by Street Providence to the homeless poor, a step…