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Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: Sanguem BJP members have demanded ministry for Sanguem MLA Subhash Faldesai in the next Cabinet expansion. ON TUESDAY, the BJP volunteers gathered outside the MLA Faldessai’s residence in Sanguem, making the demand. While demanding ministry to Sanguem BJP MLA Subhash Faldesai Suresh Kepekar Zilla Panchayat member of Rivona said that after Fal Desai’s victory they, all senior party leaders and karaykartas and supporters felt that this time Sanguem constituency will surely get minister in the form of Subhash Faldesai, but that is not the case, that’s why we very much disappointed for not considering Faldesai in the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Congress Legislature Party in Goa has authorised AICC interim president Sonia Gandhi to pick its leader after the newly elected legislators failed to reach a consensus on the leader of the Opposition. Marred by factionalism and infighting, the Congress won 10 of the 40 seats in the Goa Legislative Assembly Elections last month. A meeting of the newly-elected MLAs to choose the CLP leader was called at the party office in Panaji. Sources present in the meeting said the MLAs proposed two names — former chief minister Digambar Kamat and former BJP leader and Minister Michael Lobo —…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: With the elevation of fourth time MLA and ex-Minister Ramesh Tawadkar to the post of Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Tawadkar have created a history of sorts by being the first-ever GLA Speaker from the ST community and also the first -MLA ever from the southernmost Canacona to occupy the coveted post of Speaker. According to Gaondongrim ex-Sarpanch and UTAA leader Vishant Gaonkar, previously Prakash Velip as an MLA from the ST community was Dy Speaker. “On Tuesday, Ramesh Tawadkar became the first MLA from the ST community to occupy the post of Speaker of GLA. We…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Jaspal Singh, IPS, has been appointed as DGP of Goa with effect from April 1, 2022. “Consequent upon the retirement of Sh. I.D. Shukla, IPS (AGMUT: 1995) on 31.03.2022 (AN), Sh. Jaspal Singh, IPS (AGMUT:1996) is appointed as DGP, Goa with effect from 01.04.2022,” states that order by Ministry of Home Affairs. Jaspal Singh, IPS joined Indian Police Service in 1996 and has remained posted in Delhi, Goa, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He handled field assignments for 12 years in different ranks, as Dy. Director of the Intelligence Bureau, he handled a critical assignment for…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Youth of Goa and Amche Mollem Citizens Group gives a call to the newly formed Goa government to stand on their side and rise up to the challenges of being sustainable development. As Goa’s new government is being sworn in, the Youth of Goa and Amche Mollem Citizens Group has taken to social media to remind fellow Goans that the looming threat to Goa’s biodiversity still hangs overhead. They have put together salient points on how to hold our elected representatives and government accountable in their subsequent tenure. Farai Patel, an ecologist, explains, “Now more than ever,…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), in its just-concluded Executive Committee meeting, held at Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, appointed a new interim Chairperson, Leo Colaco, after the sudden demise of the former NFF chairperson Narendra Patil. Olencio Simoes, general secretary of NFF, stated in the EC meeting that NFF has resolved to hold “Machhimar Sangharsh Yatra” in all the coastal states to “Save ocean and save livelihoods”. Simoes Further stated that a delegation of the fishing community represented by the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), led by Chairperson Leo Colaco, met the Union Minister of Fisheries, Parshottam Rupala, along…

Goemkarponn desk SANVORDEM: In a tragic incident, an adopted son killed her mother just for opposing a love affair in Sanvordem. Curchorem police cracked a murder case from Dhadem-Sanvordem within five hours. As per the police information, the son – Prathamesh Naik and his girlfriend took his mother, Manisha Mangaldas Naik’s life because of her opposition to the son’s love affair. The boy confessed in front of the police. The incident took place at Dhadem-Sanvordem, where an adopted son reportedly stabbed his mother in the head with an iron rod with the help of his girlfriend due to the strong…