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Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: In Goa, Ricardo D’Souza is synonymous with Tito’s. He is co-owner of one of Goa’s iconic nightclubs with a legacy that goes back nearly 50 years. His late father Tito Henry D’Souza started a cozy restaurant on the placid Baga beach, which wooed the flower power generation into the sleepy coastal belt, making D’Souza and his family central to building Goa’s tourism ecosystem. The director of Tito’s Resorts and Hospitalities Pvt Ltd. is now swerving into politics. He will be contesting against other heavyweights, including BJP’s Joseph Sequeira, Anthony Menezes of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Sudesh…

Report on Nightlights… Datasets mapped to individual constituencies across the state of Goa Nightlights data report made available for each constituency Data range from 2015 to 2020 onwards for a comprehensive state and constituency analysis for the assembly elections Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: India Data Portal (IDP), from the Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP) at the Indian School of Business (ISB) today released the ‘Night Lights’ data for Goa, available at Assembly Constituency level from 2015 to 2020. Nightlights have become a reasonable indicator for GDP with a very high level of spatial granularity. The data released captures the…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Margao Congress party candidate Digambar Kamat has expressed confidence of Congress getting an absolute majority this election. “BJP ki Ulti ginti shuru hui” Kamat said in a sarcastic way stating that it would be big if BJP even got eight seats this election. Leader of the Opposition and Margao Congress candidate Digambar Kamat showed his confidence that the change will happen in Goa and its political scenario. After casting his vote at Adarsh school polling booth from Margao, Kamat was speaking to the media, where he sarcastically said BJP ki ulti ginti shuru hai hai, it would…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Ministerial Candidate Amit Palekar today said that people of Goa are enthusiastically voting to defeat corruption and that the state will witness sea-change on March 10. “People are voting enthusiastically to defeat corruption, we will witness sea-change; let’s wait for March 10 results: said AAP CM candidate Amit Palekar He further requested all Goenkars to step out and vote in large numbers and this is people’s moment to bring a change. “Another 5 years with Congress and BJP will destroy Goa; It’s going to be a new emerging Goa after this election,”…

Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: Congress Calangute MLA Michael Lobo today said that People will not be voting for constituency but for Goa. “People voting not for constituency but for Goa. When we talk about Goa, we talk about boys & girls who are unemployed, about mining being closed for last 10 yrs, about problems in tourism industry,” said Lobo He further said that people are going to vote for future while stating that peoples vote is precious. “The vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it. I have…

Goemkarponn Desk SANQUELIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today expressed confidence that Goans will vote for a stable government and it will BJP and that his party will win 22 plus seats in the Goa Assembly Elections. CM Sawant also said that Utpal Parrikar and Michael Lobo will not win the elections. “I appeal to all the eligible voters to step out and vote for a stable Government. The kind of enthusiasm the people of Goa have shown is truly overwhelming,” said CM Sawant He further said that with the blessings of the people of Goa, BJP will surely win…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress senior observer and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has appealed to the people of Goa to vote Congress for growth, jobs, security and protect Goa from becoming coal hub. P Chidambaram on Sunday took to twitter to appeal to Goans. “In the last six months, I have enjoyed the affection of the people of Goa. I and my party have tried to return their affection by fielding a mixed team of new, young, educated and experienced candidates.” He tweeted. P Chidambaram since last six months, whilst campaigning in Goa, visited many constituencies and interacted with…