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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: For upcoming Goa polls, transgender and sex workers will be exercising their right to vote. Following Supreme Court of India directions, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has gotten transgender and sex workers as voters. CEO Kunal said a special drive to enrol sex workers and transgender into the electoral roll was held across states. So far, four transgender people, all in South Goa, have been certified and have got themselves enrolled, he informed further. As per the latest Supreme Court directions, CEO Kunal said that the eligible sex workers should be provided with voter ID without revealing…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Porvorim Police have arrested 3 persons for their involvement in serious criminal activities of online poker gaming by using electronic devices. The accused have been identified as Shashank Siddharth, Rajnish Kumar and Anup Palod all presently staying at PDA colony, Porvorim. As per information, they were caught red-handed while they were found involved in serious criminal activities of online poker gaming by using electronic devices such Laptops, mobile, etc. and on the pretext of electronic gaming passing secret information to outside country and individuals, thus causing great harm to the security and sovereignty of the country. The…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: MGP today declared Anand Prabhuhudesai as its candidate ahead of the Goa Assembly Elections scheduled for February. “Further party has cleared the name of Anand Prabhuhudesai for curchorem constituency.37,” said MGP President Deepak Dhavalikar. The MGP and TMC are currently in an alliance for the Goa Assembly Elections scheduled for February 14. The MGP had won three out of the 40 assembly seats in the 2017 state elections, but its two legislators later defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling party in the coastal state, leaving only Sudin Dhavalikar, the elder of the two Dhavalikar…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party St. Andre candidate Ramrao Wagh lashed out at St. Andre MLA Francisco Silveira, saying that Silveira, who contested the 2017 polls on development plank, has failed to execute any major development projects during his tenure. Wagh said, “In fact, Silveira even failed to complete the old Dongari bridge project, which he had started 10-15 years ago. Perhaps Silveira should publish a white paper about it. It is his responsibility to explain how the project, worth 20 crores, will benefit the locals. Locals have lost their farming land due to the project, for which compensation has…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party Youth Wing All India Vice President and Goa state coordinator Siddhesh Bhagat condemned the BJP party on Friday for promoting family raj and argued that Parivartan wave 2.0 is vital to end the family raj and protect democracy. While speaking to the media, he said, “Back in 2012, the BJP government brought the Parivartan wave 1.0 to an end the family raj. They urged the Goans to do away with it, and the people followed suit. After a decade, the same party has been promoting family raj by giving two tickets to a family”.…

Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have its chance to bloom its Lotus in the Quepem constituency this time. The four-times Congress MLA Chandrakant(Babu) Kavlekar will contest on BJP ticket from Quepem constituency. Earlier, political parties like Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party and Congress had won from the Quepem constituency. In the past, Kavalekar, who has maintained his dominance in the Quepem constituency for four consecutive terms on the Congress ticket, is now going door to door campaigning and asking to vote for Lotus. Former minister Prakash Velip, who has been his rival for the last four times, is also…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs. 2.37 Crore of Jeevendra Poddar and Shipra Singh under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the offence of money laundering initiated against Ameet Savant & others. The attached assets are in the form of a flat in Goa, Office Space in Gera Imperium Grand in Goa, BMW cars etc. ED initiated a money-laundering investigation based on FIRs dated 21.08.2019 and 12.12.2019 registered by Goa Police under various sections of IPC & Goa Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 against Ameet Savant, Jeevendra Poddar, Shipra…