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Goemkarponn desk/ PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant informed that he will be traveling to Delhi today along with State President Sadanand Tanavade, C.T. Ravi, Satish Dhond and Shripad Naik to attend the BJP Parliamentary meeting. Sawant said that the final list of candidates will be announced tomorrow. “I will be travelling to Delhi today along with State President Sadanand Tanavade, C.T. Ravi, Satish Dhond and Shripad Naik to attend the BJP Parliamentary meeting. The final list will be announced tomorrow,” said CM speaking to reporters. Further, BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade said that BJP will contest all 40 seats in…

Christanand Pednekar/Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Curchorem and Quepem Aam Aadmi Party candidates claimed that people will vote for the AAP as they crave change. After Aam Aadmi Party declared its party ticket to Gabriel Fernandes from Curchorem constituency, Fernandes told exclusively to Goemkarponn reporter that there would be a fight between BJP and AAP in Curchorem this election and Congress is not at all in the race. He said that he and his AAP supporters have been actively doing social work for the past six years and has built rapport with the people of Curchorem. Declaring him the party ticket is…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa today dismissed a petition seeking a 12 per cent reservation for ST in Goa Legislative assembly. The petition filed by ex MLA Prasad Gaonkar had pointed out that considering the population of the ST community in the State, ST community should get 12 per cent of the share in the Goa Legislative Assembly of Goa. High Court dismissed the petition as it did not merit their argument. The Division Bench earlier had issued notice to state government and other respondents, including Chief Elector Office, in the matter. Reportedly, the ST…

Goemkaeponn desk MARGAO: Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes put up a note to the concerned engineers and supervisors to confirm in writing that the Bills of the two agency’s were certified upon the agency’s fulfilling all the requirements. Taking a serious view of the notice of the Shadow Council for Margao alleging a Multi Crore scam in the waste management system of the Margao Municipal Council. In a press release issued by Savio Coutinho, convenor of The Shadow Council for Margao(SCM), SCM on the 11th of January served upon the Chief Officer and Chairperson of MMC a notice to refrain from…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has requested all the political parties in the state to follow all the restrictions put forth by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Collectorate in view of rising cases. “I request all the political parties in the state to follow all the restrictions put forth by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Collectorate given rising cases,” said Sawant. CM also welcomed the decision taken by the Election Commission to declare the elections keeping in mind the COVID situation in the country, adding that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will follow…

Goemkarponndesk PANAJI: With a larger number of deaths occurring among non-vaccinated people in the current third wave of COVID19, the State government has appealed to beneficiaries to get them immunized at the earliest. Chief Minister also said that most of the COVID-related deaths in the current wave include those non-vaccinated. As per State Immunization Officer, 98 percent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated in Goa. However, the response to the booster Bose jab is very poor as so far, only 10% have taken the shot. Today, the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, held a COVID review meeting along with…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its fourth list of 5 candidates for assembly elections in Goa. According to the list, Lincoln Vaz will contest Margao, Nanu Naik from Priol, Gabriel Fernandez from Curchorem, Rahul Pereira from Quepem and Manoj Amonkar from Sanquelim. The party announced to support Dr Chandrakant Shetye in the Bicholim constituency. “Happy to announce the 4th list of candidates for Goa Assembly elections 2022. Congratulations and best wishes to all these flag bearers of political change in Goa; AAP will be supporting independent candidate Dr Chandrakant Shetye in Bicholim constituency,” said Goa Incharge…