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The AAP Youth Wing will submit a memorandum to the CM regarding the postponement of third-year exams Aam Aadmi Party Goa Youth Wing will submit a memorandum to CM Pramod Sawant asking for the postponement of third-year students’ exams. First and second-year students will have their exams online, while third-year students will give their exams offline. Reacting to this AAP Taleigao assembly in-charge Cecile Rodrigues said, “With the rise of COVID cases currently, it is a big risk for our students who will be taking exams offline. We therefore demand that the exams be postponed until the situation is under…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Elections to the 40-member Goa legislative assembly will be held on February 14, while counting will take place on March 10. Over 11.56 lakh eligible voters will exercise their right to vote to elect their new representatives. With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the poll schedule for Goa and four other states- Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand- the model code of conduct has come into force with immediate effect. Goa will go for polls along with Punjab and Uttarakhand, so also Uttar Pradesh will have its second phase of polling on February 14. The notification…

Goemkarponn Panchanama Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The centuries-old idiom “A friend in need is a friend indeed” is no more applied to politicians as for them ‘there is no permanent friend or enemy in politics”. The latest example is the sacking of Mr Durgesh Shirodkar from the post of Chairman of Goa dairy. Goemkarponn brings you details of “in-between lines” in this one of the biggest controversies in the history of Goa dairy. Background of the case: On 5th January, Chairman Mr Durgesh Shirodkar addressed media requesting intervention from Chief Minister of Goa claiming that Dr Anil Fadte, then Managing Director…

Christanand Pednekar/ QUEPEM: Lack of provision in a newly built municipality building in Quepem turns out to be the matter of inconvenience. This newly built building, which was named the fish market complex, surprisingly has no space available for the fisher vendors in this market complex. This has become the talk of the town. People have been asking that with no provision in the new market complex building for fish vendors, the municipality will accommodate the vendors. Presently the local fish vendors do their business in the temporary fish market shed near the cemetery, and some are selling fish at the…

Concern over the virus spreading further increased after political parties held mega rallies in poll-bound states. These rallies are attended by thousands (many without face masks), and social distancing is entirely absent for such events, which are understandably difficult to control. Nonetheless, the Model Code of Conduct announcement should force a semblance of peace and sanity in the super-charged atmosphere in poll-bound Goa. About 1.1 million electors, are poised to vote in 40 assembly constituencies even as Health workers are engaged in a desperate bid to ramp up vaccination and block the coronavirus mutants. It seemed that the electoral system…

MARGAO: The residents of Amrutnagar, in the presence of Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai, inaugurated a Walking Track and Community Courtyard on Friday. It was developed by Sardesai. Speaking on the occasion, Sardesai said that the Courtyard will benefit the residents of Amrutnagar. “We believe in development by consent. This is another example of our mantra. In the future also, we will take all Fatordekars into confidence and go forward.” He said. Sardesai also addressed the first corner meeting of his election campaign from Amrutnagar. “Proud to have played my role in developing the Walking Track cum Community Courtyard in Amrutnagar.”…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Trinamool Congress today further strengthened its base today with the induction of former Congress General Secretary & Chairperson of Mormugao Municipality, Shri Saifullah Khan, and 16 other grassroots leaders in the presence of Lok Sabha MP and AITC Goa in-charge Smt Mahua Moitra, Rajya Sabha MP Shri Jawhar Sircar and former MLA and AITC Goa Co in-charge Shri Sourav Chakraborty at the party office in Panaji. Expressing their faith in the leadership of Goa TMC, the new entrants said that TMC is the only credible alternative against the fascist BJP. Following the induction, Shri Saifullah…