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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Drishti Life Saving team have rescued 14 people, 2 lost children and first aide interventions on January 1, 2022. According to information, a child was found at Colva and reunited with her parents who had reported her missing. Later, a first aide was offered at Candolim to a young women suffering a deep cut on her leg while in the water. Further, a Triple Rescue at Calangute Point 3; males aged 20, 20, 21 by Lifesavers Vinod, Sangarsh, Sujan & Sonu Also at Colva;a 5 year old child found crying by Lifesaver Vasudev who made after…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE/ BAGA/ ANJUNA – Lakhs of tourists descended in Goa on December 31 to usher in the New Year 2022. The roads in Baga, Calangute, and other northern coastal belts were completely choked by the tourists’ vehicles, who had arrived in Goa despite the Covid19 fears. It was shocking to see that despite the warnings issued by teh State and the Centre for following COVID19 norms, the caution was thrown to the wind. There was no social distancing and mask even as the police officials watched as mute spectators. “What can we do the tourists are in thousands,…

Tourism Minister Babu Azgaonkar, who talks big about improving tourism in Goa, has failed miserably to manage the portfolio. During his tenure government has not been able to decide what it wants Goa Tourism to be like? He had said last year in the Assembly that tourists who do not respect the culture of Goa and create a nuisance by littering on the beaches or taking narcotics are not welcome in the State. The minister had also said that existing laws were not strong enough to tackle the nuisance created by hawkers on the beaches in the State. A year…

PANAJI: The President of Goa Forward Vijai Sardesai has demanded to hold concerned police accountable in Siddhi Naik murder case. It may be recalled that Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai had raised the issue in the assembly session and had then said that the BJP government had not given priority to Siddhi Naik case investigation. Goa Police on Saturday registered the Siddhi Naik death as murder. Reacting to this development, Sardesai stated that the police should be made accountable for this failure. “I had spoken in the Assembly that even before investigations, the case was declared as drowning death. Even the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has registered Revolutionary Goans as a political party. The party is now called as Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP). ECI, after successful registration, has alloted the “Football” symbol to the party ahead of the Goa Assembly Elections. “Its a good news today that Revolutionary Goans Party has been registered by the Election Commission of India; we have got football as our party symbol; all doubts have been cleared in respect to our party,” said RG Chief Manoj Parab. He further said that Revolutionary Goans (RG) had decided to join the political league…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Voters will not allow parties that have come from outside to use Goa as a laboratory for political experiments in the upcoming state Assembly elections, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday in a remark aimed at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Sawant was addressing a gathering in his native village of Kothambi in Sankhalim Assembly constituency, where he formally kicked off his election campaign for the polls scheduled to be held in February 2022. “We are taking forward the legacy of former chief ministers late Dayanand Bandodkar, late Manohar Parrikar and…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Nearly five months after the baffling death of the 19-year-old Siddhi Naik, the Calangute police have finally registered the case as murder after an inquiry was conducted. With this, the Calangute Police have registered an FIR against an unknown person under Section 302 (murder) of IPC. Siddhi Naik’s body was found in semi-nude condition at the Calangute beach on August 12, 2021. The murder case has been registered after an inquiry was conducted into the death. The police had registered the case as an unnatural death earlier. Sources said that the case was registered by outgoing police…