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Goemakarponn desk PANAJI: BJP Goa State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade today informed that he has invited Priol MLA Govind Gaude to join the BJP while assuring him a ticket for the upcoming elections in Feb 2022. “We have invited Independent MLA from Priol to join the party; if he is ready to join the party, we will consider his candidature from Priol constituency; I am also 100 per cent sure that the block Mandal will support this decision,” said Tanavade. He further said that the block Mandal will support this decision and take the party forward. However, Priol Block, which…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Amid speculations of a possible switch over from BJP to Congress, Minister Michael Lobo refuted the rumours stating he has been part of BJP for the last 15 years and continue to be. Lobo yesterday attended the one to one meeting with BJP Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis. “I have been with BJP for 15 years, there are always ups and down and different views, but then people tend to say you are leaving. But that is not what it is,” said Lobo speaking to reporters after meeting Fadnavis. He further said that the meeting was to…

Goemkarponn desk CORTALIM:  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Cortalim MLA Alina Saldhana took potshots at the Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho and Sancoale Sarpanch Girish Pillai for failing to bring about developmental in the Cortalim constituency. Saldhana mocked Pillai, claiming that he only knows to organize beauty contests and not do real works that people need the most. Saldhana assured to give housing facility to the Zuarinagar residents if AAP forms government in Goa. When questioned about the allegations against her about her constituency remaining underdeveloped, Alina said she wants to say anything but laugh because the people who are making such statements are liars. “The works which I…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A total of 118 eggs were laid by a female Olive Ridley turtle on Friday morning at the Agonda beach. The Olive Ridley Eggs Nest is protected and secured by the Forest department near the makeshift Turtle Rehabilitation Center at Agonda. According to the forest staff, after a delayed start, the female Olive Ridley Turtle was noticed arriving on the shore at about 4.30 am on Friday and left after laying eggs at a location slightly at a distance from the Rehabilitation Center. The Forest Department contract staff engaged at the Turtle Rehabilitation Center immediately shifted and…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A big group of Non-Goan women involved in rag-picking scanned and collected all rags, plastic, non-biodegradable waste from the Agonda and nearby villages of Canacona during the year-end. Some villagers see it as a blessing in disguise, whereas others are apprehensive about such groups of ragpickers frequenting their residential areas and feel it is a matter of caution. Some villagers from Agonda village were happy to see that the left out non-biodegradable waste of 2021 is being taken away by the group of non-Goan ragpicker women. These women are being seen frequently coming into the residential areas of…

Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Quepem has slammed the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and Dy Chief Minister babu Kavlekar for inaugurating an incomplete market project in the constituency. Former Quepem Municipal Chairperson and AAP party leader Raul Pereira challenged the Deputy Chief Minister to shift the relocated market vendors in the inaugurated market project if the project has been totally completed. In a press conference, Raul Pereira challenged the BJP minister Babu Kavlekar to immediately shift the market vendors and traders inside the newly built and recently inaugurated market complex project if the project is really…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Led by SCM Convener Savio Coutinho, several applicants seeking permission to display temporary banners confronted the Chairperson in his chamber, demanding to know why he (Chairperson) had given instructions to the MMC staff not to accept any applications and payments for the display of temporary banners. While Chairperson Lyndon Pereira was caught on the wrong foot, he tried to defend his action by stating that the District Collector had issued orders. Mr Coutinho, however, stated that the District Collector has not issued any orders whatsoever, restricting the Council from issuing permissions. “The District Collector’s orders are crystal…