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 Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Fentiro Studio, based in Goa and Mumbai, launches its debut song, “Fentiro – The Reason”, an international English party song, right in time for the festive season. The song was announced at the heart of Times Square in New York, considered to be the cultural and party capital of the World. Coming from the land of flamboyance and liveliness, Fentiro Studio wanted to highlight Goa to the international stage. Hence, with its first international single, “Fentiro – The Reason”, the studio has highlighted Goa through its cover artwork and made Goa the headline at Times Square. In…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A day after resigning as the MLA, two-time BJP MLA from Vasco, Carlos Almeida, joined the Congress party in the presence of CLP leader Digambar Kamat, Congress Goa Desk In-Charge Dinesh Gundu Rao, GPCC President Girish Chodankar. Almeida had resigned as MLA and a member of the BJP yesterday morning. He was rumoured to join the Trinamool Congress. But sources said he decided against that and chose Congress. “I have joined the Congress today; I held a meeting with my supporters and well-wishers, and they have given me the approval to join the Congress,” he said He…

AERIAL VIEW Goa has seen the maximum number of agitation in the last five years, not for personal interest but to retain its identity, protect its environment, and save Goa for posterity. But the politicians have taken this wrong and felt they could make Hay while the Sun Shines. They thought they could make quick money by switching parties and quickly getting away with it. They felt that the people were so agitated with the BJP and the Congress that they wanted a new party, and their plans would go unnoticed. Agreed, the people of Goa are agitated with BJP…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a major setback to Minister Jennifer Monserratte and her MLA husband Atanasio ‘Babush’, the Bombay High Court at Goa today dismissed their plea seeking to quash and set aside the charges framed against them by CBI in the infamous Panaji police station attack case. Justice Manish Paitale also directed the trial court to expedite proceedings against all the 36 accused in the 2008 police station case. The husband wife duo were among 36 who had filed petition before High Court in 2014 seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings against them. “HC today has rejected the applications…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: BJP National President J.P. Nadda today said that Goa was a destination for drugs and crime but now under the BJP rule the crime detection rate stands at 93 percent. “Earlier Goa was becoming a drugs and crime destination but under the BJP rule the crime detection rate has come up to 93 percent. rime rate in Goa has come down by 101 per cent.It is a proud moment for the state,” said Nadda while addressing a rally The BJP chief further highlighted that 100 per cent tap water is provided under Jal Jeevan Mission in Goa.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed all political parties in the state to make public the reasons for selecting candidates with criminal antecedents, if any, rather than opting for clean candidates for the 2022 elections. The ECI team headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra, who was in Goa to review the poll preparedness, has directed enforcement agencies to monitor all movements of liquor, drugs, cash, and freebies from today. Addressing the media, ECI CEC Sushil Chandra said that apart from candidates declaring their criminal antecedent, the political parties will also have to declare on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal made a pitch for Goa’s first corruption-free government and promised doorstep delivery of services if his party wins the polls. During his two day visit, Kejriwal addressed media on Wednesday. He said, “In the last 60 years, the Congress-ruled for 27 years and the BJP and the MGP ruled for 15 years. Besides doing corruption, they haven’t done anything for the state. If we voted to power, AAP would give the state the first corruption-free government, and this is Kejriwal’s sixth guarantee to the Goans”. Kejriwal claimed…