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Goemkarponn desk Vasco: Cortalim Youth Congress committee, along with the villagers of Cuelim, raised the objections of inflated water bills at the Office of the assistant engineer, S.D.I/W.D.IX(PHE) P.W.D at Baina,Vasco. Olencio Simoes, leader of the Congress party, stated that in the name of a free water supply for each household for 16m3, the government is looting the public by applying a flat rate of Rs. 25/m3 if the units exceed 50m3, which is the average water consumption per household. That means there is a steep increase in the tariff, which is daylight robbery in the name of ‘free’ water…

BJP loses its first MLA, Alina leaves party and joins AAP Ex-Cortalim MLA Alina Saldanha joins AAP after being fed up with BJP Antics Her addition to the Aam Aadmi Party will increase the party’s strength on the ground: Arvind Kejriwal Goemkarponn desk NEW DELHI: The BJP’s two-time Cortalim MLA and former Forest and Environment Minister Alina Saldanha joined Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of AAP National Convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi. She is the first BJP legislator to step down during the current session. Saldanha has been leading the campaign that opposes three linear projects…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: BJP minority cell was criticized for failing to repair and restore the retaining wall of Historic Safa Masjid. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) Chairman for Minority Cell Nazhir Khan questioned the purpose of BJP minority Cell as Urfan Mulla failed to work for minorities, including Muslim, Catholic, Jain, Sikh etc. and giving only vague promises. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) Chairman for Minority Cell Nazhir Khan and local congress committee members criticized the BJP Government and its Minority Cell Chief Urfan Mulla for failing to conduct repairs and restore the retaining wall of Historic Safa Masjid at…

Goemkarponn desk Margao: The Shadow council for Margao pointed out that the differences within the Muslim community put up by some politicians is the main cause for the unresolved issue of Kabrastan. A huge chunk of land here was encroached upon by some influential person, which continues to remain uncleared by the competent authorities, points out Countinho. In a press statement issued by the Savio Coutinho of Shadow council for Margao stated that “It is truly an irony that on the one hand, settlement’s and commercial establishments are legally permissible around existing Cremation places, but on the other hand, Cremation…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) has written to the Chief Justice and the High Court of Bombay judges at Goa seeking their intervention to take suo moto cognizance of the blatant corruption with respect to the Job Recruitment in the State of Goa. “With utmost urgency to draw your attention to the corrupt state of affairs in the State of Goa concerning the artificially created vacancies in the government posts and the blatant corruption of illegally and arbitrarily filling those government vacancies and therefore, I am seeking the intervention of this Court to take suo moto cognizance and…

Chistanand Pednekar/ Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: All’s not well in the Sanguem constituency’s Congress camp. The Congressmen are unhappy over the recent re-joining of local MLA Prasad Gaonkar in the Congress party. Series of challenges, from forming a Congress block committee, multiple ticket aspirants to resignation of the senior party workers from the Congress are before the Congress party. Congress party workers from the Sanguem constituency isn’t convinced with the local MLA Prasad Gaonkar’s capacity to bring good governance and development to the Sanguem constituency. Most of the Congressmen from Sanguem are against MLA Gaonkar, criticizing him for his failure terming…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With the tourist season in full flow, the COVID19 threat seems to be looming large on Goa as three of the passengers who arrived from UK today morning tested positive for the deadly virus. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane informed that samples had been sent for genome sequencing. The flight is the 101st under the Vande Bharat Mission and has arrived from London’s Heathrow Airport. Prior to this 3 passengers from UK and 5 sailors including 3 Russians and 2 Georgians had tested positive for Covid. Their samples were also sent to Pune labs for genome sequencing. Reports…