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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Revolutionary Goans St Andre Candidate, Viresh Borkar slams the BJP MLA from St. Andre, Francis Silveira for inefficiency, corruption and for absence of development during the opening of the constituency office near the bypass junction at Goa Velha. He alleged that over the last decade the number of slums in St Andre Constituency have mushroomed with the patronage of local goons with strong political connections which shields these migrants from the eviction drives carried out by the Government. This shows the political nexus operating which makes it difficult for the enforcement of law. The Revolutionary Goans…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today has demanded a judicial probe into the alleged jobs scam in the BJP led state government. “We demand a judicial probe by appointing a retired judge into the alleged job scam. There is total injustice done on the people of Goa,” said Palekar He further said that he will approach the High Court of Bombay at Goa if the government fails to act within the next 24 hours. Palekar has also alleged that no process has been followed during recruitment and that people have been appointed before appointment letters are issued. “I…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Churchill Alemao today said that he has merged the party’s legislative wing into the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). Alemao also met the Speaker Rajesh Patnekar to submit the letter of legislation wing merger into TMC. “I continue to be a MLA, why should I resign as an MLA. I have merged the NCP legislative wing into the TMC,” said Churchill speaking to reporters He said that he is the only MLA of NCP and thus constitute not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislative group of NCP in…

Christanand Pednekar/ Goemkarponn CURCHOREM: Locals who came to do shopping on Sunday in Curchorem bazaar witnessed the fistfight between the GSUDA market shop owners and the street vendors over obstruction of footpath and illegally doing business on the footpath. On Sunday morning, onlookers present at the spot have blamed Curchorem Cacora Municipal Council for its failure to clear footpath encroachments and initiating strict action on this issue. GSUDA market committee members who were annoyed with the altercation between them and the street vendors on Sunday opined that the shop owners from the GSUDA market are unhappy and face difficulty in…

Goemkarponn Desk VASCO: Residents from the villages of Cortalim and Dabolim constituencies once again on Monday gheraoed Vasco PWD engineer over the exorbitant water bills. Residents have demanded a solution on this issue from the PWD. Acche Din seems to be a distant dream for the Goans in the BJP government. People are facing lots of hardships in getting their basic necessities fulfilled. A similar situation occurred a few days back when the residents from Dabolim, Cortalim constituency had confronted the PWD(water supply) engineer over receiving the hiked water bills. Agitated locals had also given an ultimatum of a few…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress Delegation led by GPCC President Girish Chodankar with Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat, MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, called on the Governor of Goa P.S.Sreedharan Pillai and submitted a Memorandum urging his intervention in Job Scam. “It is loud and clear that the BJP Government headed by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has adopted malicious practice in the recruitment process of various Government Departments; educated and eligible youths of Goa are feeling completely let down by the recent reports of irregularities, favouritism and corruption in recruitment of Staff in various Government Departments,” the memorandum states. Congress further…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Dnyanprassarak Mandal’s College and Research Centre, Assagao is awarded ‘A’ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore. The College secured a score of 3.15 out of 4 and became the first College to get the highest score among the colleges in Goa that have been assessed for the 4th cycle of accreditation. In India, as of now, only 64 colleges have been accredited in 4th cycle and Dnyanprassarak Mandal’s College and Research Centre now ranks 9′ at National Level. There are around 40,000 colleges in India. The NAAC Peer Team visited the College on…