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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) today has exposed the land acquisition done by the BJP govt for double railway tracking. GFP has also slammed CM Pramod Sawant for cheating the people of Goa. “Today, we have exposed the land acquisition done by the BJP government for double railway tracking. We have in possession the notification by the government of India,” said GFP Environment Cell Convenor Vikas Bhagat He further said that the double engine government has taken away the land of Goemkars overnight by way of notification. “Former CM Manohar Parrikar had said that he would not hand…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar has accused BJP Minister of sexually exploiting women and forcing her to abort the child after she conceived. In a press conference held today, Chodankar declined to name the Minister while claiming that Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant is aware of the case. Chodankar also claimed that they have seen the video, WhatsApp messages and audio communication between the Minister and the women. “The said person is not fit to be an MLA or minister; this is a shame to the state that the CM is not acting on…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The citizens of Ponda today gheraoed the Sewerage Officials for slow work and long delay in completion of the Ponda Sewerage Network. Led by Sunil Desai, the locals gheraoed the JE Pradeep Gaude at the Ponda Sewerage Department office today morning. The locals questioned the work schedule. The locals were furious over frequent road digging and also asked the officials not to dig more chambers as they failed to complete sewerage work. The locals pointed out that the PWD is not ready to carry out hot mix carpeting of Ponda roads, citing that the sewerage department’s work…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adv. Today, Aires Rodrigues filed a caveat before the Supreme Court in the 2008 Panaji Police Station attack case. Anticipating that the accused Babush Monserrate and Jennifer Monserrate may move the Court to try and deviously stall their trial, Adv. Rodrigues has in his caveat application prayed that no order in any petition filed by them be passed without hearing him and if possible, through video conferencing in view of the current COVID situation. In his application Adv. Rodrigues has also drawn the Court’s attention that despite the High Court order dated 24th April 2012 declining to…

Goemkarponn desk RIBANDAR: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that Goa has the highest crime detection rate of 93 per cent in the whole country while urging the citizens not to fall prey to any online methods of fraud. Chief Minister Sawant was speaking at the inauguration of the Cyber Lab at the Cyber Police Station at Ribandar. “As a home minister, I am very proud that Goa has the highest rate of crime detection in the country, that is 93 per cent. All the departments have been doing a commendable job in detection and solving different cases,” said CM…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho inaugurated an overhead water tank with a pumping station at Dabolim in the presence of Municipal Councillors and PWD officials. Godinho addressing a gathering, said that the Dabolim constituency was moving towards 24 hours water supply, and a major issue of water supply had been put to rest with the inauguration of the overhead water tank with a pumping station. In a unique initiative, Godinho said that a special water pipeline of around 3800 metres has been taken from INS Hansa to the new Vaddem reservoir with branch pipeline to Cottage Hospital Reservoir,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Ahead of the Assembly election 2022, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Narayan Sawant has tried to convince the youth to vote in large numbers saying “some do not have any interest in voting.” “In Goa, out of 11.40 Lakh voters around 26,239 voters are between the age gap of 18 – 19 years who are called as new voters and are in a way would be the deciding factors and thus are very important in the election,” he said. He said the youth voting has to be 100 per cent, but according to a survey, it never happens…