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Goemkapronn desk CANDOLIM: Roshan Mathias, the people’s candidate for Calangute constituency from Goencho Avaaz Party, has succeeded in ensuring that the entire village of Candolim comes under CCTV surveillance. Just last month, Roshan led a delegation of people to submit a memorandum to the Calangute, Anjuna and Mapusa police stations as well as Candolim, Calangute, Arpora, Nagoa and Parra panchayats to demand swift action on the law and order breakdown and huge crime spike that plagues the area. The memorandum was also given to the Chief Minister’s office and Director General of Police. The group comprising locals from the villages…

Goemkarponn desk OLD GOA: A day after Town and Country Planning Minister Babu Kavlekar assured to revoke permission to controversial bungalow in heritage zone at Old Goa, the Se Old Goa Village Panchayat has withdrawn the construction licence granted to the structures. The Old Goa Panchayat Sarpanch Jovita Madkaikar said that the panchayat has decided to revoke the license of the controversial bungalow of BJP leader Shauna NC’s husband within the heritage zone of Old Goa. Speaking to media, after a huge public outcry against the mega project, Madkaikar said that stop work order has been issued to the project…

Aam Aadmi Party senior vice president Satyavijay Naik along with AAP leader Shubham Shivolkar and AAP leader Joel Fernandes held a door-to-door campaign in Valpoi and Cortalim respectively. Satyavijay Naik, senior vice president covered around 150 houses during a door-to-door campaign in Valpoi. He said, “The people have been saying that they don’t want the BJP and the Congress parties anymore. They haven’t done anything for the villagers and only worked for their self-development. After looking at all these years, the villagers are really looking forward to the AAP’s guarantees”. “People have been reading about the transformation that…

PANAJI: Taking strong objection to the statement of BJP’s national President J P Nadda, who said that there is need of creation of code of conduct to bring Adharma (non-righteousness) persons on the path of Dharma (righteousness), the President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Girish Chodankar on Friday said that former should know that Goans have never walked on way of ‘Adharma’, but BJP is always walking on path of Adharma. He has demanded an apology from the BJP leader for his statement, saying Goans were following dharma and will always follow it. He cited examples how Manohar Parrikar…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Despite the State government’s rejection, Sunburn festival organizers Percept Live have said that they would have the event in “smaller limited capacity”. “Sunburn event be held at Vagator, Gconcerningto Dec 29. This press note is issued with respect to the recent speculation about Sunburn festival Goa in the media. Percept Live would like to clarify that an initial application was made for mega Festival at Vagator in Goa at a similar mega scale as it used to take place earlier,” the release from the organizers said. It added, “Under advice from the Government of Goa, it was…

Aap demands written assurance and action against illegal construction in heritage zone Rahul Mhambre, Aam Adami Party Goa convenor came in support for Satyagraha by the Goans against the construction of a bungalow in the heritage precinct of Old Goa, on Friday. Although, feeling the heat of the citizens protesting against the illegal construction project Deputy Chief Minister and Town and Country Planning Minister Chandrakant (Babu) Kavalekar on Thursday stated that he has already instructed the TCP Department to revoke the licence of construction. Pointing out that Kavlekar had only given verbal assurance, AAP demanded written assurance and action against…

– After TCP Minister Babu Kavlekar blames the “former minister” for illegal construction, Vijai Sardesai, GFP president hits back saying permissions were granted during late Francis D’Souza’s tenure as TCP minister Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Following the huge gathering of the crowd to protest the Old Goa illegal construction near St Cajetan church, which falls under the heritage zone, a sort of blame game has begun between the present and former TCP ministers of the State over granting of permission. On Thursday, Dy Chief Minister and the Minister for Town and Country Planning, Babu Kavlekar, blamed a former TCP Minister in…