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Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: In a bizarre controversy, South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha and Power Minister Nilesh Cabral were involved in a verbal duel over the inauguration of multipurpose hall, constructed under MPLAD funds. As such, the inauguration for the hall was done twice a day. The first inauguration was done by local MLA Nilesh Cabral in the presence of eight councillors of Curchorem-Cacora municipality. Later in the day, Sardinha inaugurated the same again in the presence of Congress workers. This multipurpose hall built at Pongirwal through MPLAD funds cost nearly Rs 1 cr, but this beautiful structure was hit by…

Aura Productions, founded by Piyush Agarwal organised the second season of Aura Fashion Week 2021 in Goa in association with Goa Tourism. The fashion  show choreographed by celebrated fashion choreographer Kapil Gauhri and Fashion stylist Nishankh Sainani was held at Hibis Hotels and Resorts, Goa Top designers from across the country showcased their collections at the event which was spread for over two days. The fashion extravaganza started with ‘Saaj by Ankita’ who presented a collection called ‘Gypsy Song’. Designer Monica presented MAV-Men on a Mission, the menswear brand. Designer Sandeep Singh (Sandy) also presented his collection at Aura…

Goemkarponn desk GPCC Vice President Sankalp Amonkar on Sunday condemned the rules set by the BJP Government that banned Goan Journalists to cover IFFI festival in Goa. Amonkar said that it appeared that Government was wanting to outsource everything to outsiders while depriving Goans in Goa. Amonkar said that the act was an injustice to the Journalists fraternity and questioned if the Government wanted the Goan Journalists for their press conferences . Amonkar comfeming the incident also appealed the Goans to boycott IFFI festival. Amonkar cited an earlier example, when in a similar situation , Goan journalists were banned from…

Panaji – One hour after Congress President Girish Chodankar gave final warning to the insensitive BJP Government to hold strong protests if the list of selected films in Goan Premier & Non-Premier Sections is not announced, Chairman of Entertainment Society of Goa announced the list of five films selected in both sections. This is not enough. I demand that Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant must announce whether all the selected films will be part of Official Section of 52nd International Films Festival of India and whether the film producers will get benefits under Goa Film Finance Scheme stated Leader…

Goemkarponn desk Aam Aadmi Party launched its door to door campaign in Velim with AAP leader Cruz Silva and AAP general secretary Gerson Gomes and with AAP Vice President Venzy Viegas in Benaulim along with other prominent party leaders and volunteers. A large number of volunteers accompanied Venzy and Cruz in their door to door campaign and many party leaders attended and met Goenkars at their doorsteps “People have been voting for the BJP and Congress from several years. I urge people to give a chance to AAP this election and witness the change”, said AAP general secretary Gerson Gomes. “From…

Goemkarponn desk The Aam Aadmi Party demanded a “white paper” from Pramod Sawant-led BJP government with details of works completed at the “Sarkar umchya dari” events. AAP also demanded that BJP should pay and not use taxpayer money for their campaign. “In a recent media report, it was revealed that a whopping sum of Rs 12.43 crore was spent by the government on event management of the outreach programme “Sarkar tumchya dari”, said Rahul Mhambre, AAP Goa Convenor. “The news of 12.43 crores being spent for the event is shocking. This is nothing but a scam. What exactly is being…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With no policy to create jobs in the State, BJP Govt headed by Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant has failed even to regularize the contractual teachers working under Goa Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), charged Goa Pradesh Youth Congress. GPYC President Adv. Varad Mardolkar on Friday said that the BJP government has pushed these teachers in dark fate at the time of Diwali, who are now agitating seeking justice. It may be recalled that these teachers had temporarily withdrawn their strike on the eve of Diwali, but have now resumed their strike after claiming they were unhappy with…