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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today urged the Bombay High Court at Goa to expedite the criminal trial of Panaji MLA Babush Monserrate and his wife Goa Revenue Minister Jennifer Monserrate in the 2008 attack on Panaji Police Station. In a letter petition to the Administrative Judge, it has been pointed out by Adv. Aires Rodrigues that the Supreme Court is concerned about the criminalization of politics had directed that the criminal cases against politicians should be fast-tracked but that it has not happened in Goa at least in the Panaji Police Station attack case in which Babush…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: The declaration of a 500-meter land as a buffer zone around teh Solid Waste Management Plant in Cacora has led to fierce protests in the Wodlemol-Kakoda municipal area. A protest took place in the municipal area of ​​Wodlemol Kakoda on Sunday evening as the area has been declared as a development zone. Opposing the buffer zone, Anand Prabhudesai said that local MLA Nilesh Cabral is misleading the people on the buffer zone, and in the last few years, he has been misleading the people for his own selfish interest by telling the stories. He said that the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the state government is providing employment to women by promoting the products made by various women self-help groups. “The Government of Goa is working towards giving more emphasis on women empowerment. To make women self-reliant, all the schemes of the central government and CM employment scheme have been implemented,” said CM Sawant He further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the slogan of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and on the theme of Goa at 60, the Government of Goa is working towards giving more emphasis on women empowerment. “To…

Goemkarponn Desk QUEPEM: In a bizarre incident, a former student attacked his former teacher with the intention of taking revenge on the teacher who had beaten him while he was in class X. The accussed has been identified as Abhishek Hiremath (25) a resident of Kakumoddi Kudchade. According to police, Hirenath broke and removed the tiles of the top and entered into the house of his former teacher at Assolda Kudchade, at around 3.30 am this morning. When the accused was about to light a match stick but luckily at that time Laxmikant Shikerkar got up…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that AAP will enact legislation reserving employment in the mining sector to those who are already dependent on this industry once voted to power. “Once voted to power, AAP will enact a legislation reserving employment in the mining sector to those who are already dependent on this industry; priority will be given to those families who are mining dependents,” said Kejriwal while interacting with mining dependents at Pale village in Sankhalim constituency He further promised AAP will resume the mining industry within 6 months of…

Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: Copelabhat Diyav, a rural area of Quepem municipality, has started a small library called “Vachpache ghor”. Copelabhat, Diyav is a rural area in the Ambavali ward of Quepem Municipality, and a unique initiative has been taken by the locals to start “Vachpache ghor”, the library which is open from 5 pm to 7 pm. The small library has books, magazines, and newspapers that youth of Village and senior citizens can read to improve their knowledge. Joao Fernandes, a local responsible for starting “Vachpache Ghor”, said that the library was opened before Pendamic’s time. The facility has been…

AERIAL VIEW In Goa’s 15-odd lakh population, 54 p.c people are from Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and amongst that caste the highest in the Bhandari Samaj. Being in OBC provides Bhandari samaj with specific rights under India’s affirmative action scheme, such as reservation in government employment and admission to professional colleges etc. However, despite being the majority in the State, the community has failed to get a Bhandari Chief Minister for a full term. Ponda MLA Ravi Naik has been the only chief minister from the community who has served for just 27 months. Shocking, isn’t it? SURAJ NANDREKAR Editor,…