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Goemkarponn desk The word Diwali has originated from Deepavali, which in turn is formed as deep (lamp) + avali (row). Deepavali is thus a row of lamps. During Diwali, lamps are lit everywhere. When Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya after completing fourteen years in exile, his subjects celebrated by lighting lamps. Since then, the festival of Diwali has been celebrated. Deepavali is celebrated on four consecutive days – the 13th, the 14th and the new moon day of the dark fortnight of the Hindu lunar month of Ashwin and the first day of the bright fortnight of Kartik. In this…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On Tuesday, new road projects worth ₹ 1,250 crores for the state of Goa were approved by the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced four new phases of road development work in the state. “A number of schemes have been approved for the development of the state”, he said. The new works sanctioned were – the road from Navelim to Cuncolim will be six and a half km long. For this, 24 hectares of land has been acquired, and the estimated cost of the road is Rs. 270 crores. Also, the 8…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In an interesting development, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) has decided to go all alone and scrap alliance talks, if any, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, who is in Goa, sparked off alliance talks rumours when he said he would meet MGP leader Sudin Dhavalikar. CM Pramod Sawant also said that the BJP was ready for talks with like-minded parties. However, the party’s Central Committee on Tuesday decided against any alliance talks with BJP. MGP president Deepak Dhavalikar said that the Central Committee was of the…

Sudin Dhavalikar, who was the Dy CM then, was sacked unceremoniously by splitting the two MGP MLAs – Deepak Pauskar and Babu Azgaonkar. Not just MGP, Sawant also sacked Goa Forward MLAs – Vijai Sardesai, Vinod Payekar and Jayesh Salgaocar after engineering a major split in Opposition Congress, he took the decision wherein 10 MLAs joined the BJP in a midnight coup. He also sacked independent MLA Rohan Khaunte. This all happened in 2019. Two years later, the situation is quite different. Sawant is in command but has lost control simply because BJP has failed to follow the “alliance dharma”…

Goemkarponn desk Margao – Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat has said that Goan films must be screened in the official section of IFFI 2021. “It is most unfortunate that BJP Government wakes up every year only after raising our demand for a Special Section for screening Goan Films in the International Film Festival of India. Shockingly, the Chairman of the Entertainment Society of Goa has openly admitted in the section of media that he is unaware of Films produced in Goa after IFFI 2020. I demand that Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant must intervene to ensure the Screening of Goan…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Former Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Councillor Menino D’Cruz has conveyed says he wants to contest on a Congress ticket in Panaji constituency and has accordingly convyed his decsion to the party. “I want to contest elections on Congress ticket in Panjim constituency; it is upto the party to decide on my candidature. If my party does not give me a ticket i will not contest as an independent candidate, i am always a Congress supporter,” said D’Cruz addressing th media He also said that he is ready to support candidature of Utpal Parrikar if…

Salaries hiked from ₹ 16k to ₹ 25k Striking contract teachers withdraw strike after CM hands order increasing remuneration Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met the striking All Goa Contract Teachers today and handed over the order mentioning a hike in the monthly remuneration from the existing Rs 16,000 to 25,000. The teachers have withdrawn the strike temporarily. “Our government has done everything that we can to help the teachers, and I cannot see teachers striking. Today I have presented them the order which mentions a hike in the monthly remuneration from the existing Rs 16,000 to 25,000,”…