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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 The teachers have withdrawn the strike temporarily.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,”…

Goemakpronn desk PANAJI: Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Valmiki Naik, Vice President of AAP said, “We have been receiving good responses over the announcement of Teertha Yatra Guarantee. Here the Kejriwal government is fulfilling the spiritual aspirations of the people through Teertha Yatra Guarantee. Kejriwal has revolutionized the education and health sectors in Delhi. He has fulfilled the promise of free electricity and 24*7 water supply. After all of this in Delhi, senior citizen’s also consider Arvind Kejriwal as a son as he has taken care of their day to day and spiritual needs”. Upendra Gaonkar, General Secretary (OBC…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: After the state environment department issued orders last month to impose curbs on use of single-use plastic items in government offices, the Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) has decided to push for a similar ban along the state’s coastal stretches. GCZMA has decided at its recent meeting to rope in the Goa state biodiversity board (GSBB) to help raise awareness among businesses run along the state’s coastal stretches. “The authority considered the direction issued by the department of environment & climate change vide circular dated October 18, 2021, concerning the reduction in single-use plastic and felt…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “My wife is an independent woman and a seasoned politician, and I cannot influence her decisions or pressurise her not to contest elections,” said Minister for Waste Management Michael Lobo. Lobo, emerging out of the meeting with BJP Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis, said his meeting was regarding the political situation. “He wanted to know what was happening around and the surveys party has conducted,” the minister says. When asked whether there was any discussion on his wife’s candidature, he replied, “no”. “There was no discussion about Delilah; neither he asked me, nor I took up the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Jio and Google announced today that the much-anticipated JioPhone Next, the made-for-India smartphone jointly designed by the two companies, will be available in stores from Diwali, adding to the festival cheer in the country. This will be the most affordable smartphone anywhere in the world with an entry price of only ₹1,999 and the rest paid via easy EMI over 18/24 months. A unique financing option like this is being introduced for the first time for a device in this category, making it accessible for a much wider set of consumers. With features that are unprecedented in…