Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) today has written to the President of India Ram Nath Kovind, urging him to dismiss the BJP led state government in Goa and immediately impose President’s rule after corruption charges. “For the first time in the history of our great democratic nation, a sitting Governor has asserted without a shred of hesitation or doubt that a sitting Chief Minister and his government are seeped in corrupt practices, misconduct and wrongdoing, particularly during the lockdown period of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said GFP President Vijai Sardesai. He further said that even though the issue of…
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Goemakrponn desk CALANGUTE: Former Calangute sarpanch and Congress candidate Joseph Sequeira stated that he has decided to follow a wait and watch approach on the forthcoming Assembly elections. Speaking to Goemkarponn over the phone, Sequeira said the Congress Calangute block is more active than ever and started work long back. “Our sole moto is to defeat the corrupt Michael Lobo. All three of us – me, Anthony Menezes and Agnelo Fernandes have come together and have decided we will work together to defeat Lobo irrespective of who gets the ticket between us; we will extend support,” he said. Asked about…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Congress vice-president Sankalp Amonkar has demanded immediate sacking of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and imposing President’s role in the State. He said the former Goa Governor’s interview reveals the truth in State government functioning during COVID19 pandemic. “Governor Satyapal Malik expose on Goa Government corruption has proved that our demands for a lockdown during the pandemic was genuine,” he stated at press conference. He said the Urban Development Minister Milind Naik is the sole culprit, and it was only because of his business interests in port that there was no lockdown, which has got shame to…
Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: International cricketing icon and humanitarian Yuvraj Singh’s YouWeCan Foundation has launched the ‘Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa’ initiative in partnership with the SBI Foundation and the Government of Goa. Under this initiative, free breast cancer screening will be done for 1 lakh women in Goa, thereby ensuring that 50% of the age-eligible female population in the State is screened. The initiative was launched today at Goa Medical College & Hospital by Vishwajit P. Rane, Hon’ble Minister of Health, Women & Child Development, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and Industries, Trade & Commerce, Government of Goa. Other key dignitaries who…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: All Goa Part Time Instructors have written to the Chief Minister demanding regularisation of all Special Teachers (working under SSA), instructors for Special Subjects and Inclusion of the, in the (NEP) New Education Policy as teachers. “Our same contract has been continuously renewed since then and the instructors have completed almost a period of 8 years in present service and have 8-9 years of teaching experience. All the said instructors are graduates, a few double graduates and masters, from recognized professional Colleges and are well qualified in their respective fields,” they said Teachers said that they are…
Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Honourable Vice President of India, handed over the national award to Rajesh R. Pednekar, Creative Producer of the Konkani film Kaajro at the award ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Kaajro, the film directed by Nitin Bhaskar, speaks about the class and caste discrimination practised globally, cutting across international boundaries. It is produced by de Goan Studio, which was co-founded by Gayatri and Rajesh R. Pednekar. This is their second feature film which has won a national award. The first film, ‘K Sera Sera’ (2016), also won a National award. The film…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a significant setback to Tarun Tejpal, the Bombay High court at Goa has declined to hear in-camera the appeal filed by the Goa government challenging his acquittal in the rape case. Tejpal lawyer filed a fresh application before the division bench pleading to hold the hearing in-camera and not in open court. The bench, however, refused to consider the application at this point in time. Earlier, too, the Goa Government had raised objection to in-camera hearing saying the “country has the right to know how the institution dealt with the victim”. Meanwhile, Tejpal also filed an application…