By SURAJ NANDREKAR I woke up to the shocking news of Goa’s one of the finest Doctors – Dr Manjunath Desai, passing away. It’s not only a great loss to Goa Medical College but to every Goan as he had saved the lives of thousands of patients irrespective of their social status. A soft-spoken specialist, who not only saved many lives but also gave confidence to the patients’ relatives that the patient would be safe. A magician at his work, Dr Manjunath, a good friend, often spoke of how lives can be saved if people have basic knowledge of dos…
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AAP’s rally addresses the vital issue of unemployment plaguing the residents of Goa today The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today organized Rozgar Yatras at Margao & Fatorda that attracted hundreds of people from their homes. The people of these areas are extremely upset that the sitting MLAs have done nothing for them since they got elected and have decided to lend their support to the Aam Aadmi Party. This was evident from the large number of residents who participated in the Rozgar Yatras organised by AAP. Sandesh Telekar Dessai, AAP Goa Vice President and Fatorda Assembly-in-charge stated that even highly…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With just a few months left for the Assembly elections, there is some bad news for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as the BJP High Command is seriously contemplating replacing Chief MInister Dr Pramod Sawant with Union Minister Shripad Naik. It is being said that the Union Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda expressed displeasure over the Goa Ministers (two) complaints of Sawant’s functioning. This was conveyed to Sawant, BJP State president Sadanand Shet Tanawade and Satish Dhond. BJP’s Goa incharge Devendra Fadnavis was also present for the meeting. The main discussion was the…
CRYING FOR ATTENTION… When it comes to the panchayat house, the first thing that comes to mind in South Goa is Paroda Panchayat. The Paroda Panchayat has been deprived of a well-equipped panchayat house for many years. A request has been made to the education department to build a panchayat house and a hall on top of the closed school at Gudi Paroda. But due to lack of follow up from time to time, the work of the Panchayat is still stalled, says Sarpanch Deepak Kharangate. GAURANG PRABHU/ Goemkarponn MARGAO: The Goa government undertook the task of transforming the…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With the High Court now asking the Goa government to file an affidavit as to why the tender was not issued for the renovation work of Kala Academy, it seems like the wheels of justice have finally begun to move. The High Court issued the notices in the public interest litigation filed by Goa Forward seeking cancellation of renovation contract alleging a scam in the whole process. There was no transparency in awarding the contract, and govt did not follow the mandatory process, alleged petitioner. Goemkarponn was the first to expose the story of Rs 50 cr…
There is no clarity as to how the program will be implemented? Who will visit the doorstep? What will be the charges? How safe would be your documents? What are the services to be provided? Will government employ additional staff? As per the CM Sawant, the idea was to deliver government services of different kinds, including revenue, transport and social welfare schemes, at the citizen’s doorstep. He had said that initiating the process of availing these services would be as easy as ordering a pizza at home. With Sarkar tumchaya dari, we understand that you call a given number, a…
Goemkarponn desk DELHI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today claimed that BJP Central Leadership will not go ahead with CM Pramod Sawant as it’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Goa Assembly Elections. “As per the current news, BJP has listed out 10 points of failure of Pramod Sawant in Goa, and he will be replaced as Chief Ministerial face for upcoming elections,” said Sisodia. He further said that the central BJP leader believes that Pramod Sawant led government failed to deliver during the COVID-19. “He failed to provide services to people during COVID19 crises on all fronts, ambulance,…