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Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: In a drug raid Mapusa Police have done a significant seizure of drugs viz Ganja in Guirim area.. A reliable information was obtained regarding illegal drug activities being carried out in Guirim, Goa. Accordingly PI Tushar Lotliker of Mapusa Police station and his team acting on the specific and reliable information apprehended a person namely Borjan Alam ,age 21 yrs ,Native of West Bengal, presently staying at Kumyamorod,Guirim at Namoshi who was found in possession of Ganja. During his search ganja weighing 1.7 kgs worth Rs. 1,70,000/- was seized in the panchanama and taken into custody. An…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a first press conference after joining the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata, former Chief Minister Luzinho Faleiro said he decided to join teh TMC as there was no opposition in the State for the last 10 years. He also ruled out forging alliance with any party for 2022 elections. “I maintained dignified silence for last four and half years. BJP has destroyed Goa, and there is no Opposition left in Goa for the last 10 years,” he said. However, Luizinho seems to have forgotten that during the last five years, he was one of teh the presidents…

While all this was acceptable, but a shocking statement was made by Luizinho on social media “have appealed to Didi to come to Goa, and protect its culture and identity”. Shockingly, Faleiro deleted the tweet after a backlash on Twitter from Goans. The immediate question that comes to mind is, Do we need an outsider to come and protect the culture and identity? What was Mr Faleiro doing all these decades of being into politics, protecting self-interest? Since 2017 Goa has seen a number of protests and agitations. Can Faleiro stand up and tell Goans he stood by them at…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji :The Aam Aadmi Party has been firmly reaching out to the grassroots of Goa with Arvind Kejriwal’s job guarantee. While other party leaders are busy jumping or desperately managing their cadre the AAP was seen steadily building on it’s lead on solid ground work. Party leaders in Navelim, Quepem and Pernem at the beginning of the week have been aggressively meeting residents to both hear their problems and take the message of AAP to the grass roots. In Pernem the AAP team visited the residents of Dhargal. Going door to door they explained to the residents why…

Goemkarponn Desk DABOLIM: Calangute MLA Micheal Lobo today said that he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Goa Election Incharge Devendra Fadnavis in Delhi to discuss the political scenario in the state. Lobo was on a two day visit to Delhi amidst recent political developments in the state. “I had just gone to Delhi to meet Amit Shah and Devendra Fadnavis just to discuss the political scenario in Goa, nothing was discussed on tickets,” said Lobo after arriving from Delhi He further said that he too briefed them about the political developments in state and seeked guidance for the…

* OYO’s World Tourism Day Report 2021 says British prefer short weekend breaks, Americans explore local destinations, Europeans plan their travel closer to the date: * Goa, London, New York, Germany in Europe rank as OYO’s top booked leisure destinations around the world Goa, Jaipur and Manali are India’s top leisure destinations for the upcoming holiday season In the UK, London, Bath and Blackpool are the most booked leisure destinations In the USA, Americans are travelling to New York, Hawaii (3 islands) and Las Vegas Germany, Denmark, Netherlands are Europe’s most popular countries among travellers as per OYO’s booking data…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa has come down heavily on the State Government authorities, particularly the police, for their lax attitude towards preventing illegal and unauthorized sand mining activities along the riverbeds. The bench comprising M.S Sonak & M.S Jawalkar has directed the State to install CCTV cameras below Amona bridge- both sides that are Amona and Candola and Oxel Village at Siolim to keep vigil over the illegal sand mining activities, which are rampant along with these sites. The Court observed that despite several orders, illegal sand mining activities continue in North Goa. It also…