Goemkarponn desk The President of Goa Forward Party Vijai Sardesai on Monday said that 100 per cent lies of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has been exposed by health department stating around 1,152 persons had received their first dose on Sunday. It may be recalled that chief minister Pramod Sawant, last week, had claimed that 100% of Goa’s population had received the first dose of the Covid-19. However, on Sunday health department in its Covid vaccination bulletin stated that 1,152 persons had received their first dose (on Sunday). “Pramod Sawant everytime tries to hide his incompetence. But the truth prevails…
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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Chief Minister has been caught red-handed yet again, this time on the 100 per cent vaccination free. Somehow, the chief minister has got the knack of telling lies, and the worse still is teh Central BJP leaders falling prey to such lies. In the last two and half years, Sawant has lied thrice on the critical issues as if he is racing against time to achieve something. Open Defecation Free In August 2019, the State government on Saturday declared all village panchayats as ODF. Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho said the government has provided adequate toilets to…
As of today, India is at the cusp of administering 75 crore vaccine doses. There could be no bigger confidence booster for the Tourism industry than this. While international tourism could take longer to open up, as international air-travel is still constrained, we have a tremendous opportunity to promote domestic tourism as a large percentage of our population will be fully vaccinated by the end of the year. Given this background, the inaugural session of the Conference of the Tourism and Culture Ministers of the states of North Eastern Region organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India bears…
Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Shadow Council for Margao, Convenor has said that the illegalities in markets and along Roads and footpaths will come for a proper dressing only once the Hon’ble High Court takes suo motto cognizance of the blatant violations or in the event a contempt petition is filed. Speaking on the controversy over illegal gadda’s/encroachments, Coutinho stated that placement or allotment of any Gadda along the road/Road widening area or footpath mandatorily requires the consent of the High Court in view of the Court order of 1997. “To be very specific to the area near Margao KTC Busstand, the…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Ganesh Chaturthi Dekhava artists are upset over the government suddenly cancelling the Chaturthi Dekhava competition. Sanket Narvekar, the artist at Kavlem who had created a Dekhava, said he received a phone call from the Director of Art and Culture yesterday about cancelling the Dekhava competition. “The reason given is that only six entries were received for the competition due to pandemic, so it is cancelled,” he said. After the government declared competition, he said artists spent a lot of money making Dekhvaa, but now the government cancelled the contest, and their money is wasted. Sanket said,…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: One Gauresh Khotarkar complained against twelve, including his wife and in-laws, to pressurise him to convert his religion. Teh Vishwa Hindu Parishad has demanded to stop forceful religious conversion of Hindu families. Khotarkar filed a complaint with Crime Branch, Ribandar, Goa, against twelve people. Some of the accused are from Margao, he said who threatened him to convert his religion. He said his wife and her family have converted to religion, and now the entire family pressuring him to convert his faith into Christianity/ believers. Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) President Santosh Mahanandu Naik, former MLA Mohan Amshekar,…
Goemkarponn desk Expressing shock on the spurt of crimes that are impacting the Salcete taluka of Goa, The Aam Aadmi Party came down heavily on Pramod Sawant’s failure to keep Goenkars safe. Salcete Taluka has been witnessing cases of snatching of mobile phones, gold chains, rape on minors, flesh trade, matka, bullfights during the day and at late hours are also raising its ugly head in Salcete, as well as casino gambling are rearing it’s ugly head particularly in areas of Colva. The Law and order machinery that firmly falls under the CM who has failed at solving these problems These…