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Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa Forward Party President and MLA Vijai Sardesai on Saturday said that recruitment at Mopa airport has exposed the BJP government’s mission of “doing injustice” to people of the state. “Around 5,198 candidates have got jobs at Mopa airport. Out of which only 443 candidates are locals, which means just 8 per cent. The figures provided in the Assembly session have exposed the BJP government’s agenda of discriminating against people of Goa,” Sardesai said in a press conference here. He said though people from Pernem in North Goa, where Mopa airport is located, were assured to give maximum…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: The family of a Goa-based alleged drug dealer, who was arrested in Hyderabad on August 16 , has alleged that the Telangana police picked him up nearly two weeks earlier in Goa and took him in a private car by keeping local police in the dark. According to the police, the alleged Goa-based interstate drug peddler, Preetesh Borkar, was arrested on August 16 by the officers of the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) and the Osmania University police. In their statement to the media, the Telangana police said that Borkar was found with illegal possession of Narcotic…

Siddhesh Lad is all set to represent Goa in the upcoming domestic season. Lad is reportedly ready to sever his ties with Mumbai after nine seasons. He is also expected to handle the leadership duties for Goa from next season. Goa cricket team already has two Mumbai cricketers- Arjun Tendulkar and Eknath Kerkar – and with Lad the side will be stronger. Lad is currently playing club cricket in the United Kingdom. Lad admits that at the age of 30, it was indeed a tough decision for him to leave Mumbai. At the same time he informed that his desire…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward President Vijai Sardesai, on Saturday, reacting to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s recent remark “Portuguese looted Goa”, said if the ongoing loot had stopped then Goa would have become “Swayampurna” automatically. “Properties and wealth of the tourism area is given to private players. He (Sawant) says that Portuguese looted Goa, if they (BJP government) had stopped the ongoing loot, Goa would have become Swayampurna automatically,” Fatorda MLA Sardesai said. “Our rivers, hills, jetties, tourism properties are our wealth. Their plan is to hand over this wealth to their corporate interest, who are with them. This mission…

AERIAL VIEW Seriously, Goa does have Har Ghar Jal, but there is no sign of Jal in many of those, especially in the rural areas of Sanguem, Sattari, Quepem, Canacona etc. The situation is even worse in tourist places like Calangute, Anjuna, Reis Magos and Pernem. In Calangute, which is called a world-famous tourist destination, people get water after every three days, which means they get water only 10 times a month. In Anjuna, people have gheraoed the PWD officials several times, and despite assurances, there has been no progress. In Sanguem, just a few kilometres away from the Selaulim…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: “If Politicians are involved in Land Grabbing Cases, the BJP Government should not use it as a pressure tactic for the political benefit of BJP. I demand Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant must act & book the culprits immediately irrespective of their Party Affiliations & make SIT Report public,” stated Congress Working President & Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao. He said the mystery maintained by the Inspector General of Police Omvir Singh Bishnoi over the involvement of politicians in the alleged land grabbing cases in Goa has created suspicion over the role of the BJP Government in the…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: In yet another incident of assault on tourists, the Calangute police arrested two persons for wrongfully restraining and assaulting Tamil Nadu tourists on Baga beach. According to Calangute police, an offence under section 341, 324, 506 (ii), 365 r/w 34 IPC was registered on Friday afternoon at Calangute Police Station against two unknown accused persons The accused person wrongfully restrained the complainant and his friend, assaulted them at Baga Calangute around 4:15 am, and followed them on the way to Anjuna. “Accused thereafter wrongfully restrained complainant and his friend and by putting in instant fear of death,…