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Valpoi. In Sattari taluka, there is a constant threat of wild animals to the plantations and crops; despite the government deciding on declaring some animals as vermis, nothing concrete has been done so far. The government has recently declared the wild boar as vermin, but destruction by the animals has not stopped. This morning, Arjun Desai’s cashew plantations at a 300 mtr from Mauxi village were severely damaged by a bison, and about 25 plants were destroyed. Arjun Desai has a cashew orchard about 300 meters from Mauxi village. He has been doing cashew plantation for the last four years.…

Goemkarponn desk Aam Aadmi Party has slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for only announcing jumla after jumla in the run-up to the upcoming assembly elections in 2022. State Convenor Rahul Mhambre said that whether jobs or welfare schemes, CM Pramod Sawant has only made hollow announcements to mislead Goans while his corrupt Govt runs the economy and the state’s finances into the ground. On the promise of 10,000 jobs, Mhambre said that Sawant made this promise before every election since he became CM, but it turned out to be a Jumla each time. “BJP is worried after seeing the anti-incumbency…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: In a major success to Margao police in cracking the minor rape case, the police team nabbed the culprit, Rahim, from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Team of Margao police arrested Rahim Khan accused in minor girl rape case from Moradabad Uttar Pradesh. Rahim was absconding for many days. After getting reliable information about the accused Margao Police in charge, Margao town PSI Vibhavari Gaonkar and other staff went to Moradabad UP and arrested the accused. The team also completed the judicial process and started the return journey to Goa. The accused Rahim had given false assurances of getting…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Mapusa Special Court will on July 26 frame charges against former chief minister Digambar Kamat and ex PWD minister Churchill Alemao in infamous Louis Berger money laundering cases. When the matter came up for hearing today, the Court ordered both Kamat and Alemao to remain present in the court to respond to the charges ‘if they are charged’. Alemao on August 2015 was arrested by the Crime Branch of the Goa Police in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case, in which Kamat is also linked. Alemao, who police claim is one of the recipients of the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: MGP President Deepak Dhavalikar today informed that they will be announcing candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in February 2022 only after August 15. Dhavalikar also announced that MGP will contest the elections without any alliance. “I would like to inform that MGP candidates for the upcoming elections would only be announced after August 15. As of now nothing has been finalised as to who will be getting the tickets,” said Dhavalikar He further said that MGP will be contesting elections on an individual level. MGP today handed over a memorandum to the Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan…

Goemkarponn Desk VERNA: One of the assailants Khalil Fakir involved in the RTI Activisit Narayan Naik today surrendered to the Verna Police. Fakir has been arrested under section 41 CrPc. The police have already arrested the conspirator Ram Gopal Yadav alias Kariya in the case and were on the look out for the two assailants who had been absconding and the crime branch had even flashed a look out notice for the two assailants. Sancoale-based RTI activist Narayan Naik, who is the brother of South Goa BJP District head Tulshidas Naik, was attacked and assaulted by two unknown persons with…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has informed that around one lakh people from Goa are remaining to be vaccinated with the first dose while stating that 80 percent of states population had been admistered with first dose. “One lakh people from Goa are remaining to be vaccinated with the first dose while stating that 80 percent of states population had been admistered with first dose. He further said that his government has written to the union health ministry requesting to reduce the gap between the COVID-19 vaccines from the current 84 to 30 days for both the…