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SURAJ NANDREKAR MOPA: The completion of the Greenfield Mopa airport is in the final stages, and the test run of landing and take-off has also been completed, and the airport is just awaiting the date for inauguration. Despite this, the Mopa Vimanthal Pidit Xetkari Samiti (VPXS), which has lost land worth crores and crores of rupees, are confident the airport won’t start, and even if it does, they will be successful in shutting it down. The farmers, who have lost large tracts of land for the airport as well as the link road, feel this is a place of their…

Goemkarponn Deks PANAJI: The NDPS Court has granted bail to accused Ramdas Mandrekar and Dattaprasad Gaonkar. Borth were arrested in connection with NDPS cases wherein methamphetamine was recovered allegedly from ladies toilet of the Curlies. The suspected drug peddler, Dattaprasad Gaonkar, was detained from Anjuna after the accused duo “confessed” in their statement. Gaonkar had allegedly sold drugs to Sonali Phogat’s personal assistant Sudhir Sangwan, another accused arrested in connection with the case. Phogat, who first found fame on TikTok, was brought dead to St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in north Goa district on August 23 morning. Doctors had said…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: All seems to be not well between Luizinho Faleiro and the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Officials from the party have confirmed that Faleiro has been asked to resign from the post of Rajya Sabha M.P. within six months. What is more shocking is that TMC did not even allow Luizinho Faleiro to use the office space at TMC Goa Headquarters in Panaji to address any sort of press conferences. The party’s brass, including Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, has been upset with Faleiro since he refused to contest the 2022 assembly election from Fatorda against GFP’s Vijai…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA Seven Goan Post office employees working at the Ponda Post office demand Justice after they were removed suddenly today and Maharashtra Employees recruited in their place. All seven employees protested against sudden retrenchment and demanded justice by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. Speaking to media on behalf of employees Adv. Surely Tilve said that double Engine government is working in Goa and need to give justice to local Goans. He said recently Finance Minister had said that the staff having knowledge of the local language should be recruited in Banks. He further said the same rule should…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: For the past two to three months, there have been growing incidents of gold chain or Mangalsutra snatching in Ponda Taluka along isolated roads. There was also an incident a girl riding a scooter was stopped at Curti, and her chain was snatched by unknown bikers recently. The chain snatching or Mangalsutra snatching incidents were reported to Ponda Police from Bandora, Priol, Curti, Borim etc. Yesterday evening fresh case of chain snatching was reported. Women and citizens from Chirputem Priol area gathered and complained to Ponda PI Vijaykumar Chodankar for increased police patrolling on interiors road to…

Goemkarponn desk CANSAULIM: The much-needed infrastructure development of Hollant, Cansaulim and Velsao beaches is on the cards as the Tourism Department officials inspected the facilities needed. Changing rooms, toilets, illumination of beaches, benches and CCTV Cameras are a few of the facilities that would be provided at the beaches, said the Tourism Department officials. Kiran Naik, an official of Tourism, said the development is undertaken at the request of MLAs who had a meeting with the Tourism department to develop coastal beaches. “The department will develop good facilities to boost tourism activities. Besides 24×7 patrolling for safety on beaches would…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The BJP has submitted a No Confidence Motion against Margao Municipal Councillor (MMC) Chairperson Ghanshyam Shirodkar. The No Confidence Motion was submitted at the Directorate Of Municipal Administration (DMA) office in the capital. Shirodkar was elected by 15 against 10 votes with the support of Goa Forward-backed councillors and four councillors allegedly from the BJP camp. “All 15 councillors have signed the paper & accordingly we have submitted No Confidence Motion against MMC Chairperson Ghanshyam Shirodkar; there was some misunderstanding between our councillors which has now been resolved,” said BJP MMC Councillor Mahesh Amonkar. Sources said the…