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The Aam Aadmi Party’s state convenor Rahul Mhabre resigned on Thursday, citing personal reasons. Incidentally, his resignation came on the day that the party-appointed him its national spokesperson. Mhambre, a chartered accountant, had contested the recently held assembly election from the Mapusa constituency. While he did not win, the AAP made its way into the Goa assembly, winning two seats in the 40-member House. In a tweet, Mhambre thanked the party leadership for appointing him National Spokesperson but added, “Due to personal reasons, I hereby request you to accept my resignation as State Convenor, Nat Executive and Nat Spokesperson.…

GENERATION NEXT… Name Position Amit Patkar – GPCC president Michael Lobo – CLP leader Sankalp Amonkar – Dy leader, CLP Carlos Fereira – Chief Whip Savio D’Silva – DCC President Viren Shirodkar –  DCC President Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Soon after being appointed as the present of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, Amit Patkar has made his intentions clear of fighting for the rights of the people of Goa and taking the grand old party to new heights in Goa. Thirty-eight-year-old Amit Patkar was appointed the GPCC President and an MLA from Cuncolim in South Goa Yuri Alemao (37), a commercial…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In a tragic, heart-wrenching incident that saddened not only Priol but the entire Ponda, the two siblings sister and brother Navya Deepak Naik (10) and Harsh Deepak Naik (3) at Karmale- Querim were reported to be accidentally drowned in the open tank (pond) in Kolagar (Bagayat) located around 15 metres behind their house. A postmortem report by Hospicio revealed the death due to drowning. However, nobody knows how exactly drowning occurred, whether they slipped into the water or what, as there was no eyewitness to the incident. Ponda PI Vijaykumar Chodankar speaking to the media said they…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – After missing several dates, Canacona’s Ravindra Bhavan, for which foundation was laid by Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar (on the occasion of the first birthday of present Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar as a Minister on 27th July 2013), has got yet another date of completion- 19th December’2022. Presenting the budget for 2022-23 in the Goa Assembly, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant informed Ravindra Bhavan at Canacona costing Rs.54 crores is in advanced stages of completion and is proposed for completion by 19th December 2022. Incidentally, works on the Ravindra Bhavan, Canacona costing 59.28 cr has actually commenced…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The officials of the Crime Branch conducted a gambling raid in Goa Velha and arrested three persons while also seizing cash of around 1,01,300 According to information, the raid was carried out by HC Dinesh Pikulkar along with PC Naveen Palyekar, Kalpesh Shirodkar and Sainath Naik on the game of chance near Football Ground Goa Velha. Three accused arrested in the gambling raid are Bonny Gonsalves, Pandurang Kunkoleonkar and Peter Vales, all resident of Agassaim HC Dinesh Pikulkar of the crime branch is carrying out a further investigation under the supervision of DySP Raju Raut Dessai.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a major raid carried out by the Crime Branch, a 23-year-old native of Uttarakhand was arrested for possession of Ganja worth Rs 4.80 lakhs The accused, 23-year-old Rahul Mishra, has been placed under arrest under sections 20 (b)(jj)(B) of the NDPS Act 1985. According to sources, the raid was carried out at Shrinivas Residency near the Konkan Railway station road, and the accused was found in possession of a blue colour plastic bag containing in greenish leafy substance suspected to be the narcotic drug Ganja weighing 4.862 kgs worth Rs 4.8 lakhs which was seized under…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Daji Salkar made a surprise visit to the Mormugao Mamlatdar office on Thursday to check the network connectivity and the functioning of the Mamlatdar office staff. During the visit, Salkar assured to shift Mamlatdar office staff to spacious and better premises soon. Salkar and councillor Girish Borkar, BJP senior member Jayant Jadhav, and others gave surprise visits to the Mormugao Mamlatdar office operational in Ravindra Bhavan Baina ground floor due to the ongoing renovation work of the municipality building for the past few months. After the disruption of internet connectivity in the Mamlatdar office…