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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In an interesting development, Himachal Pradesh Governor Rajendra Arlekar will land in Goa on March 22, a day after the crucial Bharatiya Janata Party meeting on March 21, 4 pm. Even though the BJP High Command is in talks with both aspirants – Caretaker CM Dr. Pramod Sawant and Vishwajit Rane, both may not get the party top brass nod. CM Sawant returned from Delhi this morning while Rane was still staying put in Delhi till evening. Meanwhile, the Central observers – Narendra Singh Tomar and L Murugan, will arrive in Goa tomorrow and hold a crucial…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today said that BJP Central Observers Narendra Singh Tomar and L. Murugan will be arriving in the state tomorrow after which date on swearing will be declared. “BJP Central Observers Narendra Singh Tomar and L. Murugan will be arriving in the state tomorrow after which date on swearing will be declared; also final decision on alliance and support will be taken tomorrow after the meeting,” said CM Sawant He further said that BJP National President J.P. Nadda had called him to Delhi to discuss on certain issues pertaining to government formation.…

AERIAL VIEW There have been three major law and order incidents in the law one week. A day after the counting of votes in Goa, the farmers from the mining belt of Pissurlem reported a bloody attack from the Valpoi police and their alleged crime- trying to get their farms free of mining dumps. According to the farmers, Valpoi police allegedly assaulted and arrested those waiting for the Mamlatdar at a mine in Pissurlem to register their protest transportation and dumping of iron ore on their fields without following the High Court directives. The DGP announced that PI Sagar Ekoskar…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Governor of Goa, Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, today launched the initiative of providing food to the homeless by handing over the first packet of food to Donald Fernandes, founder of Street Providence. The Raj Bhavan organized the function in association with Street Providence, an NGO providing food to the homeless persons at 6 Centers being run by the Institution under “Food Bank for the Poor”. While addressing the gathering, Governor said Raj Bhavan will be providing fresh food for 100 persons once a week, which will be distributed by Street Providence to the homeless poor, a step…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji – The high-handedness and dictatorship of the BJP have begun in the State, and BJP goons are targeting Congress Workers, especially in the constituencies where BJP lost miserably. Unfortunately, Police are protecting the BJP goons instead of protecting Citizens charged Congress Media Cell Chairman Amarnath Panjikar. “I am shocked that the acting & temporary Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant went to create a political drama in Mormugao by visiting a patient admitted in Chicalim Hospital on the grounds of political sickness,” stated Amarnath Panjikar. “I appeal to the Director-General of Police Dr. Indradev Shukla, to ensure that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Crime Branch on Friday said it has arrested a Hyderabad-based man and rescued three women, including a television actress, after busting a prostitution racket at Sangolda village near Panaji. A press release issued by the Crime Branch said two of the rescued women, including the TV actress, are from Virar near Mumbai, while the third one hails from Hyderabad. “Information was received by the Crime Branch that a person named Hafiz Syed Bilal was involved in prostitution activities and accordingly a trap was laid,” the police said. After verifying the information, the Crime Branch laid…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) has issued a show-cause notice to its North President Vijay Bhike for his derogatory remarks against their alliance partner Goa Forward Party’s Leader, Vijai Sardessai. “It has been brought to the notice of the Party that you have made certain derogatory remarks against our alliance partner Goa Forward Party and its Leader, Vijai Sardessai, MLA, suo moto, without taking the Party into confidence and without authorisation of the Party and contrary to the stand of the Indian National Congress,” the order states. The GPCC said that such statements damage the standing of…