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Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Speaker Rajesh Patnekar today dismissed one of the applications filed by the 2 defecting Ex-MGP MLAs Dy CM Babu Azgaonkar and PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar seeking cross examination of the witnesses and the petitioner MGP Leader Sudin Dhavlikar. Speaker heard MGP’s MLA disqualification matter today. “The order awaited is order on merits and order on the application on production of documents,” informed MGP counsel Daval Zaveri. “Speaker will take correct decision,” said Sudin, expressing satisfaction over today’s decision by the speaker. On March 10, the Speaker had called Dhavalikar for some queries after which the petitioner withdrew…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: As expected the Corporation f City of Panaji and the Valpoi municipality polls were swept by Babush Monseratte supported panel and the Vishwajt Rane panel respectively. While Babush bagged 25 out of 30 seats in CCP, Vishwajit claimed victory in all 10 seats of Valpoi municipality. The Bharatiya Janata Party supported panel also gained clear majority in Pernem and Bicholim municipalities. Congress supported panel was victorious only in Cuncolim as the Yuri Alemao panel won majority. In Canacona there is a confusion as to who would form the ruling panel as people suggest the voters have given…

Canacona. With the results of all the twelve wards of Canacona Municipal Council out by 12.00 noon, efforts were in full swing by the bigwigs to lure the winning candidates to their sides. Although the election results have thrown some surprises the entire council has 8 new faces and 4 old faces. The counting for the 12 wards started at 8.00am on Monday and the first result was out by 8.30am. From ward I (Nagarcem) Hemant Naik Gaonkar former vice chairperson of CMC polled 372 votes while his rival Ranganath Naikgaonkar ex chairperson of CMC polled 317 votes. The total voting…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The BJP backed panel fielded by newly inducted Atanasio Monserrate- Panaji MLA paid off spectacularly in the City Corporation election with the panel winning 25 of the 30 seats. Monserratte, has been ruling the Corporation over the decades now, irrespective of his political affiliations. As many as five sitting Councilors, four of whom had contested of BJP backed panel lost to opposition We Ponjekar panel and a independent. In the last elections held in 2016, Monserratte backed panel had tough fight with BJP panel led by then CM late Manohar Parrikar. While Monserratte had won 14 seats,…

Goemkarponn desk Margao: The Shadow Council for Margao today, criticized the politicians taking credit for their success in the legal battle against the reservations, which eventually ended in the postponement of the Elections to 5 Municipal Councils. SCM Convener Savio Coutinho posed a pointed question, seeking clarification whether the legal battle was genuinely in the interest of the deprived categories or if the legal battle was exclusively in their own selfish interests. Coutinho lamented that on one hand the leaders portrayed themselves as savior’s of the Women/OBC/ST candidates but after the victory in the legal battle against the ward reservations,…

Goemkarponn desk Vasco: Velsao Panchayat on Sunday convened a special Gramsabha only to discuss the burning issue of double tracking that Is prevalent In the village. The special Gramsabha meeting was called after villagers in the previous Gramsabha had expressed concerns over the intentions of NGOs and Activists alleging them to have personal political intentions at the behest of opposing the double tracking and had questioned why the handful NGOs had never approached the panchayats for support or informed the village of any developments on the double tracking issue especially when the environment Minister Nilesh Cabral and CM Dr Pramod…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Alleging that auctioning of SEZ land is another scam by BJP government, after it gave ‘interest’ to SEZ developers by borrowing loan, the GPCC president Girish Chodankar has demanded CBI enquiry into whole ‘scam episode’ by saffron leaders, failing which Congress has vowed to expose the entire manipulation done by present government. He said SEZ developers after losing in the High Court had approached the Supreme Court and while the Apex court was about to pass order, Parrikar Government manipulated and done setting to pay, Rs. 256.56 Cr including interest of 133 Cr illegally to SEZ promoters.…