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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI:State BJP held a meeting of all the North Goa Zilla Panchayat Members today to take review of the progress and discuss difficulties if any being faced by the newly elected ZP members. The meeting was chaired by State BJP President Sadanand Shet Tanavade. ZP Members have been asked to have one-to-one interaction with voters in the nearby Municipal areas, informed Tanavade. ZP members also expressed satisfaction over the fact that funds to the tune of Rs 8 crore through Panchayat Ministry and Rs 2.80 crore through 15th Finance commission have been allotted for Zilla Panchayat members to…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Ina cryptic tweet, Utpal Parrikar, the son of former Defence Minister and chief minister Manohar Parrikar has hit out at the Bharatiya Janat Party over promoting dynastic politics in Panaji. Current Panaji MLA Babush Monseratte has fielded his son Rohit Monseratte in the Corporation of City of Panaji elections, which has not gone well with many. Taking to social media Utpal said, “So the culture of promoting immediate kin while currently holding public office has crept into Panaji.” Utpal was denied ticket in 2019 as party did not want to promote dynaty politics and here the same…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: With State Election Commission accepting before honourable High Court that the reservations notified for women candidates for municipality election is not as per Mandate of the Constitution, it is loud and clear that the BJP Government wants to face the polls with Electoral Manipulation, charged Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat. “It has come to light that not only women are deprived from the rightful reservation in Municipal Wards, but Other Backward Class (OBC) has also met a similar fate. The ruling BJP Government wants to have control on municipalities by winning majority seats with electoral fraud stated…

Goemkarponn Desk Vasco: The residents of Sao Jacinto Island, falling in the jurisdiction of Chicalim expressed shock and surprise over the Coastal Zone Management Plan 2021 prepared in accordance with CAZ 2011, that has been put on display at the village Panchayat of Chicalim The residents said that the scrutiny of the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan 2021 received from the government shows glaring discrepancies, specially that the houses of the villagers, mostly belonging to the fishing community have not been shown in the plan. This is contrary what the government had assured to the people while preparing the draft…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: As a permanent solution to water crisis faced by the people of Bicholim, Pernem and Bardez taluka, the Dr Pramod Sawant led government has decided source water directly from Tillari dam, by laying a special dedicated water pipeline, rather than depending on the open canal system. The Tillari Irrigation cum drinking water project is a joint venture of Goa and Maharashtra government. The Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that the government is committed to ensure the project supplies abundant water to Goa for drinking and agriculture purposes. He said that as the water supply from Tillari…

Goemkarponn desk Mapusa: Super Donics, owned by Dr Sagar Salgaoncar emerged champions at the first Invitational All Goa Masters Table Tennis Championship Tournament organised by the Peddem Sports Club – Mapusa was conducted and played on 21st February 2021 at the Peddem Sports Complex – Mapusa. The Tournament was organised on a Grand Scale, inviting Masters of the Sport from all across the State of Goa. The Tournament was played with the participation of 48 Players divided into 8 Teams and individual Team Owners. The Tournament was played with great enthusiasm and fervour and ended on a thrilling note. While…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The Government today informed the full bench of the Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) headed by retired Justice U. V. Bakre and comprising of former District Judges Desmond D’Costa and Pramod Kamat that the proposed inauguration of the Zuarinagar Police station at Sancoale scheduled for tomorrow will not be held. The Police Station was to be inaugurated tomorrow at 10.30 am by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar and local MLA Alina Saldanha. Adv. Aires Rodrigues in his complaint to the GHRC last week while questioning the reported skewed move by the Government to try and hurriedly…