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Goemkarponn desk Impressed by the Aam Aadmi Party’s youth-centric policies many Mapusa youths joined the party in the presence of AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre and AAP Joint Secretary Sunil Signapurkar. Raju Awadkar, Shailendra Mayekar, son of prominent MGP leader from Mapusa and former minister MP of North Goa, Keval Natekar, Abdul Sheikh, Richard Braganza, Paul Noronha, Hasan Sheikh, Sadashiv Goltekar, Sudhir Narvekar, Sheldon Fernandes, Rohan Mane and Mevul Rankale joined the party on Thursday. Mhambre explained to the media that on Wednesday we celebrated National Youth Day and today the youth of Mapusa have taken it one step further…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: While the wait has become too long, there is widespread discontent not only with the aspirants but even voters piqued at inordinate delays by the political parties in the allotment of party tickets to contestants. In fact, two of the party’s blocks have already begun to canvas for the candidate of their choices, while the respective parties are dilly-dallying on the allotment process. While Revolutionary Goans and Aam Admi Party have already announced their candidates, the two National Party’s Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continue to keep their supporters and ticket aspirants guessing. Incidentally,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on M/s Shrem Resorts Pvt Ltd for filing a false affidavit before then with regards to a concert, to be held at Vagator. The structures put up by Shrem were in blatant violation of the CRZ notification, as the plot falls within the 200-meter NDZ. The petition has been filed by Roshan Mathias and the Goa Foundation. Mathias and GF were represented by Ms Norma Alvares and Om D’Costa. The court has directed that the amount be deposited within one week. Of…

Goemkarponn Desk BICHOLIM: The senior Congressmen and office bearers from Mayem have vowed to get elected alliance candidate Santosh Kumar Sawant with a good margin. The member of Congress State Committee Sandip Mainkar along with Senior office-bearer Vishwanath Dhavaskar addressed a press conference and extended their support to Santosh Kumar Sawant. “Congress Party has given this seat to Goa Forward as its candidate Sawant has been working past many years in Mayem. He has the capability of winning. Hence, respecting the decision of the party we have decided to work for Sawant in full force.” Mainkar said. Treasurer of Mayem…

MLAs of SIOLIM 1963: Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar MGP 1967: Punaji Achrekar MGP 1972: Chandrakant Chodankar MGP 1977: Chandrakant Chodankar MGP 1980: Chandrakant Chodankar Ind 1984: Ashok Salgaonkar Naik MGP 1989: Ashok Salgaonkar Naik MGP 1994: Chandrakant Chodankar MGP 1997: Dayanand Mandrekar BJP 2002: Dayanand Mandrekar BJP 2007: Dayanand Mandrekar BJP 2012: Dayanand Mandrekar BJP 2017 Vinod Palyekar GF 2022 ???? ?? Siolim voters Male 14230 Female 15191 Third gender 0 Total 29421 Goemkarponn desk SIOLIM: After much wait, the Lobo’s were finally inducted into the Congress on Tuesday night. It is clear from reports that Michael Lobo will contest…

AERIAL VIEW It has become a habit for elected representatives to shift loyalty for personal gains in recent times. Moreover, these politicians shed crocodile tears after crossing over accusing their parent party of practicing nepotism. Ideologies and principles of democracy have taken the back seat in a rush to attain power. Greediness in politics is increasing, and this has turned MLAs party hoppers. Since the Statehood, the anathema of defections has been a prominent feature of Goan political discourse, like in many other States. Rampant instances of defections across parties became a modus operandi of Goan politics resulting in incessant…

Goemkarponn Desk Aam Aadmi Party Youth Wing All India Vice President and Goa State Coordinator Siddesh Bhagat said on Wednesday that Goa’s double-engine BJP government has brought double unemployment to the state. While speaking to the media on the occasion of National Youth day he said, “Youth issues are only discussed and addressed by the government on National Youth Day, while the rest of the year, the government ignores issues of the youth. The youth unemployment rate in the state is at its highest level, but the BJP-led government fails to create jobs for the youth despite their various initiatives”.…