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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Bank employees and officers have decided to go on a two-day strike on December 16 and 17 in the wake of the Central Government’s privatization of nationalized banks. The Central Government has decided to table ‘The Banking Laws (Amendments) Bill, 2021’ in the current session of the Parliament to enable the Government to privatize public sector banks ( PSBs). The nationalization of 14 banks in 1969 and another 6 banks in 1980 were watershed events. Bank nationalization resulted in banks being pressed into the service of the nation. A press note issued by Goa Bank employees…

Goemkarponn desk MORMUGAO: Mormugao Police filed FIR against Congress leader Sankalp Amonkar and five others following a complaint by the alleged victim of Sex scandal involving a minister. Congress had accused a cabinet minister of sexually abusing a woman by threatening her of dire consequences. However, the alleged victim herself has filed a police complaint against Congress leaders in Bihar for blackmailing her in a new twist. The complaint was subsequently transferred to the Mormugao Police station. An FIR had been registered at Mufassil police station on his statement. The woman has termed the Minister’s allegation of sexual abuse as…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Reacting to the jobs scams, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that ministers taking money for recruitments will be jailed, and people’s money will be refunded. “I am clearly stating that those ministers taking money for recruitments will be jailed, and people’s money will be refunded. This is a serious allegation made by a BJP MLA himself on a BJP Minister,” said Kejriwal. He further claimed that people are of the opinion that such things will continue to take place and there will be no action. “In Delhi, this…

An evening to launch and present the latest of the party & evening wear collection for the season at COMO Porvorim. The evening featured the latest from the designers like Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, Wendell Rodricks, Gavin Miguel, Felix Bendish, Sougat Paul, Khushboo Borkar, Deepika Arora, Mona Shroff & Philu Martins amongst others. On this launch, Pallav Ojha (CEO  & Co-founder) of COMO said, “It’s great to launch the best from the design universe for this season and the collection will be available in-store throughout the party season for our shoppers”. The evening was well attended by the fashionista’s…

Disqualification?? “I met the Speaker and filed a disqualification petition against Churchill Alemao; He won on NCP and went to TMC by illegally merging legislative wing on the NCP into the TMC. This is completely illegal.” — Jose Philip D’Souza NCP State president Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: NCP State President Jose Philip D’Souza files an objection petition against Churchill Alemao for illegally merging the NCP’s legislative wing into the TMC. “I met the Speaker and filed a disqualification petition against Churchill Alemao; He won on NCP and went to TMC by illegally merging legislative wing on the NCP into the…

“The demolition of the Church was a great shock to the whole community, and they were saddened by the unexpected attack. It was very disheartening to see the Church demolished. For several years, some 1,500 faithful from around 450 families used to rely on the Church for prayers.” Archbishop Kuriakose Bhalangikuran “In the past few months, we have received a lot of support from different quarters, especially from the Aam Aadmi Party. They stood by us during hard times.” Father Jose Kannukujhi, Parish Priest of the Church. “Several political parties offered assistance at the time of demolition. After one month,…

This reminds us of an old tale from Akbar and Birbal, wherein king Akbar draws one line and asks his team to make the line smaller without touching it. The shrewd Birbal knew how to tackle this, and without touching that line, he makes it small by drawing a bigger line parallel to it. The same is the rule followed by all political parties in Goa. The parties want MLAs from other parties to join without even fighting the elections. On Tuesday, the TMC, which did not even exist in Goa when the current Assembly was elected, has got one…