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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Eight days after the incident, the family members of the missing crew members of the barge Shri Krishna went missing off Goa Coast struggle for justice in Goa. After spending all the money and running from pillar to post, they appeal to the authorities to continue the search operations. “All we need is at least the dead bodies of the missing crew,” says Abu Mohsin Mulla, the brother of Ali Mohammed, the captain of the ill-fated barge. Ali has revealed the struggles faced by family members of the missing crew members after the tragic incident. MV Shri…

Goemkarponn desk DABOLIM: Three people from London tested positive today morning at the Goa International Airport. The samples will now be sent for genome sequencing at NIV-Pune. “This is with reference to flight AI 146 that arrived from UK today morning. 237 travellers tested on arrival. 3 patients have been tested positive,” said Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. This tally includes A 41year old British national of Goan origin who tested positive today morning at the airport. The patient has been isolated at PHC-Cansaulim. Rane further said that all other negative travellers will be kept in strict home quarantine and retested…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has directed Shrem Resorts Pvt Ltd not to go ahead and conduct any commercial activity at the Toy Beach Club while also directing the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) to seal the said premises. “We direct Shrem Resorts Pvt Ltd not to carry out any commercial activity at the Toy Beach Club, Candolim. We direct the GCZMA to forthwith seal the said premises. It is open for the GCZMA to seek police assistance if so required,” the HC said. Prima facie, there appears to be some substance in the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: All India Congress Committee (AICC) Goa election in-charge P Chidambaram today denied any alliance with the Goa Forward Party (GFP) for the 2022 elections; but stated that the regional party wanted to support Congress, which has been agreed upon. “The word alliance is used discriminately. Vijai Sardesai (GFP president) said that he wants to support Congress to bring BJP down and Rahul Gandhi accepted his support,” Chidambaram told in a press conference. The AICC leader said that the Congress party is strong enough to defeat the BJP in 2022 and if any party wants to support them,…

There is a precedent in the past of Minister’s being asked to resign without a police complaint In 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked his Minister MJ Akbar to resign after the #MeToo allegations. In 1989, Dayanand Narvekar had to step down on public demand without any complaint Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On Wednesday, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant assured to act against the Minister, who is accused of being involved in an alleged sex scandal, provided a complaint is filed. “I will sack the concerned minister, and that is 100 per cent provided a complaint is filed by the victim,”…

Goemkapronn desk BICHOLIM: An anti-incumbency wave against the BJP seem to be taking root in Mayem constituency, with many claiming their stake for the BJP ticket in the upcoming elections. The Mayem constituency has been a stronghold of the BJP for a long, and it is believed that any candidate will win the elections from the constituency if given a BJP ticket. There has always been a demand for a local candidate in the constituency, and even during this elections, this demand has cropped up. “We want a local candidate, and if Mayem MLA, Pravin Zantye, is given a ticket,…

The clip has been viral, and ever since then, the Minister starring in the video has gone missing or ran underground. The Chief Minister has been giving some flimsy excuses saying Girish Chodankar should name the Minister, file a complaint and what not. But Chodankar has been straight in saying CM has seen the clip and protecting the Minister. Chodankar also claimed that the incriminating videos and audio files were also shown to the Chief Minister, who went out of his way to protect this Minister and destroy the evidence. SURAJ NANDREKAR Editor, Goemkarponn It has almost been more…