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Panaji: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain today expressed full confidence that BJP under leadership of Dr Pramod Sawant will return to power by at least three-fourth majority in Goa in the 2022 State Assembly election. Hussain, who is in Goa, today afternoon addressed press conferences at the party headquarter in Panaji, in presence of BJP State president Sadanand Tanavade and spokesperson Damu Naik. In the morning, Hussain had called on the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant at his official residence, Altinho. Hussain said that the recently concluded Zilla Panchayat elections were litmus test for the BJP…

Aam Aadmi party lambasted at the Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar for falsely accusing the AAP to be the B team of BJP and misguiding the people of Goa. Briefing the media persons at a press conference AAP convenor Rahul Mhambre said that it is ludicrous that the Congress accuses AAP of being the B team of BJP while stating that congress and BJP are already in a undeclared alliance calling it ‘Congress Janta Party’. “The Congress is like the fuel which the BJP uses to run the party. Whenever the BJP is short of MLAs they look towards Congress…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: After remaining adamant on the decision to go ahead with IIT Goa project at Guleli for over six months now, the Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, who also happens to be Valpoi MLA seems to have decided to do a rethink on the situation. Rane, has often been saying that the government will go ahead with IIT project as only a handful of people have been opposing the project. With support pouring in from all quarters to the agitating Shel Melauli locals, Vishwajit now says he will speak to his people and the CM. Vishwajit Rane took to…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Condemning the recent police brutalities against the Save Mollem campaign youths and the Shel Melaulim villagers, the Goans For Dabolim Only (GFDO) has demanded strong action against the errant police officers for lawless behavior. In a press statement issued GFDO convener Eremito Rebelo said that in the past few months, the state of Goa has erupted with the cries of distressed people heard through protests and campaigns from all corners of the land. He said that what needs to be examined closely, is the role of the Goa state police, whose response to people’s protests appear to…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a major setback to Crime Branch, the local court has granted conditional bail to Vishwesh Prabhu, Shailendra Velingkar and Kalpesh Gaonkar in the violence case at Shel Melauli. Police action in the Shel-Melauli violence began with the arrest of three activists for inciting and a FIR against 23 others being registered for assault on police teams even as the DGP transferred the case to Crime Branch. Three persons – Vishwesh Prabhu, Shailendra Velingkar, Kalpesh Goankar– had been arrested. Former Goa RSS chief Subhash Velingkar had accused the BJP government of vendetta after his son was arrested…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The Goa Foundation announced that its scientific paper on minerals – which demands that sales proceeds from mining must benefit every individual in society and not just a handful of powerful miners – has been published by the international peer-reviewed Elsevier journal, “The Extractive Industries and Society.” The paper titled “Minerals are a Shared Inheritance: Accounting for the Resource Curse” is authored by Rahul Basu, Research Director of Goa Foundation and Dr. Scott Pegg, Professor, Political Science, IUPUI, USA. This press note highlights the main issues raised in the paper which are important for Goans. The authors…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Deputy Chief Minister and Tourism Minister Manohar (Babu) Azgoankar today said that he does not accept the Municipality amendment and will be putting up the demand before Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. “I stand by the shopkeepers and traders, we are not going to accept the amendment, will put across our demand before the CM Dr Pramod Sawant,” said Azgoankar Azgoankar has said that as per amendment they will have to auction out the the shop after ten years and also the rent proposed is very high. “We cannot go as per this Act and we have…