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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Lokayukta has given four weeks to Goa Forward Party to submit, say in Labour Gate Scam case, wherein it was alleged that BJP workers had siphoned off funds meant for labourers. GFP General Secretary (Org) Durgadas Kamat, who was present for the hearing, said the next hearing will take place on 15th November 2021. It may be recalled that Goa Lokayukta, Justice (retd) P K Misra had directed the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) to investigate the Labour Gate Scam and file FIR against those involved in it. “This COVID relief scheme was meant for Building and…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: MGP Supremo Sudin Dhavalikar today hit out at Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for making political statements at ‘Sarkar Tumchya Daari’ programs. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had made a sensational claim wherein he said that Minister Sudin Dhavalikar was dropped from the state government due to his selfishness. “Make political statements during election meetings but not at such programs wherein government works and schemes are told to people, this is not right,” said Dhavalikar He further said that CM should tell the people as to how he will take all works or schemes forward and not speak to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar said that Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarani Bill is currently with Law Department, and as per procedure, it has to be published in the gazette as it is presented in the House, but that does not mean Governor has granted assent. “Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarani Bill is currently with Law Department, and as per procedure, it has to be published in the gazette as it is presented in the House, but that does not mean Governor has granted assent,” said Patnekar. He further said that 77 starred and 221 unstarred questions were received for…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a major setback to the BJP led State government, the Bombay high court at Goa has struck down government decision of a cumulative 41% reservations for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Castes (OBC) in the state quota of post-graduate seats in the Goa Medical and Goa Dental Colleges from the academic year 2021-2022 onwards. In a notification issued in May 2020, the government sought to implement reservations to the postgraduate courses at the GMC to 41% in favour of STs (12%); SCs (2%) and OBCs (27%) from 2021-2022 academic year. While…

Goemkarponn desk SANCOALE: On Tuesday morning, nine out of eleven panchas of the Sancoale Panchayat passed the no-confidence motion against the Sancoale Sarpanch Ramakant Borkar. The ex Sarpanch Girish Pillai said that “Borkar was not doing any work of the people. He said that Borkar was harassing them by calling time and again. “We have to remember that if we don’t work for people, they won’t vote for us,” he said. Tulsidas Naik, panch said that “last one year many things were happening in the Panchayat which none of us approved that is why we thought of coming together and…

Goemakpronn desk BAMBOLIM: On Tuesday, the Students of the Women’s Hostel at Bambolim protested against the water shortage and unhygienic water supply at the hostel for months. The students said that for teh past one week, there has been no water at all. The student said there are about 100-odd occupants at the hostel, and all have been facing the problem of dirty water for the last year, but teh complaints have fallen on deaf ears. Today, all students stood outside the hostel in protest as the water supply stopped for the last seven days. The students said they had…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Today, Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao said that his bill to legalise Dhirio in the state would not be taken up for this assembly session due to time constraints. “I wanted to put a bill to legalise Dhirio (Bullfight) in Goa, but due to time constrain, the bill will not be taken in this assembly. If Tamil Nadu can legalise Jallikattu, why can’t Goa? After all, it is a sport,” said Churchill Alemao. He further said that the farming community and the lovers of dhirios will even remain indebted to the political party if dhirios are recognised as…