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We couldn’t see what was happening sitting on the fence: Salgaocar With Goa now getting into the election groove, leaders are changing parties, holding negotiations etc. However, the advent of new parties like TMC and AAP in the run-up to 2022 has given a different flavour altogether. SURAJ NANDREKAR meets the young MLA from Siolim Jayesh Salgaocar, the former Minister for Ports and RDA, to discuss his plans, rumours about him switching sides and the impact the non-Goan party like TMC could have on the regional outfits. Excerpts: Welcome, Jayeshbab… Goemkarponn: As we approach the elections 2022,…

Goemkarponn PANAJI: National Organization for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) has appealed to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant withdraw from Paan masala advertisement displayed prominently on Kadamba Trasport Corporation buses and other public places. “I take this privilege to attract your kind attention towards the dubious means of surrogate advertising, and ostentatious proxy hoardings displayed by tobacco and cigarette products. companies across the state.The intent of this correspondence is to bring to your specific notice about the display of surrogate advertisements on Kadamba Bus Transport (KTC) buses plying across the state and other public places,” said NOTE President Dr Shekhar Salkar He further…

Goemkarponn Desk ZUARI-NAGAR: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has made a sensational claim wherein he said that Minister Sudin Dhavalikar was dropped from the state government due to his selfishness. “Sudin Dhavalikar was removed from the state government due to his selfishness as he used to only thibk about himself,” said Sawant while adressing the people at the Sarkar Tumchya Dari program in Zuarinagar He further said that Sudin started getting stomach aches when the BJP government the free water scheme by again and again telling that it was his scheme. “I can gaurantee that if he was the minister…

Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: Tense situation prevailed in Uguem Sanguem as the locals once again demanded the closure of laterite mines, which they said was posing a danger to the citizens of the villagers. The people’s revolt started after the Mines Department official Dhananjay Kumar came to inspect the laterite quarry in Uguem. The official said that he has come to conduct an inspection based on people’s complaints. “I will submit the report to the department, and they will take a decision,” he said. There was a huge police presence over the tense situation. According to the villagers, the quarries affect…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its forcast has said that Goa will recieve heavy to very rainfall till October 9 due to the cyclonic circulation over east central Arabian sea off Karnataka coast. “,Rain in the coming days is likely to be accompanied with thunder and lightning. Please be regularly updated. Because of a possible change in position of circulation over East-Central Arabian sea, Heavy rainfall (Rainfall>6.4cm) very likely at isolated places over North&South Goa on 11th&12th October,” the IMD said The forcast by IMD also states that cyclonic circulation over East-central Arabian Sea off Karnataka coast…

Goemkarponn Desk COLVALE: In a tragic incident, 13 year old girl from Bihar has committed suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan. According to the police, the victim was living in a rented room at Damade-Thivim. According to Colvale Police, 13-year-old committed suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan with the help of of a Nylon rope. Police have said that the exact motive the reason behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained. Incident came to light after parents who had gone to health centre back and found body in the house.

UDAY SAWANT/ Goemkarponn VALPOI: The citizens of the Vasco area are currently plagued by coal transportation for the past several years. Despite their repeated calls for a halt to coal transportation, the government and Port authorities have failed to take any concrete steps, affecting the citizens’ health. Amidst the protests and agitations by Vascoites, now the villagers in Sattari taluka fear large scale coal transportation. Locals reveal that large scale coal transportation is undertaken in the area, and the citizens will have to face serious consequences in the near future if it is not stopped right now. The citizens have…