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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Reacting to recent joinings in Congress Party, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said who joins whom is not important, but it is evident that BJP will win the 2022 elections with the absolute majority. “Who joins whom is not important. People will join parties for tickets. What is important is, we will win with a thumping majority.” said CM Sawant. He further said that he discussed the overall political situation in the state with Union home minister Amit Shah during his recent visit to Gujarat. “Election in-charge of Goa, Ex-CM of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis and co-in charges Union…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Decks have been cleared for the formation of Goa Mineral Development Corporation as Governor PS Sreedharan grants assent for the same. “We have received the Governor’s ascent for Goa Mining Corporation Bill; it was sent for Governor’s assent on September 1. We have plans to commence mining in the state before 2022 assembly polls,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Goa Mineral Ore Permanent Fund will be utilised by the state government to provide relief to covid affected subject to the consent of the Supreme Court and the decision of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC). “Of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Looking at good response from previous vaccination drives, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today announced that Tika Utsav 3.2 will begin from September 16. “Looking at previous Vaccination drives in Goa which have garnered a lot of people, we are today announcing Tika Utsav 3.2, which will begin tomorrow,” said CM Sawant He further said that Goa has achieved 100 per cent in terms of the first dose of vaccine and that the state has now kept October 31 as a target to complete the second dose. “Goa has an eligible population of around 11,66,000 of which 11,88,891…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today siad that his government will be writing to the Home Ministry, Director General of Shipping and Ministry of Environment demanding strict action on those responsible for creating pollution in deep sea. CM today held a meeting with Tourism Minister Babu Ajgoankar, Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral and Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) over the re-surfacing of tar balls across Goa’ shore. “Today I held meeting with Tourism, Environment Minister and GSPCB over the tar balls issue. Government will write to Home Ministry, Director General of Shipping and Ministry of Environment demanding strict…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Forest review Committee disposed of a total 1306 survey numbers out of 3195 survey numbers which were provisionally identified as Private Forest by Thomas and Araujo Committee. The Forest officials said interim report of the committee has been uploaded on the forest departmental website http://forest.goa.gov.in as per direction the of the NGT. The review of balance survey numbers is underway, said the forest officials. Following this, the long-pending issue of survey and demarcation of private forest areas provisionally identified by Thomas and Araujo Committee has been resolved by the Government of Goa to a large extent…

Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: Quepem Block Congress President Avadoot Amonkar said that Congress Party is gearing up to defeat the BJP and all those who facilitated the corrupt, communal and insensitive BJP Government come to power. “We have no place for “Moles” in Congress Party,” he said. In a press statement issued today, Quepem Block Congress President dismissed all reports of the so-called induction of Arjun Velip, a close aide of Chandrakant alias Babu Kavlekar into the Congress Party. “Quepem Block Congress is working tirelessly to win over the confidence and trust of the people. BJP and its partners are completely…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has adjourned the Congress MLA disqualification matter for next Wednesday. The hearing was adjourned as the counsel for the petitioner Girish Chodankar’s Advocate Kapil Sibal was unavailable today. The hearing was to be held through video conferencing. High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta had already constituted a two-member Bench comprising Justice K K Tated and Justice Prithiviraj Chavan to hear the appeal. On April 20, Goa Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar had dismissed two disqualification petitions filed by Congress president Girish Chodankar and MGP MLA Sudin Dhavalikar against their party MLAs…