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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: MGP President Deepak Dhavalikar today informed that they will be announcing candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in February 2022 only after August 15. Dhavalikar also announced that MGP will contest the elections without any alliance. “I would like to inform that MGP candidates for the upcoming elections would only be announced after August 15. As of now nothing has been finalised as to who will be getting the tickets,” said Dhavalikar He further said that MGP will be contesting elections on an individual level. MGP today handed over a memorandum to the Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan…

Goemkarponn Desk VERNA: One of the assailants Khalil Fakir involved in the RTI Activisit Narayan Naik today surrendered to the Verna Police. Fakir has been arrested under section 41 CrPc. The police have already arrested the conspirator Ram Gopal Yadav alias Kariya in the case and were on the look out for the two assailants who had been absconding and the crime branch had even flashed a look out notice for the two assailants. Sancoale-based RTI activist Narayan Naik, who is the brother of South Goa BJP District head Tulshidas Naik, was attacked and assaulted by two unknown persons with…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has informed that around one lakh people from Goa are remaining to be vaccinated with the first dose while stating that 80 percent of states population had been admistered with first dose. “One lakh people from Goa are remaining to be vaccinated with the first dose while stating that 80 percent of states population had been admistered with first dose. He further said that his government has written to the union health ministry requesting to reduce the gap between the COVID-19 vaccines from the current 84 to 30 days for both the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant has said that the extension granted to the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) was much needed and that now a proper hearing can take place. “The extension to the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) was much needed; the proper hearing will take place now,” said CM Sawant The Central government has extended the term of the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) for the fourth time till August 19, 2022, to resolve the water-sharing dispute between Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra after the three states didn’t accept the award. The Centre had issued a…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: All Goa Private Bus Owners Association (AGPBOA) General Secretary Sudip Tamhankar today demanded that the state government should release the fuel subsidy which has been pending since June 2018. “Since June 2018, the state government has not released the fuel subsidy for bus owners and now we have given a reminder to the transport department,” said Tamankar He fiurther said that there is a budget provision but still the subsidy has not been released by the government. “These are tough times and due to pandemic many buses are not on the roads and it becomes very difficult…

Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: The BJP Yuva Morcha has filed a complaint against a person from Salcete for promoting love jihad. As per the complaint filed by Milind Naik and Girish Ghadi, of Yuva Morcha, a person gave a comment on youtube and Facebook asking a particular community to get married to Hindu girls and spread love jihad. As per the complaint, the person asked to increase his community in the state by marrying Hindu girls. “The person in question has tried to dislodge the communal harmony in the state by appealing to his community to falsely marry Hindu girls and…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Noted lawyer Aires Rodrigues has questioned the honorary doctorate awarded to Siddesh Shripad Naik, son of Union Minister Shripad Naik, terming it as a “joke”. “The conferring of a Doctorate on Siddesh Shripad Naik by the so-called Pune based Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Award Academy is laughable besides being ridiculous and the biggest cruel political joke during this pandemic,” Aires said.. He said it is absolutely illegal as there are set rules and regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for conferring PhD and equivalent degrees. “What are the special qualifications or work towards humanity, done by…