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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The BJP backed panel fielded by newly inducted Atanasio Monserrate- Panaji MLA paid off spectacularly in the City Corporation election with the panel winning 25 of the 30 seats. Monserratte, has been ruling the Corporation over the decades now, irrespective of his political affiliations. As many as five sitting Councilors, four of whom had contested of BJP backed panel lost to opposition We Ponjekar panel and a independent. In the last elections held in 2016, Monserratte backed panel had tough fight with BJP panel led by then CM late Manohar Parrikar. While Monserratte had won 14 seats,…

Goemkarponn desk Margao: The Shadow Council for Margao today, criticized the politicians taking credit for their success in the legal battle against the reservations, which eventually ended in the postponement of the Elections to 5 Municipal Councils. SCM Convener Savio Coutinho posed a pointed question, seeking clarification whether the legal battle was genuinely in the interest of the deprived categories or if the legal battle was exclusively in their own selfish interests. Coutinho lamented that on one hand the leaders portrayed themselves as savior’s of the Women/OBC/ST candidates but after the victory in the legal battle against the ward reservations,…

Goemkarponn desk Vasco: Velsao Panchayat on Sunday convened a special Gramsabha only to discuss the burning issue of double tracking that Is prevalent In the village. The special Gramsabha meeting was called after villagers in the previous Gramsabha had expressed concerns over the intentions of NGOs and Activists alleging them to have personal political intentions at the behest of opposing the double tracking and had questioned why the handful NGOs had never approached the panchayats for support or informed the village of any developments on the double tracking issue especially when the environment Minister Nilesh Cabral and CM Dr Pramod…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Alleging that auctioning of SEZ land is another scam by BJP government, after it gave ‘interest’ to SEZ developers by borrowing loan, the GPCC president Girish Chodankar has demanded CBI enquiry into whole ‘scam episode’ by saffron leaders, failing which Congress has vowed to expose the entire manipulation done by present government. He said SEZ developers after losing in the High Court had approached the Supreme Court and while the Apex court was about to pass order, Parrikar Government manipulated and done setting to pay, Rs. 256.56 Cr including interest of 133 Cr illegally to SEZ promoters.…

Goemkarponn Desk KAVLEM: The Collector South Goa today has ordered Matruchaya building in Kavlem as a micro-containment zone after 18 students tested positive for Covid-19 virus. “18 cases of Covid Positive have been reported at Matruchaya (girls) building/House till 20/3/2021 out of the total 45 students and 17 staff who have been tested and some reports are still awaited. Out of those tested, 18 cases are found to be asymptomatic COVID positive and they are advised to be isolated in Matruchaya of Ponda Taluka in South Goa District,” the order states According to the procedures set the boundaries will be…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In view of rising COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Viswajit Rane has warned of strict action against those flouting norms. Rane also has also appealed Goans and tourists coming to the state to follow COVID-19 norms of the state governemnt. “In view of the rising cases, it is my sincere appeal to the people of the state of Goa, we all need to follow the SOPs that have been already announced by the government. Wearing of mask is mandatory & social distancing needs to be strictly followed,” said Rane He further said that to keep the virus under…

Goemkaponn Desk DABOLIM: Airport Director Gagan Malik on Friday clarified that the airport has sufficient parking space, but maintained that parking facilities at airports cannot be offered free of cost to taxi operators. “There are many instances where we hear some people say that the airport does not having parking space and this is not true at all.” “At any given time, the space allotted for parking is almost empty, the reason being that taxi operators want the parking to be offered free of cost,” Malik told reporters. “Parking space at the airport cannot be free and we have sufficient…