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Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: Bicholim municipal council today polled 87.96% votes with 5588 male while 5822 female voted for the 14 member municipality. Today when the voting began there was less response but later voting gained momentum as many were seen outside the booth. In some wards voters were seen in large number outside the booth. Following is the ward wise voting 261 (w- I); 722 (W-2); 846 (W- 3); 612 (W-4); 808 (W-5); 730 (W-6); 681 (W-7); 1016 (W8); 881 (W-9); 984 (W-10); 903 (W-11); 720 (W-12); 918 (W-13); 966 (W-14). The speaker and Bicholim MLA, Rajesh Patnekar voted in…

Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: InspiteCOVID-19 scare, a large number of voters turned out for civic body elections held in six municipalities and Panaji city corporation (CCP). An overall 85.69 per cent voter turnout was reported in the municipalities while CCP recorded 70.19 per cent polling.. The voting percentage reported in 18 wards of different village panchayat was 83.30 per cent; while the Navelim zilla panchayat reported poor turnout with only 57.52 per cent exercising their right. The ward 9 of the Sanqulim municipal council reported 87.67 per cent voting. A total 423 candidates’ fate is sealed and it will be decided…

Goemkarponn desk Panjim/MARGAO: The BJP is treating women as commodity and their leaders have no respect for dignity and self respect for women charged GPCC President Girish Chodankar. The culture of BJP of abusing Women has now reached every household of their functionaries, with Sons of their leaders now attacking and threatening young girls stated Girish Chodankar. The attack on a young girl in Canacona by son of BJP leader exposes the high handed culture in BJP. The BJP leadership initially tried to protect the accused, but later arrested him after public pressure stated Girish Chodankar. The arrest of the…

Goemkarponn desk Customs authority at Dabolim International Airport seized gold from an international passenger who had arrived from Dubai by indigo flight no 6E-8445 in the early hours of 20.03.2021. Alert Goa Customs officers headed by Smt Juliet Fernandes , Assitant Commissioner of Customs apprehended him after noticing his suspicious movement and recovered gold (610 grams in liquid form and two gold chains weighing 98 Grams and 113 Grams) totally weighing 821 grams valued at Rs. 33,06,097/- (Rupees Thirty three Lakhs six thousand and ninety only). The passenger had hid the gold chains and pouch of gold in liquid form…

Gormkarponn desk Margao – Manhandling of Goan Delegation by Karnataka is conspiracy of BJP Governments in Goa and Karnataka to hide the truth that they compromised the interest of Goa & allowed Karnataka to divert water from Mhadeistated Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat. Kamat asked whether the Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant now dare to take All Party Delegation to Prime Minister of India and lodge strong protest? “The lip service of condemning the act of Karnataka will not work. Goa Government must immediately direct its legal team to petition the Supreme Court on the high handedness of Karnataka involving…

Goemkarponn desk Aam Aadmi Party has strongly condemned the abuse of officials of Goa’s Water Resources Department and well known environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar by Karnataka Police when they had gone to inspect the work done by Karnataka to divert water of River Mhadei. Diverting River Mhadei is a very serious issue for Goa and Goans as it affects the very life of people besides also affecting the flora and fauna of the area. “More significant is the fact that Karnataka has diverted the water in total violation of the inter-state water sharing agreement between the two states,” said AAP Convenor…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) President Vijai Sardesai today has written to the Chief Justice of India seeking his intervention into the entire episode of manhandling of officials of Goa Govt & environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar by Karnataka police during joint inspection of Kalsa-Bandhura project over River Mhadei. The letter written by Sardesai states that Goan delegation who were part of the joint inspection team were made to wait outside the Kalsa project while the joint inspection was being carried out, and had their IDs confiscated by the Karnataka police. Additionally, the Goan delegation reported that they face numerous…