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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI:The Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar today reserved order in a two separate disqualification petition filed against 12 MLAs, who joined BJP in 2019. The disqualification petition against ten former Congress MLAs and two ex MGP MLAs was filed in 2019 by Congress President Girish Chodankar and MGP leader Sudin Dhavalikar, respectively. The petitioners argued that the respondent have incurred disqualification under the Tenth Schedule to Constitution of India; however, the respondents defended it saying that their merger with BJP is valid under the constitution. Adv Abhijit Gosawi, representing petitioner Girish Chodankar argued that the respondent have…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji – Congress Party is ready to face the elections anytime and all our workers are on the ground to enroll maximum number of Goans in Congress Party. People of Goa are fed up of the BJP Government and will teach them a lesson stated AICC Observer Prakash Rathod. He was addressing a Press conference at Congress House, Panim. Leader of opposition Digambar Kamat, Co-ordination Committee Chairman Adv. Ramakant Khalap, District Observers Mansoor Khan and Sunil Hanumannavar and GPCC Vice President M K Shaikh were also present. Congress Membership Drive is going on very well and all Senior…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: After a gap of over two months, the daily new COVID-19 cases touched the 100 mark today, causing much fear of possible second wave hitting Goa. The day also reported 41 recoveries and 3 deaths. Since last two days, State has reported gradual rise in coronavirus cases. On Thursday, State had 71 cases, which rose to 100 today. As per DHS bulletin, all the three deaths took place at Goa Medical College (GMC),the active cases stand at 587. While the death tally now stands at 794; the total number of samples tested in the last 24 hours…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Citing travel violations, the Directorate of Education has banned the use of two-wheelers by students to school. The Directorate of Education has directed the schools to take up matter with PTAs. “It is informed to all the Heads of Institutions to take up issue of students driving two wheelers to the schools during PTA meetings and ensure that students do not drive two wheelers to the schools,” the circular states Further the department has said that many students are seen using two wheelers and riding in a reckless manner violating traffic rules. “It is once again enjoined…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Outgoing Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Mayor Uday Madkaikar has informed that it earned revenue of Rs 70,000 by fining the people for not wearing of masks within its jurisdiction. “The CCP earned a revenue of Rs 70,000 from slapping a fine on people for not wearing a mask in our jurisfiction,” said Uday He said they did not want to harass people, but some tourists had been creating a ruckus during our enforcement drives. This is a pan-India SOP. People should visit Goa, but they should not take the state’s people for granted. The…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: Aam Aadmi Party today demanded that the public hearing on the Coastal Zone Management Plan scheduled for 7th March be postponed due to various issues and also demanded that Goa be exempted from the purview of the Major Port Act being a small state. AAP Goa convener Rahul Mhambre today said having the public hearing on CZMP on 7th March even as Covid cases are increasing in the State would be putting the lives of people at risk and hence demanded that the hearing be postponed to a latter date. Besides, he argued that some of the…

Goemakrponn desk Panaji: Following objections by the Opposition, the Goa Legislative Assembly session has been extended by two days while declaring a holiday on Maundy Thursday on March 1. The revised schedule of the Assembly by the says “The Governor of Goa by his order dated 23d February, 2021 has summoned the Seventh Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa to commence its Fourteenth Session on Wednesday, 24 March, 2021”. However, since there was criticism from Opposition for holding session on Thursday Maundy Thursday, the session has been revised. “The House will not have sitting on Thursday, 01 April 2021.…