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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Whilst strongly condemning the Pramod Sawant government for blindly implementing projects ordered by the Centre even in the face of strong opposition from the people, Goencho Avaaz said it was hardly surprising from a Chief Minister who uses nationalism and patriotism to promote undisguised crony capitalism by claiming that double tracking is important for “defence strategic reasons”. “It is utterly reprehensible that venerated and wholesome concepts like nationalism and patriotism are devalued and used as a justification for executing the wholesale and systematic destruction of Goa,” said Capt Variato He further said that is it ‘nationalism’ when…

Aam Aadmi Party today castigated the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Goa of surrendering Goa’s interest and right in Mhadei waters only at the behest of its party leadership in Delhi who were more interested in gaining grounds in Karnataka which gives more MPs than Goa. AAP Goa convener Rahul Mhambre pointed out that a senior advocate who is considered to be a stalwart like Adv Arvind Datta has clearly stated that he was not instructed by the Goa government to appeal against the Mhadei award order pronounced by the Mhadei Tribunal. “All along the government has been claiming that…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Power Minister Nilesh Cabral infomred that the state governemnt has further extended the OTS scheme for defaulting power consumers till Feb 28. He said that nearly Rs 240 crore recovery is still pending from 1.06 lakh consumers. “State governemnt has further extended the OTS scheme for defaulting power consumers till Feb 28, so far Rs 170 crore recovered; scheme extended with benefits of only two installments,”said Cabral “Under the scheme, if the consumer pays the entire principal amount, then he or she will get 100% waiver in delay payment charges. If the consumer wants to pay the…

Goemkarponn Desk FATORDA: Goa Forward Party (GFP) President Vijai Sardesai today said that his party will be moving a breach of privilege against the WRD Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues for providing false reply to our questions in the assembly. “We will be moving breach of Privilege against the WRD minister for providing false reply in the house on Mhadei, the minister not only said it orally but also placed it on record in the house,” said Sardesai He further said that it is now clear that government of Goa did not oppose the Mhadei Tribunal Award Notification because the lawyer…

BICHOLIM: The Forest and Revenue department of Maharashtra on Thursday issued a notification granting heritage site status to the Myristica swamp forest in Melavli which has brought to the notice remains of primeval forest. According to the information provided by the environmentalist, Rajendra Kerkar the Myristica swamps are tropical fresh water swamp forests with an abundance of Myristica trees, the most primitive of the flowering plants on earth. The evergreen, water-tolerant trees have dense stilt roots helping them stay erect in the thick, black, wet alluvial soil. As per the information available on Wikipedia Myristica swamps are found in the Karnataka and in the southern parts of Kerala. A wildlifer,…

Margao – Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Monday said that the revealations made by Former Senior Counsel Adv. Arvind Datar that he did not object to notification of Mhadei Award before Supreme Court on clear instructions of Government of Goa headed by Dr. Pramod Sawant has once again exposed the betrayal by BJP Government of Mother Mhadei. Kamat demanded that owning the responsibility the Chief Minister must step down. “The BJP Government must answer Who, Why & What stopped them from giving clear instructions to the Legal Counsel to object to the notification of Mhadei Tribunal Award before the…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The Opposition parties have cone down heavily on Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant demanding his resignation after Adv Datar revealed he did not oppose notification of Mhade award only after instructions from Goa government. Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte tweeted, “#Mhadei Notification: Adv.Datar claims he acted on GoaGovt instructions while GoaGovt said in Assembly that Advocate acted on his own volition.” He further said, CM has destroyed credibility of the Assembly by giving false answer! “Who’s playing Judas, @DrPramodPSawant or WRD Minister?” he asked. Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat said that former Senior Counsel Adv. Arvind Datar reveals…