PANAJI: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar on Sunday said that BJP has sold Mhadei for Karnataka election and now shedding crocodile tears for political gains. Choankar said that BJP and its leaders are responsible for reduced water in the Mhadei basin, which has affected Goa. Reacting to the admittance of Pramod Sawant that water level of Mhadei basin is reduced, said that it is evident that BJP government in the state is trying to hoodwink people on Mhadei issue. “It is strange when the Chief Minister says that out-of-court settlement is not possible over this dispute with…
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PANAJI: Alleging that BJP government has announced ten thousand jobs eying Zilla Panchayat election, to influence young voters, the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar has questioned Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to come clear on why the unemployment rate has reached to 35 per cent and why his government failed to give unemployment dole of Rs 4000 to 5000 as promised before assembly election. Addressing a press conference along with GPCC Vice Presidents Mr. M. K. Sheikh and Mr. Dharma Chodankar in Panaji, Chodankar exposed the BJP government saying there is no budgetary provision for ten thousand jobs. “if…
Porvorim: Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte led the cleanliness campaign launched by Porvorim Rising under “Clean & Green Porvorim” to clean the shrubs and other garbage on the service road in the constituency, running parallel to the national highway. The service road which connects Porvorim to the main road is also used for recreational purpose by locals of all age group, specially senior citizens who spend their evenings on this stretch. Grown up shrubs and filth created by some miscreants, who use this road for liquor parties, had spoilt the place after which Khaunte-led Porvorim Rising decided to take up the…
Aam Aadmi Party today while repeating their charge against Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant of being a liar asked him to be honest with Goans and also questioned the autonomy and independence of watchdog organizations like the Goa State Pollution Control Board. “How can a person who was responsible for increasing coal handling in the first place now be asking for its reduction,” asked AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre and pointed out that official documents of the government undertaking MPT expose how the minister for Shipping increased coal handling at the port. The Goa State Pollution Control Board…
Aam Aadmi Party today cautioned the government against harassing people and asked the chief minister to instead listen to their grievances. AAP spokesperson Sandesh Telekar said the imposition of Section 144 and that too only in South Goa is nothing but a mean to harass the people. It is evident that the BJP government is scared of the growing people’s movement against the projects set by Delhi against Goa and Goans. He pointed out that when deaths due to covid have reduced there was no need for Section 144 and asserted that it is invoked only because there was a…
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today informed that the central government is very much concerned on Goa’s mining issue and its resumption at the earliest. CM was in New Delhi and had a series of meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Mines Minister Prahlad Joshi and Petroluem Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. “Central leadership and governemnt is very much concerned on restarting mining in Goa at the earliest. I had series of meeting in Delhi during my visit and the outcome was positive,” said CM Sawant upon his arrival at Dabolim Airport today He further informed that he will soon have another…
PANJIM: The Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) have seized drugs worth Rs 34 lakh approximately from various places at Pernem in a late night raid on Saturday. With this 3 alleged drug peddler’s from Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan have been placed under arrest. In the first raid, ANC conducted a narcotic raid on 28/11/2020 between 19.20 hrs to 22.50 hrs at rented room of Bernard Fernandes, First floor, above Kitty Masala Restaurant, Dando, Arambol, Pernem Goa, and caught accused namely Chhatra Singh @ Shiva, age- 36 yrs, oce- Business, r/o c/o rented room of Bernard Fernandes, First floor, above Kitty…