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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Panaji Police have registered a case in connection with illegal and unsafe LPG gas decanting performed in an open public area on 13 November 2025. The offence was registered following a complaint received under SDE No. 84/2025 from Mr. Castilho Hipolito Noronha, a 44-year-old businessman residing at Campal, Panaji. According to the complaint, at around 11:30 am behind Mom’s Kitchen at La Campala Colony, near the Bank of Baroda ATM, two occupants of an LPG cylinder delivery vehicle bearing registration GA-01-T-4284, along with Francis Martin, the manager of Goa Gas Service, allegedly engaged in illegal decanting of…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: A routine audit of cash loading at an ICICI Bank ATM in Vasco has uncovered a major case of misappropriation, prompting Vasco police to register an offence against five employees of Hitachi Cash Management Service Pvt Ltd, Goa Branch, Porvorim. The case was initiated following a complaint by Branch Manager Parmeshwar Umrajkar. As per the complaint, the incident occurred between 13 August 2025 and 6 September 2025, when ATM operators — Gopinath Harmalkar, Sameer Kadam, Arjun Dhainje, Ketan Kharat — along with Sanket Shrishna Ghogale, who were entrusted with job of loading cash bundles in bank ATMs…

Team Goemkarponn OLD GOA: The Old Goa Police Station has launched an intensive traffic-clearance drive to remove roadside obstructions and ensure smooth vehicular movement along the Kadamba Highway. The drive began on 13 November 2025, continued on 14 November, and will remain active through the coming weekend. According to police, the operation aims to facilitate uninterrupted traffic flow for the convenience and safety of the general public. On 13 November 2025, police detained five unauthorised hawkers for obstructing traffic at Kadamba Plateau, Old Goa, where they were selling plastic chairs and fish along the roadside. On 14 November 2025, another…

Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: Anjuna Police have registered a case under Sections 329(3), 324(5), and 303(2) of the BNS Act, 2023 in connection with the alleged illegal towing and theft involving a Mahindra XUV500 at Oxel. The offence was registered on 13 November 2025 at 20:18 hrs following a complaint by Captain Brian Fernandes, resident of Avida De Oxel, Siolim. According to the complaint, on 24 October 2025 at around 1:00 pm, the accused — Tyris Machado and Tomas Machado, both residents of Arrady, Oxel, Siolim — allegedly criminally trespassed into the complainant’s property using a mobile crane. The duo reportedly…

by Irfan Iqbal Gheta Two types of fireworks went off on Friday morning. NDA in the Bihar State Assembly Election 2025 emerged victorious with a sweeping majority, and that set off fireworks in Goa. While the celebrations were in full swing, Pooja Naik of cash-for-jobs scam fame emerged, accompanied by Shri Bab Amit Palekar, the Aam Aadmi Party’s state chief. Under the tutelage of Shri Amit Bab, Pooja went ahead and publicly named a powerful minister whose involvement in the alleged scam had until now been whispered only in hushed tones. Soon after the allegations became public, the said minister…

Team Goemkarponn MANDREM: Putting an end to ongoing speculation, Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar has clarified that his wife, Adv. Siddi Arolkar, will not contest the upcoming Zilla Panchayat (ZP) elections. Arolkar said that although news had spread earlier and several karyakartas were enthusiastic about her potential candidature, he chose not to react immediately. Instead, he first held detailed discussions with his supporters. “I have clearly told all our karyakartas that politics must be pursued individually and that there shouldn’t be dynasty politics. Just because others are doing dynasty politics, I am not someone who will do the same,” he stated.…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has issued notice to the Goa State Election Commission (SEC) after a petition challenged the State government’s decision to reserve the Anjuna Zilla Panchayat (ZP) constituency in North Goa for the Other Backward Classes (OBC). The notice seeks the SEC’s response on the legality and rationale of the reservation notified on November 6. The petition argues that Anjuna was reserved for women in the 2020 ZP elections and that the shift to OBC reservation in the new cycle lacks justification. The High Court will hear the matter on Saturday, placing…