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Team Goemkarponn VALPOI: Parye MLA Dr. Deviya Rane on Tuesday announced that the ongoing drinking water project at Morle will resolve the water scarcity faced by four panchayats—Morle, Honda, Pisurle and Parye—once completed. Speaking at a Ganesh Chaturthi food distribution programme at Morle Community Hall, Rane said the government was committed to making every village in the constituency tanker-free. “Providing facilities to the people is the duty of a public representative, but the cooperation of citizens is equally important,” she said. The MLA highlighted that road connectivity in the constituency had improved significantly in the past three years and that…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO:: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that the government is taking immediate steps to ensure timely treatment and improved healthcare facilities for the people of Goa. Rane said he held a review meeting with Director of Health Services Dr. Rupa Naik, Medical Superintendent of South Goa District Hospital Dr. Rajendra Borkar, OSD to Health Minister Dr. Rajnanda, and Advisor to Health Minister Frazella De Araujo regarding the shortage of beds at the hospital. “As an immediate relief, 25 beds were added this morning, and additional manpower will be deployed soon to ensure proper service and patient care. Our…

165 agencies licensed under PSARA in State; strict action against violators Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The South Goa District Police have issued a public advisory cautioning citizens, businesses, and institutions against hiring unregistered private security agencies. Authorities warned that several establishments are engaging agencies operating without valid registration under the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (PSARA). The advisory stressed the need for verifying the credentials and legal status of agencies and ensuring that all security personnel deployed have undergone character and antecedent checks. “Operation of any Private Security Agency without valid PSARA registration is a punishable offence,” the note stated,…

“Another undeniable factor is the Portuguese passport. Thousands of Goans, especially the younger generation, use this route to migrate to Portugal or other European nations in search of greener pastures. For them, an engineering degree in Goa is irrelevant when the real goal is to work abroad in service jobs that pay far better than what a local engineering graduate could expect. Why toil through mathematics and mechanics when a European salary awaits with far less academic effort? This mass migration drains not only classrooms but also the talent pool the state so desperately needs.” Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s concern…

Team Goemkarponn RUMDAMOL: Maina Curtorim Police, along with Childline officials, rescued 17 minor boys from an illegally run madrassa at Rumdamol Housing Board near Anjuman High School. Police said they received information about an unauthorized madrassa being operated by Tauqir Alam Noori under the name Raza-E-Khwaja Garib Nawaz Institute. A team visited the premises and found that Noori failed to produce any registration documents for the institute. During the raid, 17 minors were found at the madrassa. They were immediately rescued and produced before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) for necessary formalities. Preliminary inquiry revealed that nine of the children…

Team Goemkarponn Margao: Fatorda Police have registered a case against four persons for allegedly threatening a city builder and extorting ₹2 crore from him over an apartment construction project in Benaulim. The complainant, Shrinivas Thorwat, Managing Partner of Ambica Realty and resident of Fatorda, told police that on August 14 at around 8.15 am, he was intercepted near City Center Café, Gogal-Fatorda, by Tirupati Varkuri of Margao, Walter Fernandes of Raia, Rohit Faldessai of Fatorda, and Vinod Kumar Totad of Maina-Curtorim. Thorwat alleged that the accused wrongfully restrained him, issued death threats to him and his minor children, and forced…

Team Goemkarponn PERNEM: Pernem Police have arrested the absconding driver of a container truck that was found transporting illicit liquor worth around ₹60 lakh after a fire incident in June this year. On June 17, the container truck caught fire at Mahakhajan, Dhargal, in Pernem. Fire and Emergency Services personnel broke open the sealed container while dousing the blaze, only to discover 1,286 boxes of liquor of various brands inside. Police later found that the truck’s chassis number had been tampered with and it was bearing a fake registration plate (NL-01-N-2598). The driver abandoned the vehicle at the site and…