Author: Team Admin

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A 40-year-old man from Kerala was found dead in a hotel room in Panaji on Tuesday evening. According to police, a call was received from the Panaji Police Control Room around 8:47 pm, informing that a person was lying motionless in Room No. 101 of a hotel in the city. PSI Saheen Shetye and staff visited the site, where the man, identified as Asker Pandarathil, son of Hamza Pandarathil, a resident of Chembra, Tanalur, Malappuram, Kerala, was found lying on the bed in a supine position. An EMRI 108 ambulance team, already at the spot, declared…

Team Goemkarponn SANCOALE: Verna Police have booked a site engineer in connection with the death of a labourer who fell from the third floor of an under-construction building at MVR Homes, Sancoale, on November 3, injuring a minor girl below. Police said the accused, Avinash Magadum, site engineer and resident of Vidhyanagar, Sancoale (native of Belagavi, Karnataka), allegedly exposed labourers to danger by allowing work to continue at the site without safety measures. As a result of this negligence, labourer Tabrej Alam, a native of Bihar residing at Goa Velha, slipped and fell from a height of about 12…

Team Goemkarponn GOA VELHA: An elderly woman succumbed to her injuries following a road accident near the Indian Oil petrol pump at Goa Velha on November 3. According to Agacaim Police, the mishap occurred around 11:35 am when a Yamaha MT-15 motorcycle (GA-07-AG-7758), ridden by 21-year-old Shaikh Mohammad Zaid of Agacaim, allegedly hit an Activa scooter (GA-07-AD-0620) from behind. The scooter was being ridden by 78-year-old Saju Naik with his wife, 71-year-old Sangeeta Naik, as pillion. Police said the motorcycle was being ridden in a rash and negligent manner when it collided with the scooter, as seen in CCTV…

Team Goemkarponn CALANGUTE/ARPORA: Police have registered two separate cases after LED display boards outside a wine store and a salon in Bardez showed the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad”, triggering outrage among locals late on Tuesday. In the first incident, Anjuna Police registered Crime No. 145/2025 under Sections 152 read with 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Sections 66C and 66F of the IT Act, based on a complaint by Roshan Redkar, a resident of Arpora. The complaint stated that around 9:50 pm on November 4, the LED board at “Whiskey Pedia” wine store in Arpora displayed the anti-national slogan.…

Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: Police have registered a case against a local resident, Deryl D’Souza, after a 73-year-old woman and her husband were allegedly abused and assaulted at Gauvaddi, Anjuna, on November 4. According to police, the incident occurred around 1:15 pm when the accused, accompanied by his wife, allegedly confronted complainant Surangi Mandrekar and her husband, hurled filthy abuses at them, and later physically attacked the couple. D’Souza is alleged to have pushed Surangi’s husband, Sajjan Mandrekar, to the ground and kicked him, before slapping and pushing the complainant, thereby outraging her modesty in public. Anjuna Police have registered…

“Still, it is understandable that the process has drawn scepticism. Across India, some political leaders and civil society groups have expressed fear that the exercise could be misused to delete genuine voters. They point to past experiences where entire groups, especially migrant workers or the poor, found their names missing on polling day. These concerns are valid and must be addressed through transparency. But to refuse participation or treat the SIR as a hostile act would be to harm ourselves. The answer to potential misuse is not withdrawal but engagement. The more citizens check their names, verify details and file…

In the coming weeks, Goa will take part in the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, or SIR. At first glance, it might sound like another bureaucratic exercise. But in truth, it goes to the heart of democracy — ensuring that every eligible Goan is counted, and that no one who has died or moved away continues to exist on paper as a voter. The success of this process depends not only on the Election Commission but on how willingly Goans cooperate. The Election Commission periodically updates voter lists through what is called a summary revision.…