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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Merces Sessions Court has raised serious concerns over the manner in which the investigation was handled by Mandrem Police in connection with the death of 63-year-old Umakant Khot at Morjim. While granting conditional bail to three accused persons, the court observed that mandatory legal procedures were allegedly not followed during the initial stages of the inquiry. The accused — Lokesh Puttaswamy, Rohit Prajapati and Viji Supan — were granted bail after the court noted that they had reportedly been kept in police custody for nearly 28 hours before any formal First Information Report (FIR) was registered…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a coordinated recovery effort, Goa Police today handed over 124 recovered mobile phones to their rightful owners at the Police Headquarters (PHQ). The devices were traced and retrieved by the Crime Branch using the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal of the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. The handover ceremony was presided over by the Inspector General of Police, Goa. After verification and identification procedures, the recovered phones were formally returned to the respective owners. The initiative highlights the effective use of technology in tracing lost and stolen mobile devices and strengthening citizen service delivery…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa Deposit Refund Scheme (DRS) continued its statewide outreach programme with live demonstrations held at village panchayats in Sal (Bicholim), Anjuna (Bardez) and Loliem (Canacona), aimed at familiarising residents with the upcoming recycling and resource recovery system being rolled out across the State. At Loliem-Polem Village Panchayat, the Goa DRS team conducted an awareness demonstration on the functioning of the new-age recycling system, explaining how the Deposit Refund Scheme will operate once fully implemented across Goa. In Sal-Bicholim Village Panchayat, sarpanch Savitri Sajaro Ghadi participated in the demonstration and interacted with the state-of-the-art Reverse Vending Machine…

Team Goemkarponn SADA: A labourer lost his life while two others sustained injuries after a landslide struck an ongoing retaining wall construction site along the Harbour road at Sada on Monday afternoon, triggering sharp reactions from political leaders and authorities over the handling of the project. South Goa Collector Egna Cleetus, South Goa MP Captain Viriato Fernandes and Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar visited the site soon after the incident, where rescue operations were carried out by fire personnel and police. Collector Egna Cleetus said the retaining wall work had been taken up by the NH PWD along a nearly 2-km…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Mission Political Reservation for Scheduled Tribes of Goa has temporarily suspended its ongoing Dharna-Andolan for 10 days following assurances from Tribal Welfare Minister Ramesh Tawadkar regarding follow-up discussions with the State and Central leadership on implementation of political reservation for Scheduled Tribes in Goa. The peaceful agitation had been underway since 11 May 2026 outside the Directorate of Tribal Welfare at Shramshakti Bhawan, Panaji, demanding immediate notification of the implementation date for the Political Reservation Act, 2025 concerning reservation for Scheduled Tribes in the Goa Legislative Assembly. According to the Mission, a delegation had earlier met…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Drishti Marine lifesavers rescued six persons from drowning, traced five missing individuals, and attended to multiple medical emergencies during a series of operations carried out across Goa’s beaches and tourist locations over the weekend. One of the major rescue operations took place at Dudhsagar waterfalls, where a seven-year-old boy from Bengaluru reportedly fell into the water in a rocky area without wearing a life jacket. His 28-year-old mother also entered the water in an attempt to save him, but both began struggling and were at risk of drowning. Lifesaver Devendra Naik immediately entered the water with rescue…

Team Goemkarponn COLLEM: A 39-year-old man from Ponda was found dead after his body was spotted floating in the Dudhsagar river near the forest gate area. According to police, information was received from PCR Margao regarding a male body seen floating in the river. Police personnel rushed to the spot, where the body was later retrieved from the water. During inquiry, the deceased was identified as Rajesh Naik (39), a resident of Nagzar, Curti, Ponda. Police conducted the scene of occurrence panchanama and inquest proceedings before referring the body to South Goa District Hospital, Margao, for postmortem examination. The police…