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Team Goemkarponn MORJIM: In a major crackdown on narcotics, the Goa Police Crime Branch arrested a 34-year-old man from Odisha for illegal possession of nearly 12 kilograms of suspected Ganja near Arabian Sea Beach Resort in Morjim, Pernem. Acting on specific and reliable intelligence received through sources, a team led by PI Kishor Ramanan, along with LPSI Pragati Malik and other officials, conducted the operation on July 11. The accused, identified as Laxminarayan Bhimsen Dora, a native of Golapalli, Baragan, Ganjam district, Odisha, was caught red-handed with 11.914 kg of flowering and fruiting tops of a plant suspected to be…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has taken a stern view of the inaction by government officials in implementing a demolition order issued by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA). The Court has now directed the Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) of Pernem to ensure that a demolition squad is deployed within 10 days to enforce the GCZMA’s directive, originally issued on Februarys 28. The court expressed dismay that the order had not been implemented due to the alleged “unavailability of a squad,” calling it an unacceptable excuse for defying a statutory mandate. The…

Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: Mapusa Police have arrested three individuals for allegedly cheating a woman of ₹9.75 lakh in a fraudulent land dealing at Cuchelim, Bardez. The arrests were made following a complaint filed by Rinki Rajesh Jha, a resident of Khadpawado, Cuchelim. In her complaint lodged on July 4, Jha stated that prior to June 10, 2025, at TNK in Mapusa, the accused—identified as Sumit Maheshwar Fadte (34), Raju Krishna Mandrekar (50), and Raja Anthony (43)—induced her into purchasing a 270 sq. metre plot belonging to the Communidade of Cuchelim. The trio allegedly carried out financial transactions and allotted the…

Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: Anjuna Police Station has registered a case of rape and theft against a 19-year-old male from Nachinola, Bardez Goa, following a complaint by a lady from Mayem, Bicholim Goa. The accused, identified as Elian Alijah D’Abreu, was arrested on July 10, 2025, at 10:54 PM. According to the complaint filed on July 10, 2025, at 9:55 PM (Cr. No. 104/2025), the incident is alleged to have occurred in March 2025 at a resort in Vagator, Bardez Goa. The complainant stated that Elian Alijah D’Abreu allgedly had exual intercourse with her against her will and also stole her…

Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: Mapusa Police have registered a case of auto theft under Crime No. 105/2025, invoking Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, after a Yamaha Fascino scooter was reported stolen from Morod, Mapusa. The complaint, lodged by Mr. Datta Dharma Arolkar, a resident of Morod, Bardez, stated that between the night of June 30 and the morning of July 1, 2025, his grey Yamaha Fascino scooter (Registration No. GA-03-X-2421), parked in an open area near his residence, was stolen by an unidentified person. The two-wheeler, valued at ₹70,000, was a 2024 model with chassis number ME1SEK721R0023242…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI::Goa Forward Party (GFP) President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai, along with other party leaders, joined a public protest at Azad Maidan in Panjim on Thursday. The demonstration was organized by a citizens’ collective under the banner Citizens For Goa, who issued a “Call for Protest Against the Undeclared Emergency” in the state. Addressing the media, Sardesai accused the ruling BJP government of suppressing democratic freedoms and operating in a manner akin to a state of emergency,without officially declaring one. “There is an undeclared emergency in Goa which becomes evident the moment you speak to the people,” Sardesai…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Madganvcho Awaaz has come out strongly against what it terms as the “arrogant and dismissive behaviour” of the Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, during the recent Supaari Aandolan held by Kala Rakhan Maand. The civic group condemned the chairman’s response to peaceful demands by artists, who were calling for greater transparency and accountability in the functioning of the cultural institution. “The artists were simply demanding transparency and accountability in an institution meant to serve, not suppress, Goa’s cultural community,” said youth leader Prabhav Naik, speaking on behalf of Madganvcho Awaaz. Naik further highlighted that the issues plaguing…