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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) has issued a public notice declaring the fish markets owned by the Council at Baina and Vasco da Gama as “Notified Fish Markets.” The notification, dated September 11, 2025, states that any activity of selling or storing fish within a one-kilometre radius of these notified markets shall be prohibited and treated as illegal. The Council has clarified that this action is in line with Section 252 of the Goa Municipality Act, 1968, as amended, and Bye-Law 2(iii) of The Storage or Sale of Flesh or Fish Bye-Laws, 1971. This decision stems…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The Goa Forward Party (GFP) accused the Department of Education of withholding crucial information under RTI and deliberately denying No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to eligible high schools, thereby depriving teachers and non-teaching staff of permanent jobs for years. Addressing the media, GFP General Secretary Prashant Naik said that on June 21, 2025, he filed an RTI seeking details of NOCs issued for permanent posts of undergraduate teachers and non-teaching staff in high schools from April 1, 2023, to May 31, 2025. “The department refused to share school-wise data, citing only general criteria like enrolment and workload.…

“BITS has announced plans to implement psychometric testing and well-being assessments. While this is a step forward, it is reactive and insufficient on its own. What happens once a student is identified as at-risk? Are there resources, professionals, and interventions in place? Are parents informed? Are recovery programs available? Without clear follow-through, assessments become little more than bureaucratic formalities. It is important to acknowledge the fear that stricter policies may drive the problem underground. But the opposite is more dangerous — when institutions avoid addressing drug use openly, they enable a culture of secrecy, denial, and silence.” The recent…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The death of 20-year-old Rishi Nair, a student of BITS Pilani Goa, has opened up a troubling new dimension in the spate of campus fatalities, after forensic tests confirmed the presence of narcotics in his system. This marks the first case, out of five student deaths on the campus in less than a year, where drugs have been detected. South Goa Superintendent of Police Tikam Singh Verma said the Randox test report revealed the presence of ecstasy, amphetamines, and MDMA in the intestinal sample, while traces of sedatives were found in the blood. “The autopsy…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a scathing attack that BJP Government has failed to stop drugs supply in the state, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao has demanded to register a complaint against management of BITS Pilani-Goa Campus for incidents of six deaths of students. “With the Randox test results confirming the presence of narcotics and sedatives like ecstasy, MDMA, and amphetamines in samples from Rishi Nair, a student of BITS Pilani Goa campus, the Goa police should investigate this case thoroughly,” Alemao said. “In last eighteen months this is the sixth case of death from this institute. Goa Police have…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led state government following the death of a BITS Pilani student in Goa, allegedly linked to drug use. AAP State President Amit Palekar questioned how narcotics could reach the student and make their way inside the campus. “How did the drugs reach the student? How did they enter the college campus? This is a failure of the Goa Police, a failure of the law, and a failure of the Chief Minister,” he said. Palekar further alleged that the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) had…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A shocking discovery at the Patto footbridge has raised alarm after hundreds of condom boxes were found dumped in the area. The abandoned stock, scattered across the site, has unsettled residents and commuters, sparking concerns over public health, waste management and accountability. Locals questioned how such a large quantity of items landed at a busy public spot, terming the disposal both irresponsible and hazardous. They urged authorities to investigate the source of the stock and take strict action against those responsible. Officials from the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) and the health department are…