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Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: Unknown persons allegedly illegally extracted sand from the Chapora River and stacked it along the riverbank at Camurlim, Bardez, without obtaining the required permissions from the concerned authorities. According to a complaint lodged on September 29 at 7.19 p.m. by Krishna Gawas, Mamlatdar of Bardez Taluka, the incident took place prior to 2 p.m. on September 26, 2026, behind Prabhu Temple at Camurlim, Bardez. The complaint states that the unidentified persons extracted sand from the river water and subsequently stacked it on the riverbank. The sand was estimated to be worth approximately Rs 10,000. The act allegedly…

Team Goemkarponn ASSONORA: A 27-year-old man from Assonora was allegedly cheated of Rs 2,23,999 after an unidentified person posing as a representative of UCO Bank, Panjim Branch, contacted him on WhatsApp on the pretext of updating his KYC details. According to the complaint lodged by Prahlad Kumar, 27, a resident of Malaya Vaddo, Assonora, the incident occurred on September 28 between 1.03 p.m. and 1.26 p.m. The complainant stated that an unknown person using a WhatsApp number contacted him while impersonating a bank representative. The accused allegedly told Kumar that his KYC details needed to be updated and sent him…

Team Goemkarponn PERNEM/SATTARI: Police in Pernem and Sattari reported two separate cases of alleged gambling activities in public places, resulting in the seizure of cash and other gambling materials. In the first case, Sameer S/o Sadashiv Mavlankar, 40, a resident of Fakir Patta, Torxem, Pernem, was allegedly caught red-handed while conducting a gambling activity near Masjid Fakir Patta, Torxem, on September 29 at around 11.15 a.m. According to the state complaint filed by HC 5962 Tukaram Chavan of Mopa Airport Police Station, Sameer was allegedly accepting money from members of the public and issuing paper slips as part of a…

Team Goemkarponn NUVEM: Two persons sustained bodily injuries after a Bajaj Dominar motorcycle was allegedly hit by an Ertiga car at the four-road junction near the Honda showroom at Nuvem on September 22. According to a complaint lodged by ASI Anant Gaonkar of Maina Curtorim Police Station, the incident occurred at around 7.35 p.m. The accused driver, Sudesh Shyam Langote, a resident of Gawaliwada, Fatorda, was allegedly driving the Ertiga car from Majorda towards Nuvem. Police stated that upon reaching the four-road junction near the Honda showroom, the Ertiga allegedly collided with an oncoming Bajaj Dominar motorcycle travelling from Verna…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa Police Crime Branch has arrested the eighth accused, Dinanath S/o Triloki Kori, 32, in connection with the Porvorim Police Station shooting case registered under Cr. No. 66/2026. According to a press note issued by the Crime Branch, credible information was received on September 29 regarding the movement of the absconding accused in the Sion–Trombay Road area of Mumbai. With the assistance of technical surveillance, the accused was traced and intercepted at Chunabhatti, Mumbai, where he was subsequently arrested. The operation was carried out by a Crime Branch team comprising PI Mahesh Gadekar, PSI Madhav Naik,…

“Goa has already witnessed a troubling example of this during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. In several cases, electoral officials examined objections and documents and determined that voters were eligible. Yet the system reportedly did not provide a mechanism to restore some names after they had been deleted. That raises an uncomfortable question. Who is ultimately responsible for the electoral roll: the officer empowered by law, or the software designed to assist that officer? The answer must be obvious. It must be the election machinery and the officials accountable under the law. Software can identify discrepancies, flag records,…

New Delhi: India has conveyed its concerns to a visiting US Congressional delegation over the potential impact of Washington imposing tariffs of up to 100 per cent on Indian goods linked to purchases of Russian oil and gas. The issue was raised during a meeting between Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and a bipartisan US Congressional delegation led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast. India highlighted the possible consequences such measures could have on bilateral relations as well as energy conditions in international markets. The discussions come after US President Donald Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia…