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Team Goemkarponn CURCHOREM: Curchorem Police have arrested two persons after seizing a large quantity of suspected ganja during an operation carried out at Curchorem. Based on a state complaint lodged by PSI Gautam Shetkar of Curchorem Police Station, police said that on February 4, 2026, at around 4.25 pm, the accused were apprehended at the S.A.G. ground behind the Sateri temple at Curchorem. The accused have been identified as Sangram Raut, a resident of Xeldem, Quepem, originally from Odisha, and Umesh Yadav, a resident of Tilamol, Quepem, originally from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. During the operation, police recovered one grey-coloured backpack…

Team Goemkarponn BICHOLIM: Bicholim Police registered two separate cases of illegal gambling and arrested two persons who were allegedly caught accepting money bets in public places. In the first case, registered at around 2.26 pm on February 5, 2026, Head Constable Sakharam Raut (HC 5865) of Bicholim Police Station lodged a state complaint. Police said that at about 1.30 pm, opposite Shivaji Maidan near the Sulabh toilet in Bicholim, the accused, Devidas Chari (37), a businessman and resident of Parvati Nagar, Kulan, Bicholim, was caught red-handed while accepting money bets from members of the public in an open public place.…

Team Goemkarponn CALANGUTE: An offence has been registered at Calangute Police Station in connection with the sexual harassment of a foreign female tourist at Calangute Beach. According to police, the case was registered on February 4, 2026, at around 11.04 pm, based on a written complaint filed by Shri Ladu Narayan Gad, IRB PC 313206, attached to the Tourist Police Unit, Calangute. The complaint stated that prior to February 4, 2026, at a spot in front of Ocean Shack at Calangute Beach, the accused persons — Akash Minaz, son of Ubhnad Minaz, aged 19 years, a resident of Calangute, Bardez,…

Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: A case of digital fraud has been registered following a complaint filed by a Porvorim resident who was allegedly cheated by an unknown person impersonating a bank official. According to police, on February 4, 2026, at around 8.10 pm, an offence was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Mr. Ashok Bhembre, son of Damodar Bhembre, a resident of Samarth Bungalow, Journalist Colony, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa. The complainant stated that on January 31, 2026, at about 1.20 pm, at Porvorim, an unknown accused person contacted him while impersonating as an official of the State Bank…

Team Goemkarponn PERNEM: A case has been registered at Pernem Police Station in connection with a motor vehicle accident that caused damage to public property on National Highway 66 at Dhargal. Police said that on February 4, 2026, at around 7.07 pm, an offence was registered after conducting an enquiry into Pernem PS MV Accident No. 03/2026 dated January 27, 2026, and upon receipt of a complaint from Shri Gautam Tari, Assistant Engineer, Sub Division III, Work Division VII (NH), Public Works Department, Colvale, Bardez. As per the complaint, the incident occurred on January 25, 2026, at about 6.30 am…

“The Tirumalla Tirupati episode is not an isolated case. It comes against the backdrop of repeated cooperative bank failures in Goa and elsewhere. Depositors here still remember the collapse of urban cooperative banks that left savings frozen for years and, in some cases, wiped them out entirely. Every new regulatory action, even when described as precautionary, reopens those wounds. The result is predictable. People panic first and ask questions later. What makes cooperative bank investments particularly unsettling is their fluid and opaque nature. Unlike scheduled commercial banks, many cooperative institutions operate with weak governance structures, inconsistent audits and limited professional…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Chief Electrical Engineer (CEE) Stephen Fernandes today said that the introduction of smart metering in Goa is transparent, beneficial and necessary to modernise the power distribution system, even as the issue has drawn political debate in some quarters. Speaking at a public interaction, Fernandes said smart metering has become politically sensitive, with opposition driven more by political motives than technical facts. He clarified that smart meters will not alter the basic method of recording electricity consumption, as Goa is already using electronic meters. “Smart metering will not change consumption recording. It will only provide better insights, improve…