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Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Stepping up its opposition to proposed mega projects in Loliem, the Goa Forward Party (GFP) has questioned the legitimacy of land deals made by the Loliem-Polem Communidade and pledged to resist any development on the eco-sensitive Bhagwati Plateau and surrounding areas. Speaking at a press conference in Canacona on Friday, GFP Environment Cell Chairman Vikas Bhagat strongly criticized the leasing of land by the Loliem-Polem Communidade to private entities, including for a proposed Film City and a multi-fruit processing unit at Madditalap. He questioned whether 141 members of the Communidade alone could decide the future of the…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The General Administration Department of the Government of Goa has announced a revision in the daily accommodation tariffs at Goa Bhavan, Mumbai. The new rates will come into effect from July 9, 2025, and will remain applicable until further notice. As per the revised structure, officers and officials of the Government of Goa, including those from public sector undertakings, statutory bodies, the Goa Public Service Commission, as well as Central Government officials on duty in Goa, accredited journalists, and elected representatives (MLAs, MPs, ex-MLAs, ex-MPs) will be charged ₹1,000 per day for A/C rooms and ₹400 per…

Team Goemkarponn PONDA: A tragic road accident at Bethora, Ponda on the afternoon of July 10 resulted in the death of two individuals and left two others grievously injured. The collision occurred opposite HKGN Granites and Marble , Bethora, around 2:49 PM, when two scooters collided head-on due to alleged rash and wrong-side driving. According to a complaint filed by Head Constable Ramdas Gawas (HC 4579) of Ponda Police Station, the accused rider, Aditya Dessai, a resident of Bethora, Ponda, was riding his Vespa scooter from Amigoes Junction towards Bethora in a rash and negligent manner, allegedly in the wrong…

Team Goemkarponn CURTORIM: A late-night collision between two motorcycles at Vagule, Ramnagari, has left two individuals injured, one of whom is alleged to have been riding without a valid driving license. The incident occurred at around 11:50 p.m. on Saturday, July 5, when Shivraj Borat, a resident of Curtorim and native of Koppal, Karnataka, was riding his Yamaha MT motorcycle from Maina Curtorim towards Ramnagari. According to police sources, Borat was riding in a rash and negligent manner when he collided head-on with an oncoming Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle. The rider of the Royal Enfield, Benny Lydio Fernandes, sustained injuries…

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…