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Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Reacting strongly to the interim order restraining Prakash Velip from functioning as President of the United Tribal Associations Alliance (UTAA) and managing its finances, former minister Govind Gaude issued a sharp statement on Tuesday, warning against attempts to suppress the voice of the Bahujan Samaj. “If anyone is conspiring to suppress the voice of the Bahujan Samaj, they should stop or they will face the consequences themselves,” Gaude said. Challenging the legal action, he said, “Bring the Registrar to the temple, the members of UTAA will also come. I repeat—take out a morcha to the residence of…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In the wake of a fatal accident in Guirim, Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza has called for the immediate completion of the pending service road along the national highway. Expressing strong concern, D’Souza questioned the delay in the project, stating, “Are they waiting for more people to die? How many more lives need to be lost for this road to be completed?” He emphasised that there can be no compromise when it comes to public safety. “The service road must be completed on priority. I have requested the Chief Minister to ensure both service roads are taken up…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: In a gruesome discovery on Tuesday morning, the severed body of an unidentified woman in her early thirties was found in two pieces on the Konkan Railway tracks, about 150 metres from Canacona Railway Station. Railway police recovered the blood-soaked head and torso from the tracks, conducted an inquest panchnama, and sent the remains to South Goa District Hospital in Margao for post-mortem examination. According to sources, the woman is believed to have walked from the Canacona station around 8:00 am and reportedly lay down on the tracks, falling asleep or deliberately positioning herself there. A goods…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The Goa government’s ambitious plan to set up a Film City in the state received a major boost as the Department of Information and Publicity signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Loliem-Polem Communidade to develop 10 lakh square metres of barren and rocky land on the Bhagwati Plateau into a modern Film City in South Goa. The MoU was officially signed and registered on 25th June 2025 between Director of Information and Publicity Deepak Bandekar and Loliem-Polem Communidade President Vishwajit Warik, leasing the land in Survey Number 63/1—popularly known as Agshot—for 90 years to the…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The Shristhal Biodiversity Management Committee and Shristhal Panchayat, in collaboration with the Forest Department, celebrated Vanamahotsav by conducting tree plantation programmes at Lokvishwas Pratishthan’s special children’s school at Mokhard-Bhatpal and Shristhal Government High School (GHS). At the special children’s school, saplings were planted in the premises, and the special students were also provided saplings to plant at their homes. Retired researcher from Dapoli Agricultural University in Maharashtra, Pandurang Fugro, attended the event as the chief guest, while retired All India Radio official and noted music artist Ramanand Joshi was the guest of honour. Also present were Shristhal…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar has announced that development works worth over ₹383 crore have been completed in the Canacona constituency since 2022, while projects worth another ₹1,671 crore—including the long-awaited four-laning of NH-66—are in the pipeline, awaiting government approval or tendering. Addressing a press conference in Canacona after returning from New Delhi, Tawadkar said he and Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant met Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav to resolve technical hurdles that had delayed key infrastructure works in forested and protected areas of the Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary. He thanked Principal Chief Conservator…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a joint interstate operation, Goa Police successfully rescued two missing schoolchildren from Nashik, Maharashtra, days after they were reported missing from Cuncolim in South Goa. A man originally from Uttar Pradesh and currently residing in Cuncolim has been arrested in connection with the case. The minors had gone missing earlier this week, prompting Cuncolim Police to register a missing persons case and initiate a swift investigation. Acting on technical surveillance and leads obtained from call detail records, investigators traced the children’s location outside Goa. Once it was confirmed that the minors had been taken to Nashik,…