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Team Goemkarponn OLD GOA: Police have registered an Unnatural Death case after the body of a 55-year-old man was recovered from the river near Diwar on Thursday morning. Old Goa Police registered U.D. No. 43/2025 under section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. According to police, a call was received at 9.19 am from PCR Panaji reporting that a person had drowned at Diwar. Officers visited the spot near Devyaa Hotel and found the body of a male floating in the river water at Amboi, Diwar Ilhas. The deceased was identified as Antony Dmello, 55, son of George…

Team Goemkarponn PERNEM: Police have booked several persons for allegedly carrying out unauthorised hill cutting on private property in Corgao village without the necessary permissions. Pernem Police registered FIR No. 42/2025 under sections 17-A and 17-B of the Goa, Daman and Diu Town and Country Planning Act, 1974, based on a complaint filed by Omkar J. Gawas, Planning Draftsman Grade II with the Deputy Town Planner’s office in Pernem. According to police, prior to 11 May 2023, the accused—identified as Yasin Usman Naik along with other occupants and right holders of land bearing Survey No. 206/1, and Ismail Zickriya Khwaja…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has announced that the under-construction Kunbi Village project at Selaulim will be completed within three months at an estimated cost of ₹10 crore. Speaking at an event in Panaji on Wednesday marking Kunbi Community Day, Sawant said the dedicated cultural village aims to celebrate and preserve the unique traditions of the Kunbi community, one of Goa’s oldest tribal groups. The CM said the new facility will serve as a cultural hub where Goa’s younger generations and tourists alike can learn about Kunbi heritage, customs, attire and crafts. He emphasised that this would be…

Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: Police have registered a case against a bus driver for allegedly driving in a rash and negligent manner and causing serious injuries to a pedestrian at the New KTC Bus Stand in Mapusa. Mapusa Police Station registered FIR No. 100/25 under sections 281, 125, and 125(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, based on a complaint lodged by Head Constable Keshav Naik. According to police, on 29 June 2025 at around 6.30 pm, accused driver Girish Khandu Kamble (32), employed with Vijayanand Travels, was operating passenger bus GA-07-T-2539 inside the New KTC Bus Stand premises when he…

Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: Anjuna Police have registered an offence against a 39-year-old man for alleged illegal possession of a prohibited weapon in Nagoa, Bardez. The case, registered as Anjuna PS Cr. No. 100/2025 under sections 7 and 25 of the Arms Act, 1959, is based on a complaint filed by PSI Sachin A. Shirodkar of Porvorim Police Station. Police said that on 25 June 2025, between 12.30 pm and 3.30 pm at Raut-wado, Nagoa, the accused, identified as Tarzan Ramchandra Parsekar, was found in possession of a long metal sickle or chopper (locally known as Torsat), measuring 95 cm with…

Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: The Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee (GPMC) held a meeting in Sanquelim to strengthen grassroots organisation and plan future strategies. The event brought together past and present office bearers on a single platform, signalling a strong show of unity in the Chief Minister’s own constituency. Former GPMC President Sunita Verekar and former Vice President Renuka Dessai were among the senior leaders who addressed the gathering. Other key participants included District President Mollie Da Gama Silva, General Secretary Jennifer Lobo, Zarina Shaikh (Vice Chairperson, Goa Congress Minority Cell), and senior members Anita Pilgaonkar, Asha Zossalkar, and Khushboo Blaggan.…

Team Goemkarponn St Estevam: Twelve students of Class 9 at a school in St Estevam were allegedly beaten with a wooden stick and verbally abused by a teacher for reportedly engaging in mischief while leaving the school premises after classes, police said on Thursday. According to officials, parents of some of the students have lodged a formal complaint against the teacher at the Old Goa Police Station. “A few of the children sustained bruises and minor injuries. They have been taken for medical examination,” a police officer said. Further inquiry into the incident is underway and more details are awaited,…