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Team Goemkarponn PONDA: In connection with the upcoming by-election to the 21–Ponda Assembly Constituency, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have completed the distribution of Form 12-D to all eligible absentee voters. Officials said the forms were distributed to absentee voters in the categories of AVSC (senior citizens aged 85 and above) and AVPD (persons with disabilities duly tagged). These voters will be able to exercise their franchise through postal ballot under the home voting facility. Polling teams will visit the residences of such voters to facilitate the voting process, ensuring that they can cast their votes without the need to travel…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Seven persons were rescued from drowning and five missing children were traced and reunited with their guardians by Drishti Marine lifesavers across various beaches in Goa on Sunday. Lifesavers also administered first aid to a beachgoer during the day. At Morjim beach, two kitesurfers aged 24 and 29 from Mumbai were rescued after getting into difficulty during a kite and windsurfing event while swimming. Lifesavers Navnath Ghatawal, along with Manish Narvekar and Raghvendra Kaskar on jetskis, brought both men safely ashore. In another incident at the same beach, a 24-year-old man from Vasco participating in the event…

Team Goemkarponn DABOLIM: The diarrhoea outbreak at the Prabhu Violetta residential complex in Dabolim showed a marginal rise on Monday with two fresh cases reported, taking the total count to 162, even as several flats in the complex remain locked with residents temporarily moving out fearing contamination. Health teams continued their surveillance with door-to-door visits across the complex; however, officials found many flats closed, indicating that a number of families have vacated their homes amid ongoing concerns over water safety and sanitation. The outbreak, which has affected over 160 residents so far, had already triggered panic in the area, with…

Team Goemkarponn BIRLA: A 35-year-old painter succumbed to injuries at Goa Medical College (GMC), Bambolim, days after suffering severe electric burns while carrying out painting work at a site in Birla. The deceased, identified as Ram Babu Bind, a resident of Baina, Vasco, had been admitted to GMC after the incident that occurred on March 17. He was initially taken to Sub-District Hospital (SDH), Chicalim, before being referred to GMC for further treatment. According to police, Bind was engaged in painting work at a house in Birla when the incident took place. While working with a paint roller attached to…

Team Goemkarponn SATTARI: A 28-year-old man from Fatorda drowned while swimming across a river at Dhadhyar Khadki in Sattari, with his body recovered after a search operation by police and fire personnel. According to police, a call was received at around 5:40 pm on March 22 informing that a person had drowned in the river at Dhadhyar Khadki. PSI Soham Malik along with police staff rushed to the spot, where personnel from Fire Station Valpoi were already present. On inquiry, police learned that the deceased, identified as Mabuli Patel (28), a resident of Housing Board, Gogal, Fatorda, had gone swimming…

Team Goemkarponn PERNEM: A 19-year-old youth from Ozarim in Pernem was found dead near a cashew tree in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The incident came to light around 1:37 am on March 23 when Rahul Parab, a resident of Madkai Wada, Ozarim, approached the police with information about his brother, Ruthwik Parab (19). Police used mobile phone location details and rushed to the spot, where they discovered the युवक lying near a cashew tree with ligature material present. Rahul Parab, who was nearby, was called to the location and identified the deceased as his brother. The body…

Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: A 27-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in a jungle area behind a resort in Anjuna on Sunday morning, with police stating that no foul play is suspected at this stage. According to police, a call was received from PCR Panjim at around 7:48 am on March 23, 2026, informing that a male person was found hanging from a tree in the jungle behind Anjuna Blue Resort. PSI Saish Shetgaonkar along with police staff rushed to the spot and found the man hanging from a jamun tree using a nylon rope. Police said liquor bottles…