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Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Defending champions AAS Cricketers, Mangan once again stamped their authority by retaining the Pagui Premier League title after a convincing 22 run victory over Nuvem Heartbreakers in the final of the 5th Pagui Premier League Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament 2026. The four day tournament was organised by the Akhil Goa Kshetriya Pagui Samaj and played at the Talpona Cricket Ground. With this win, AAS Cricketers clinched their second title across the five editions of the league. The champions walked away with a cash prize of Rs.1,11,111 along with a crystal trophy valued at Rs.25,000. Runners up Nuvem…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), by an order passed on January 28, 2026, has directed the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) to pay a penalty of ₹50,000 for failing to file its affidavit in connection with sand mining matters pending before the Tribunal. The Tribunal has now rescheduled the hearing of the cases to February 16, 2026. The matters pertain to 12 environment clearances (ECs) granted by the Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (GSEIAA) on February 3, 2025, for regulating sand mining activities in the state. These ECs permitted sand mining in seven zones of…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: PWD Principal Chief Engineer Uttam Parsekar has come under renewed legal scrutiny after a new petition was filed before the Bombay High Court at Goa alleging irregularities in the award of public works tenders, resulting in a massive loss to the State exchequer. The petition, filed on Thursday by a group of citizens, accuses Parsekar of showing undue favour to his relatives and a select group of contractors while awarding both tendered and non-tendered PWD works. It further alleges that payments were cleared despite serious procedural lapses, causing an estimated loss of around ₹1,350 crore to the…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: Tribal researcher and journalist Devidas Gaonkar from Khotigao, Canacona, has been selected to participate in an international art exhibition and seminar to be held at the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France, on February 4 and 5, 2026. Gaonkar, who has been actively engaged in in-depth research on the Adivasi communities of Goa, has been invited to take part in the exhibition of renowned artist Otobong Nkanga. His participation has been facilitated through a collaboration with internationally acclaimed artist Mel O’Callaghan, who selected Gaonkar for the project. The international seminar and exhibition will explore humanity’s relationship with the…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: Canacona police have arrested a serial chain snatcher from Karwar, Karnataka, in connection with the robbery of two gold chains from an Israeli national at Patnem beach in Canacona. The accused has been identified as Anand Chalavadi (23), a resident of Shirwad, Karwar, who is allegedly involved in multiple chain-snatching cases across Karnataka. He was arrested for snatching two gold chains from Noa Svotisky (38), an Israeli woman, while she was walking on the Patnem road towards her resort on January 22. According to police, the victim lodged a complaint on January 24, stating that an unknown…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: Minister for Tribal Welfare Ramesh Tawadkar led a delegation of Scheduled Tribe (ST) leaders from Goa to New Delhi to press for the early implementation of political reservation for Scheduled Tribes in the Goa Legislative Assembly under Article 332 of the Constitution of India. The delegation, comprising prominent ST leaders along with Tawadkar, met Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal and submitted a detailed note seeking the immediate commencement of The Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Act, 2025. The Act, which was passed by Parliament…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa is setting a national benchmark in cyber safety with the introduction of cloud-based 1930 Cyber Helpline, ensuring faster response, 100% accountability, and smarter policing. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said, “Goa is proudly setting a national benchmark in cyber safety. With the 1930 Cyber Helpline, we are ensuring faster response and complete accountability. Soon, the e-Zero-FIR system will enable instant registration of cyber fraud cases up to ₹1 lakh, directly through 1930. This is part of our commitment to citizen-first, cyber-safe Goa.” The upcoming e-Zero-FIR initiative will allow victims of cyber fraud to lodge FIRs online…