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Team Goemkarponn SANKHALI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popular radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, which highlights inspiring stories, innovative initiatives and achievements of ordinary citizens from across the country, will now be available in book form. The books will also be published in Marathi and Konkani, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant announced. Emphasising the wider significance of the programme, Sawant said that ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was not merely a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) programme but an initiative for the entire nation. He appealed to citizens from all walks of life to listen to the programme regularly and draw inspiration from it.…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has launched a series of grassroots interactions across Goa to familiarise people with its six guarantees, using informal neighbourhood gatherings to discuss the party’s proposals and hear residents’ concerns. The outreach drive, conducted under the banner of ‘AAP Ki Chai’, has taken party leaders to several constituencies. According to AAP representatives, conversations with residents have centred on household expenses, access to government assistance and the financial challenges faced by families. AAP Goa president Valmiki Naik said the rising cost of living had emerged as a recurring concern during these meetings. He also…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: People for Panjim has urged the Goa government to dismantle the cafeteria and amphitheatre at the Captain of Ports (CoP) terminal on the Mandovi riverfront, while cautioning against any move to reintroduce the withdrawn tender for the facility’s operation and maintenance. At a press conference on Sunday, members of the citizens’ collective said the structures had been built despite assurances reportedly given before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the proposals for the cafeteria and amphitheatre had been abandoned. AAP Goa president Valmiki Naik, who is associated with the collective and was among those who challenged the…

Team Goemkarponn MOPA: The Mopa Airport Police have registered a case against a 35-year-old Mumbai resident after an electronic cigarette, allegedly concealed inside a power bank box, was detected during security screening at Manohar International Airport on October 25. According to the complaint lodged by Avinash Shukla, Sub-Inspector/Executive of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), attached to the CISF Unit at Manohar International Airport, the incident occurred at around 9 am in the Domestic Security Hold Area (SHA). The passenger, identified as Devesh Bitra, 35, a resident of Shastri Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai, was scheduled to travel to Mumbai on…

Team Goemkarponn RAIA: A woman has been reported missing from her workplace at Bacbhat, Raia, following which a complaint raising suspicion of abduction by unknown persons has been lodged with the police. According to the complaint, the woman, whose identity has been withheld, had been working as a full-time domestic help for the past seven to eight months at the residence of Adam Shaikh in Bacbhat, Raia. The complainant, a resident of Rumbdamol, stated that on October 24, at around 7 am, he received a phone call from Shaikh’s wife informing him that his daughter had left the residence without…

Team Goemkarponn CHIMBEL: Two men have been booked for allegedly assaulting a 29-year-old man with a wooden stick and a chopper near Subhadra Bar at Gavant, Chimbel, in Tiswadi taluka. According to the complaint lodged by Khutija, 57, wife of Hazarat Ali Hubballi and a resident of Indira Nagar, Chimbel, the incident occurred at around 2 pm on October 24. The accused have been identified as Imran Hebballi, 35, and Dadapir Munafsab Hebballi, 26, both associated with Indira Nagar, Chimbel. As per the complaint, the two accused allegedly acted with a common intention and assaulted the complainant’s son, Mansoor Hazarat…

Team Goemkarponn FATORDA: The Fatorda Police have arrested three persons in connection with an alleged assault on a 56-year-old man at Aloms Bar and Restaurant in Borda, Fatorda. The case was registered on October 25 following a complaint by Cashmir Viana, a resident of Toleaulim, Navelim, regarding an assault that allegedly took place at around 2.35 am on October 24. Fatorda Police Station registered Crime No. 58/2026 under Sections 351(2), 352, 118(2) and 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Following the registration of the offence, an investigation team comprising ASI Durgesh Pawaskar, HC 5646 Rohan Naik and PC…