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Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: Authorities have installed three speed cameras on the Porvorim elevated corridor following a fatal crash that claimed two lives and another accident reported shortly after the flyover was opened. Two cameras have been positioned along the elevated corridor, while a third has been installed on the descending stretch towards Porvorim from Atal Setu. The notified speed limit on the stretch is 65 kmph, with the cameras aimed at detecting speeding and other traffic violations. An intercepting radar had earlier been deployed as an immediate measure following the fatal accident. Authorities have also temporarily prohibited two-wheelers from using…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A new study has highlighted cigarette-butt litter as an overlooked source of pollution along Goa’s heavily visited beaches, with researchers warning that discarded filters can persist in the environment and release contaminants into coastal ecosystems. Researchers from the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, collected and documented 758 cigarette butts from eight beaches frequented by tourists. Surveys carried out during different tidal conditions found an average of 3.15 cigarette butts per square metre. Baga recorded the highest concentration, with 5.77 butts per square metre. Calangute followed at 5.60, while Arambol registered 4.97 butts per square metre. The…

Team Goemkarponn COLVALE: Former journalist Tarun Tejpal and three accused in the Arpora nightclub fire case were sent to Central Jail, Colvale, on Monday after surrendering before the Mapusa Additional District and Sessions Court in separate proceedings. Tejpal surrendered to serve his 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence in the 2013 alleged rape case involving his former colleague. The court accepted his surrender following the Supreme Court’s direction and ordered that he be taken into custody and sent to Colvale jail. Speaking to the media after surrendering, Tejpal said, “We are in the Supreme Court, and we are sure justice will come.”…

Team Goemkarponn CURTORIM: Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco has emerged as the top-performing MLA in Goa in a survey conducted by CPIE India, according to a press note issued by Goa Media Network. The survey, which covered more than 8,000 voters across 40 constituencies, assessed sitting MLAs on parameters including accessibility to constituents, availability, interaction with media and professionals, constituency-level work and their stand on environmental and pollution-related issues. According to the survey findings cited in the press note, Lourenco received the highest number of positive responses among the MLAs covered. The proposed top-ten list also includes Vijai Sardesai, Nilesh…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets valued at approximately Rs 13.44 crore in Goa and two other states as part of its investigation into the alleged diversion of nearly Rs 77 crore from the United Services Club in Mumbai. The latest action covers 13 movable and immovable assets, including residential flats, plots of land, fixed deposits and funds held in bank accounts. The properties are located in Mumbai, Goa and Madhya Pradesh, the agency said. The assets have been linked to former United Services Club Deputy Secretary (Finance) Bernadette Bharat Varma, her husband Bharatkumar Shankarlal Varma…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The investigation into the Porvorim shooting has taken an interstate turn, with the Goa Police Crime Branch arresting two more accused in Chennai, including a man identified by police as the alleged second shooter. The two accused, Arputharaj alias Anna, 49, and Pavan Saur, 19, were apprehended within the jurisdiction of Lighthouse Police Station in Chennai by a team of the Goa Crime Branch. According to the Crime Branch, Arputharaj is alleged to be the second shooter involved in the Porvorim incident, alongside Babu Ali, who was arrested two days earlier near the Nepal border. Police have…

Team Goemkarponn SANCOALE: A scooter rider sustained injuries after a Skoda Rapid allegedly collided with his two-wheeler from behind near Five Star Laundry at Sancoale in the early hours of September 14. According to a complaint filed by ASI Sudhakar Jadhav of Verna Police Station, the incident occurred at around 3:05 am when the Skoda Rapid, allegedly driven by Shubham Naik of Vaddem, Vasco, was proceeding from Cortalim Junction towards Vasco. Police said that when the car reached near Five Star Laundry, Sancoale, it allegedly hit the rear of a Dio scooter travelling in the same direction. Following the impact,…