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Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: While government may be still in the process to gauge the demand of taking action against a group of people confronting octogenarian and well-known writer, poet, historian Uday Bhembre, Canacona police already have not one, but three groups filing complaints demanding registration of an FIR under relevant sections against Uday Bhembre. Alleging historian Uday Bhembre has problem with Maratha Shivaji’s Samraj, Marathi Language, Marathi Sahi, Shiv-Sahi and Marathi Sanskruti, Hindhvi Swaraj Sanghatna (HSS) has filed a complaint with Canacona Police against the octogenarian for his alleged deregoratory utterances against Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj on Tuesday. HSS has demanded…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA : Stating mismanagement is leading to irregular and insufficient water supply in Canacona, Canacona Municipal Councillor Shubham Komarpant has submitted a memorandum to PWD Executive Engineer demanding to resolve the issue affecting the entire taluka of Canacona. Handing over the memorandum to PWD (Water Supply) EE Divn XX Margao Lester Fernandes, Komarpant stated that due to mismanagement happening in the water supply department Canacona, leading to irregular and insufficient water supply throughout Canacona causing problems to households. ‘people are finding it difficult to get drinking water’, states Komarpant reminding there will be shigmosthav and Jatra in Canacona…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The FIR filed against Kukesh Rauta of Odisha, who was detained for allegedly extorting Rs 5 lakh from Aldona MLA Adv Carlos Alvares Ferreira after producing his modified obscene film, was dismissed by the Bombay High Court in Goa. In addition, the court ordered the petitioner to pay a cost of Rs 1 lakh and deposit the funds into the Goa Police Welfare Fund within two weeks. In December of last year, Rauta was detained by the Crime Branch police for allegedly extorting Rs 5 lakh from the Aldona MLA by changing his face in a pornographic…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Former Minister Pandurang Madkaikar, charged the state government with pervasive corruption, saying that ministers are more concerned with “counting money” than with solving the problems the state faces. His comments followed a meeting with B L Santosh, the national general secretary of the BJP, who is presently in Goa. Madkaikar referred to the state of affairs as “rampant loot,” as opposed to simple corruption. “It’s loot, a lot of loot, not corruption. Looting is taking place in the name of corruption. Another example of this theft is the cash-for-government jobs scam. Following his discussion with Santosh, he…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer has clarified in respect of the article appeared in the Marathi local daily “Lokmat” dated February 26, 2025 with the caption “Matadar Yadimadhe Nava Ghol” that in order to ensure error free electoral roll in Devnagari, the Booth Level Officers are obtaining form 8 pertaining to those few electoral entries which have incorrect characters with respect to Devnagari version of electoral roll. However, the corresponding electoral entries in the English E-roll are correct. These entries in the Devnagari can be corrected by way of Form 8 which are being collected…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Crime Branch has arrested Deepali Parab, aged 42, a resident of Kalyan, Mumbai, and wife of Myron Rodrigues, the main accused in a multi-crore investment scam that defrauded numerous investors. Rodrigues had been absconding. The arrest was made after a thorough investigation, which revealed that Deepali Parab was actively involved in the fraudulent activities and played a crucial role in the scam. Investigations have shown that the main accused and his wife cheated investors by promising high returns on their investments. They collected crores of rupees from innocent investors, which were misappropriated for personal gain. Deepali…

Rev. Fr. Walter De Sa, Parish Priest of Immaculate Conception Church, Panaji, administers ashes to devotees, marking the commencement of the Lenten season.