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Team Goemkarponn VASCO: With nearly two months to go for the annual Damodar Saptah festival, the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) has already kickstarted preparations by convening a Special Council meeting on Wednesday. Speaking to media after the meeting, MMC Chairperson Girish Borker said that the early meeting was called to focus on safety measures, particularly to avoid crowd-related incidents such as stampedes. “We have taken this council meeting in advance and two months before the Saptah festival. We have seen stampedes that caused loss of lives, like at the Lairai Jatra in Shirgaon and during celebrations in Bangalore after RCB’s…

Team Goemkarponn CALANGUTE: In a decisive move following the rape of two minor girls at a guest house in Calangute, authorities in North Goa have sealed the establishment and initiated the process to cancel its operating license. Superintendent of Police (North Goa), Rahul Gupta, confirmed the development and issued a stern warning to the hospitality industry. “The hotel management and owners will not be spared if they provide accommodation to minors without being accompanied by family members or relatives. This is a direct violation of the Goa Children’s Act,” he said. The owner of the guest house has already been…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The inquiry into the electrocution death of lineman Chandru Gaonkar during routine maintenance work on a transformer at Postwada, Honda has been completed and is currently under examination by Chief Electrical Engineer Stephen Fernandes, Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar confirmed on Wednesday. “The report will be sent to my office in the next two to three days,” Dhavalikar stated, though no clarity has yet been offered on when the findings will be made public or whether action will follow. Gaonkar died on May 20 while working on a transformer. Another lineman involved in the same operation suffered serious…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Amit Patkar on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led state government, accusing it of allowing law and order to collapse under its watch. Patkar said Goa was “bleeding” under what he termed as BJP’s “Gundaraj,” following a string of violent incidents and the recent seizure of 30 kilograms of ganja in Mapusa. The Crime Branch on June 10 seized ganja worth over ₹40 lakh from two individuals in Mapusa. Terming the incident as more than just a “petty peddling case,” Patkar alleged that it pointed to the existence of a…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Eight government officials, who were issued show-cause notices after the Shirgao Zatra stampede, have submitted their explanations to the authorities. The stampede, which occurred in early May, claimed six lives and left nearly 100 people injured. Following an initial probe, show-cause notices were served to several officials present during the incident, including the former North Goa District Magistrate, North Goa Superintendent of Police, Deputy Collector of Bicholim, Deputy Superintendent of Police of Bicholim, police inspectors from Bicholim and Mopa police stations, as well as the Panchayat Secretary of Shirgao. These officers have since been transferred to other…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A collective of major Scheduled Tribe organisations has submitted a formal complaint to the District Registrar and Inspector General of Societies (South), disputing the legitimacy of the current leadership of the United Tribals Associations Alliance (UTTA). At a media briefing, Govind Shirodkar, representing the Gawada, Kunbi, Velip, and Dhangar Federation, disclosed that several tribal groups, including the All Goa Scheduled Tribes Union, Tribal Welfare Organisation, Gaud Jamat Mahasangh Goa, Taleigao Tribal Welfare, Gomantak Gaud Maratha Samaj, Tribes of Goa, and Gomantak Velip Samaj Sangh, have jointly raised concerns over the alliance’s management. The complaint accuses the existing…

Team Goemkarponn PARRA: A Liberian national was caught staying illegally in Goa without valid documents, police said. At around 6:30 PM on June 10, PSI Bablo Parab of Mapusa Police Station received a complaint regarding Jaso Freeman, a Liberian citizen born in Monrovia. Freeman, who resides in Boquenchi Aradi, Parra, Bardez, was found to be staying in Goa without the required visa or legal permission from the authorities. His passport, issued on April 24, 2024, and valid until April 24, 2029, did not include the necessary visa to remain in India legally. PSI Pandhari Chopdekar was involved in the investigation.…