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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The All Goa Private Bus Owners Association (AGPBOA) has voiced strong opposition to the State government’s newly notified ‘Mhaji Bus’ Scheme 2025, calling it untrustworthy and inadequate. AGPBOA General Secretary Sudip Tamankar criticised the revised scheme as a “jumla,” citing the government’s failure to clear past subsidy payments. “We have no faith in this scheme. The government still owes us subsidies, and until those are paid, we cannot accept any new proposal,” he stated. Tamankar highlighted that under the earlier pilot version of the scheme, operators on the Margao–Canacona route were paid ₹34 per kilometre, compared to…

As Goa braces for the onset of the monsoon, the state government has dutifully issued a circular banning all road digging from May 15 onwards. The stated intention behind this recurring administrative ritual is noble: to prevent unnecessary inconvenience to the public during the rainy season. After all, open trenches, half-dug roads, and unattended mounds of soil turn into potential death traps when lashed by monsoon rains. Flooding, traffic snarls, vehicle damage, and even serious injuries become common, all consequences of delayed or mismanaged civil works. Yet, this year – as with many in the past – the circular seems…

Team Goemkarponn QUEPEM: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court in Quepem has granted bail to Sudesh Naik from Mirabag and Dinkar Pateli alias Ganesh, who were arrested by Curchorem Police for allegedly dumping chemical and industrial waste in an abandoned laterite quarry at Chanimol-Kalay, Sanguem, and subsequently setting it on fire. Police investigations suggest that the duo was collecting waste from scrapyards and industrial units, including those in the Verna Industrial Estate, and transporting it to the quarry site. The waste reportedly originated from areas such as Margao, Navelim, Colva, and nearby villages. It is alleged that the contractor…

Team Goemkarponn BICHOLIM: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court in Bicholim has granted bail to four individuals arrested in connection with the alleged misappropriation of Rs 11 crore from the Pirna-based Ashtagandha Multi-State Co-operative Society. The accused – Prakash Anant Naik, Prakash Vithal Naik, and Prakash Ladu Naik, all residents of Pirna, and Krishna B. Harlankar from Sirsaim – were taken into custody by the Economic Offences Cell (EOC) earlier this month. They had served as members of the Board of Directors during the period when the financial irregularities are said to have occurred. The case pertains to the…

Team Goemkarponn ARPORA: A 34-year-old construction labourer died after falling from the sixth floor of a building under construction near Newton Supermarket, close to the Starlite Restaurant in Arpora, on Tuesday evening. The deceased, identified as Swapan Roy from West Bengal, was residing in Guirim, Mapusa. The incident took place around 5:30 pm while Roy was plastering the outer wall of the building. Initial findings indicate that he lost his balance and fell from a significant height. Emergency services were alerted immediately, but Roy was declared dead before medical aid could reach the scene. Police have launched an investigation into…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The South Goa Sessions Court on Friday sentenced a man from Jharkhand to life imprisonment for murdering his wife at a stone crusher site in Sao Jose de Areal in 2021. Sessions Judge Sherin Paul pronounced the sentence against Gulshan Tirkey and also directed him to pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh. In case of non-payment, he will have to undergo additional imprisonment. Public Prosecutor Sanjay Samant said the crime occurred on November 4, 2021, when Tirkey fatally stabbed his wife at their makeshift residence on the worksite. Both the accused and the victim were employed…

Team Goemkarponn DABOLIM: A rare and unexpected experience unfolded for scores of passengers on Thursday night, when a sudden technical glitch shut down the runway lights at Goa’s Dabolim Airport, forcing multiple flight diversions — and in an unusual twist — leading to a brief but historic inter-airport flight within the state. Among the four flights that were diverted due to the runway blackout at Goa International Airport, three returned from the Manohar International Airport in Mopa to Dabolim after the technical snag was resolved. This gave passengers the once-in-a-lifetime experience of flying between the two airports of Goa, a…