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Team Goemkarponn COLVALE: Four police officers, including a deputy superintendent, were suspended for allegedly smuggling drugs and alcohol into the Central Jail at Colvale. This further cemented the prison’s questionable reputation as a hub for drug trafficking and smuggling. Navdeep Pavane, an IRB constable, was suspended last month after he was seen trying to bring cell phones and drugs into the jail during a regular frisking. It is believed that Pavane’s connections to police officers were cut off on Tuesday. These consist of IRB ASI Suraj Toraskar, Head Constable Rameshwar Talkar, Constable Prasad Shetye, and Deputy Superintendent of Jails Krishna…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: A woman from Gulem working in Field at Welwada (Poinguinim) was injured after having an deadly encounter with a wild boar (Randukor) at a time when the woman was working in a Farm/Field in Welwada-Poinguinim. It was on January 31st at about 9 o’clock, that Jayanti Velip from Gulem was working in the farm belonging to one Laxman Prabhgaonkar at Welwada (Poinguinim), when a Wild Boar came and attacked her with its head-butt, throwing Jayanti down in in mud of the field. After Jayanti still in shock due to the sudden attack however re-gained courage as the…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: A leopard was sighted walking magnificently in the courtyard of a house at a busy locality of Char-Rasta in Canacona, causing panic among residents in the area. CCTV footage captured the Leopard moving in the courtyard of a well-known contractor and builder Vishwas Desai’s house on Sunday night at about 9.30 pm. This has alarmed family members who after the leopard on CCTV saw it walking through their courtyard and silently jumping out. Residents in the having their houses in surrounding on either side of MDR 49 road, are also alarmed since they frequently move around in…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Agonda, Khola, Poinguinim and Loliem-Polem villages will through one more power shutdown on Thursday for line maintenance and tree cutting works. According to Assistant Engineer (Electricity), Canacona Power shutdown scheduled on the 11KV Agonda Feeder and 11 KV Loliem Feeder and 11 KV Poinguinim Feeders on Thursday, the 6th February. With the shutdown of 11KV Agonda Feeder between 09.00 hours to 14.00 hrs for the maintenance of line works besides tree cutting and related works, will result in ‘no electricity for the period from 9am to 2 pm in the entire villages of Agonda and Khola and…

Team Goemkarponn CORTALIM: The Water Resources Department (WRD) office was inaugurated at the Cortalim Market Complex by Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar in the presence of Cortalim MLA Anton Vas. Speaking to reporters, Vas emphasized that the new office would be highly beneficial to the residents of Cortalim and Mormugao Taluka. “Earlier, farmers and locals had to travel long distances for their work. We had previously brought the Zonal Agriculture Office to the Cortalim Market Complex to ease the burden on farmers, and now, with the WRD office, people from Mormugao Taluka will no longer have to go far for their…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar has warned the Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) against ignoring the concerns of Vasco residents regarding the illegally installed gates at the up-ramp and down-ramp. He stated that he has already spoken to the Chief Minister and is awaiting a swift resolution. Speaking to reporters after launching sewerage works at Sasmolem, Salkar, along with Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Girish Borker, ward councillor Narayan Borkar, and others, expressed strong opposition to the gates. He cautioned that if the MPA fails to remove them, it could face a strong public backlash. Salkar reaffirmed his commitment…

Team Goemkarponn COLVA: Sonu Kumar Chauhan, a native of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended by the Colva police in a significant drug seizure when they discovered him in possession of ganja valued at Rs 2.4 lakh. Rakesh Meghwal, a Rajasthani native, was also taken into custody by the police after Sonu accused him of supplying the illegal substance. The 24-year-old accused Sonu Kumar Chauhan, who currently resides in Navelim, was apprehended for possessing a floral substance, thought to be ganja, weighing 2.401 kilogrammes and valued at Rs 2.40 lakh, according to Superintendent of Police, ANC Tikam Singh Verma, who is…