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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Congress Leader Girish Chodankar has demanded the arrest of Margao MLA Digambar Kamat for illegally entering the counting centre at Margao & violating the model code of conduct. “Margao MLA illegally entered the counting centre at Margao and violated the model code of conduct. Election authorities & police should immediately arrest him,” said Chodankar. He further said that Congress South Goa Candidate Capt Viriato Fernandes has filed a complaint with the returning officer and police. On verification, the Returning Officer clarified that Digambar Kamat, MLA, had not entered the counting centre at Shree Damodar College of Commerce…

New Delhi: Indian stock markets crashed by nearly 4,000 points today, after a sharp rally in the previous session, as early vote-counting trends showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance leading in more than 272 seats, but the extent of the victory was not clear and its lead narrower than what exit polls had predicted. The BSE Sensex was down 5.07 per cent or 3,997 points at 72,684, while the NSE Nifty 50 was down 5.07 per cent or 1,178 points at 11.10 am. The benchmarks had jumped more than 3% on Monday, hitting record highs and logging…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In Panaji, Goa, a strict special campaign against drunk driving that took place between May 31 and June 2, 2024, between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM, produced noteworthy outcomes. Rahul Gupta, IPS, the Superintendent of Police for Traffic, has reported that during this period of increased enforcement, 249 cases of drunk driving were booked. This represents the greatest number of DUI cases that have been scheduled in a three-day span. A total of 258 infractions related to intoxicated driving were noted between May 31 and June 2, 2024. This campaign against intoxicated driving is a component of…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: “Whatever we have, we need to share it, give it to the needy society. There is a need for the Shram-Dham concept to serve the people of the nation. Shram-Dham is nothing, but it is a clear and straight-forward road to help the society in need,’ stated Union minister Shripad Naik. Naik was speaking as the Chief Guest at the Shram-Dham Convention held at Canacona on Saturday after a strong 1000 registered Shram-Dham workers took out a rally from Gaitonde Grounds to the KTC Bus-Stand complex. Balram Charitable Foundation, a Trust by Ramesh Tawadkar, has launched the…

Goemkarponn desk PERNEM: A Pune native living in Arambol was taken into custody on suspicion of having drugs valued at Rs 86,000. Pernem SDPO Jivba Dalvi reported that a police team discovered Akash Sancheti (30) in possession of a bag containing 770 grams of ganja and three orange-coloured, 0.6-gram tablets, which are suspected to be narcotic drugs and Ecstasy tablets. The total value of the items found in the bag was Rs 86,000. The accused was placed under arrest under the NDPS Act and appeared before the Pernem JMFC, which remanded him to four days of detention by the police.…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Sarpanch of Calangute Joseph Sequeira has promised that there won’t be any touts on the streets of Calangute come next season. Sequeira declared that the panchayat will take strong action against illegal businesses operating in the well-known beach village in conjunction with the police. “The Inspector of Calangute Police has promised to file complaints and make arrests against the touts,” He further said that The tempo traveller that we have scheduled will be utilized to pick up these touts. Sequeira claimed that there won’t be touts in Calangute during the upcoming season. Sequeira said, “Eighty per cent…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Tourists on Monday evening drove a Mercedes car at Bogmalo Beach and the vehicle got stranded on the shore. Eyewitnesses said the high-end car almost entered the water but got stuck on the beach barely a few metres away from the sea. Locals alleged that the driver and occupants in the car were allegedly intoxicated while steering the vehicle towards the beach. “The car was on the main road for quite some time almost creating a traffic jam. However after locals made a noise, the car moved forward and reached near the entry of the beach,” said…