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Team Goemkarponn VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council chairperson Girish Borker on Monday met traditional Goan fruit and vegetable vendors and urged them to shift their business to the first floor of the newly inaugurated Vasco fish market complex, where space has been earmarked for them. Borker said these vendors were historically part of the fish market ecosystem and had earlier operated around the old market premises. “When the fish vendors were shifted to a temporary shed, the traditional fruit and vegetable vendors also moved there and continued their business. Now that the fish vendors have been accommodated in the new market…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Drishti Marine, Goa’s government-appointed beach safety force, carried out multiple life-saving operations along the state’s coastline over the weekend, rescuing five persons from drowning, tracing two missing children, and providing first aid in three emergency cases, including to a 13-year-old boy stung by a jellyfish at Benaulim beach. At Arambol beach, a 31-year-old tourist from Karnataka was rescued after he encountered difficulty while swimming. Lifesaver Harshad Chandekar, assisted by Raghvendra Kaskar on a jet ski, successfully brought the victim safely back to shore using a rescue board. At Ashwem beach, a four-year-old boy from Belgaum went missing,…

Team Goemkarponn RACHOL: The body of an 82-year-old man who had been reported missing was found floating in a well near his residence at Prace de Rachol on Monday afternoon. Police said they received information at 12.13 pm from Peter Monteiro, a resident of Prace de Rachol, stating that his father Joaozinho Monteiro (82), who had been missing since January 10, was seen floating in a well close to their house. Police rushed to the spot and confirmed that the body of Joaozinho Monteiro was floating in the well. With the help of the Margao Fire Brigade, the body was…

Team Goemkarponn BICHOLIM: Bicholim Police have registered an Unnatural Death (UD) case after human skeletal remains were found at Dhatin, behind Govind Nagar, Sarvan, Bicholim. According to police, at around 5.20 pm on January 11, Mrs Mangala Matonkar, a resident of Sarvan, Bicholim, approached the police station and reported that a human skull, bones and hair were lying at the said location, believed to be of an unknown person. Following the information, police registered Bicholim Police Station UD No. 02/2026 under Section 194 of the BNSS and conducted a scene of occurrence panchanama at the spot. Further investigation is currently…

Team Goemkarponn NUVEM: Unknown burglars broke into a residence at Nuvem and decamped with gold ornaments and cash worth ₹3.10 lakh in a daytime theft on January 11, 2025. The case was registered based on a complaint filed by Sandra Godinho, a resident of Nuvem. According to police, the incident occurred between 8.00 am and 11.30 am, when unknown accused persons forcibly entered the complainant’s dwelling house by breaking open the main doors. The burglars reportedly fled with gold items and cash, causing a total wrongful loss of ₹3,10,000 to the complainant. A case has been registered at Maina Curtorim…

Team Goemkarponn CURTORIM: A local man, identified as Amar Kulal, has been arrested by the Maina Curtorim police on grave charges of assaulting a minor girl over a period of more than a year. The arrest followed a formal complaint lodged by the victim’s mother, who revealed that the abuse began in September 2024 and continued until January 6, 2026. The incidents reportedly took place at TNK, Curtorim, where the accused allegedly subjected the minor to repeated sexual harassment and assault. Following the report, the police moved swiftly to take Kulal, a resident of Curtorim, into custody. The case is…

Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: Mapusa Police have registered a case against an unknown male driver of a red Toyota Innova for allegedly driving rashly, blocking traffic and damaging another vehicle in a road rage incident on NH-66 at Camarkhajan, Mapusa. The case has been registered based on a complaint filed by Mr Nivejay Zaidev Aldonkar, a resident of Pomburpa, Bardez. According to the complaint, the incident occurred on January 11 at around 9.30 am when the complainant was travelling in his car (GA-03-AF-7053) on the NH-66 one-way road from Bastora towards Colvale. Police said the accused, who was driving a red-coloured…