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Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: An attack on a member of the Anjuna-Caisua panchayat’s gram sabha on Sunday resulted from a firm stance against the loud music played in the coastal village. Police had to step in to bring the situation under control after the brawl broke out over a contentious discussion on the effects of large-scale music events on the hamlet. After that, the conference was adjourned and rescheduled for December 15. The attacker filed a countercomplaint when the battered gram sabha member filed a police complaint against him. The incident happened on Sunday during the Anjuna-Caisua panchayat’s regular gram sabha…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A crackdown on allegedly contaminated spices and condiment powders sold in Goa’s markets has been launched by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) directorate. The FDA has gathered samples of several brands of masal, turmeric, and chilli powders for laboratory analysis in order to look for any signs of adulteration; the results are still pending. There have been reports of dangerous substances like tartrazine and rhodamine B being added to some of the market’s spices and condiment powders. In a social media post, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane stated, “These additives are known as carcinogens and pose serious…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A 32-year-old guy from Odisha was taken into custody by the Goa Police’s Crime Branch on suspicion of participating in a prostitution ring. Police claim that the accused, Subhas Pradhan, who is presently residing in Candolim, worked as a hotel employee and acted as a prostitution agent. He was taken into custody in accordance with Section 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, Sections 4 and 5 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, and CBPS FIR 117/2024 U/S 67 of the Information Technology (IT) Act. This is the case’s fourth arrest. Earlier on November 10,…

Team Goemkarponn FATORDA: Welcoming Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s statement to unravel the investment scam and arrest the accused from London, Goa Forward chief Vijai Sardesai has said the Chief Minister should not try to defame him nor divert the jobs-for-cash scam case by harping on the investment scam. Moments after the Chief Minister vowed to get to the bottom of the investment scam, right from Fatorda to London, Sardesai dared the Chief Minister to deny that he did approach him several times to nab the accused involved in the investment scam. “Let the Chief Minister deny that I did not…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: In a significant move, the Goa Police’s Economic Offences Cell (EOC) has charged a couple from Salcete and five other people with defrauding almost 50 investors out of Rs 100 crore. Ivon Suresh Joaquim Almeida of Navelim filed a complaint, according to the police, alleging that Myron Rodrigues and his wife Deepali Parab had defrauded him of almost Rs 36 lakh by pretending to invest his money in the stock market. More accusations were later made against the defendants, and according to the complaints, over 50 investors totaling Rs 100 crore were defrauded. Salcete taluka is home…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The BJP responded to the accusations by claiming that the opposition is making unfounded and unsupported claims. “The opposition is bereft of the issues and the way forward and thus are making false and baseless allegations without any evidence, against the government under the leadership of CM Pramod Sawant,” BJP general secretary Adv Narendra Sawaikar said in a statement.

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Opposition have alleged that they are being targeted by the government for raising a voice on the cash-for-job scam. During a joint news conference, Congress MLA, Goa Forward Party President Vijai Sardesai, and AAP Goa Convenor Amit Palekar accused the police of tracking and monitoring opposition leaders, including listening in on their phone conversations. Palekar reaffirmed the opposition’s demand for a judicial investigation into the cash-for-job scandal, claiming that his clients had received police calls, inciting panic. He also accused the government of ordering the accused to return bribe money in an effort to silence the issue.…