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Team Goemkarponn Panaji: As part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls, the Office of the Collector and District Election Officer, South Goa, has initiated weekly meetings with representatives of recognized political parties to ensure transparency and active participation in the revision process. According to the office, all Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have been instructed to hand over weekly lists of Claims and Objections to representatives of recognized political parties. This measure is aimed at maintaining openness and enabling political parties to closely monitor the revision exercise. In continuation of the previous weekly meeting, during which the…

Team Goemkarponn Margao: The Curtain Raiser Programme of the Children’s International Film Festival (CIFF) 2026 was held today at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, through two dedicated sessions, drawing an overwhelming response from the education fraternity across Goa. More than 550 participants, including Heads of Institutions, teachers and PTA members from schools across the state, attended the programme, highlighting strong interest and support for the festival. The curtain raiser was graced by Minister for Public Works Department, Shri Digambar Kamat; eminent film producer and actor Shri Damodar (Damu) Naik; Deputy Director of the Department of Education, Smt. Sindhu Prabhu Desai; Information Assistant,…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Drishti Marine lifesavers carried out multiple rescue and assistance operations along Goa’s coastline over the first weekend of 2026, rescuing 22 persons from drowning, tracing two missing children and administering first aid to five others. The incidents occurred as beaches across the state continued to witness heavy tourist footfall following New Year celebrations. At Arambol Beach, a 36-year-old Russian tourist was rescued from nearly 50 metres into the sea by lifesavers Vishnu Kubal and Sandeep Mapankar using a rescue tube and jet ski. At Mandrem Beach, first aid was provided to a person who sustained a scratch…

Team Goemkarponn Margao: Crime in South Goa witnessed a marginal rise in 2025, while police succeeded in improving the overall detection rate, according to official comparative crime statistics released for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025. As per the data, a total of 878 crime cases were registered in South Goa during 2025, slightly higher than the 865 cases reported in the corresponding period of 2024. Of these, 762 cases were detected, resulting in a detection rate of 86.79 per cent, an improvement over the 85.90 per cent recorded last year. Serious crimes such as murder and…

Team Goemkarponn Ponda: A fatal road accident claimed the life of a scooter rider near the Bhoma Adcona Village Panchayat area in Ponda on the night of January 4, 2026. According to a state complaint filed by HC 5407 Ritesh Rane of Mardol Police Station, the incident occurred at around 9.00 pm when the accused rider, Vishwajit Gaude, a resident of Kundai, Ponda, was riding a Hero Splendor motorcycle in a rash and negligent manner. Police stated that the accused endangered human life by failing to exercise proper care and caution while proceeding from Banastari towards Kundai. When the motorcycle…

Team Goemkarponn Cortalim: A case of a missing minor girl has been registered at Verna Police Station following a complaint filed by her mother, a resident of Cortalim and native of Bihar. According to the complaint, the minor girl left her residence on January 2, 2026, at around 5.00 pm without informing any family member and failed to return home thereafter. After making efforts to locate her daughter, the complainant approached the police and expressed strong suspicion that a man identified as Rajiv Paswan, a native of Bihar who was reportedly friendly with the minor, may have kidnapped her from…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a significant setback to Karnataka’s ambitious Kalsa-Bhandura drinking water initiative, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change’s (MoEF&CC) Regional Empowered Committee (REC) has raised serious ecological concerns, warning that the project could harm the riverine ecology of the Mhadei River and reduce water flows into the ecologically sensitive Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary. The REC, in its meeting on December 11, deferred a decision on Karnataka’s proposal to divert 28.44 hectares of forest land in Nerase village, Khanapur taluka. Despite pressure from farmers’ groups, the committee emphasized that the forest area identified for diversion is ecologically…