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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: IPS officer A Koan posted in Goa has been relieved of his charge as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and ordered to report to the state director general of police (DGP) following allegation against him of molesting a woman at a night club, officials said on Thursday. Goa DGP Jaspal Singh told reporters on Wednesday that he has already sent a “report detailing facts to the state government.” In an order issued on Wednesday evening, Goa government’s under secretary (personnel department) Nathine Araujo ordered that Koan report to the DGP with immediate effect. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Mumbai-Goa Highway, also known as National Highway 66, connects Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. For a decade, the project of broadening its lanes has been in process. Finally, it will be completed by the coming Ganesh Chaturthi! And it will reduce travel time too. Ravindra Chavan, minister of the Public Works Department (PWD), had a meeting with chief minister Ekanth Shinde. He said that the 10-year-old project to add four lanes to the Mumbai-Goa highway (NH-66) is expected to be finished before Ganeshotsav the following month. Also, in a tweet, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa police on Wednesday busted a fake call centre and arrested 18 accused persons who were cheating US citizens on the pretext of facilitating loans. During the raid 13 laptops, 13 mobile phones, four modems and four routers, along with other accessories worth Rs 15 lakh were seized. Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch), Nidhin Valsan, said that the raid was conducted at a bungalow in Porvorim, and 18 persons were apprehended from the call centre. According to Valsan, the accused persons were procuring personal details of US citizens, who applied for different types of loans in their…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Shares held by an estate belonging to late Goa mining baron Anil Salgaocar have been seized under the foreign exchange law in a case of alleged holding of undeclared foreign assets worth Rs 5,718 crore, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday. It said a seizure order under Section 37A (1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) has been issued. Through this order, the agency said in a statement, the “entire shareholding of late Anil Salgaocar which has been transferred to his Estate, in all 33 companies which varies from 0.1 per cent to 99.9 per…

The Goa government had earlier banned the manufacture, import and sale of single-use plastics and imposed fines of varying amounts for those who violate the act. However, the ban has had little effect Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed an amendment to the Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 1996, to enable manufacturers of single or reusable plastic to “collect a deposit on the sale of items that are sold in plastic packaging which is to be refunded if the buyer returns the packaging”. “We will have a lot of counters all over Goa where people can…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested a couple — who was on the run for the last four years, for cheating a non-banking financial company (NBFC) to the tune of Rs 22 crore on the basis of forged property papers, an official said on Wednesday. The officials said that the husband and wife — identified as Vikas Shandilya a.k.a. Vikas Sharma and M. Sharma — were arrested from their residence after consistent field efforts of more than 10 days in various nooks and corners of north Goa. The couple was running an eatery in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Central and State Governments have initiated the “Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign” under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav as was done last year. As part of the initiative, the public is encouraged to hoist the National flag in their homes from August 13 to 15, 2023. The idea has been conceived to invoke the feeling of Patriotism amongst the General Public and also to involve them in the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration. The Ministry of Culture, Government of India has informed that the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav (AKAM) has embarked upon an initiative titled-…