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Team Goemkarponn CANDOLIM: A case has been registered by police following an alleged assault on a bank employee inside a nationalised bank branch in Candolim. According to police information, the offence was registered on April 20 at 7:30 pm based on a complaint filed by Ranveer Singh (38), a resident of Caranzalem. The complaint states that the incident took place earlier in the day at around 12:30 pm at the Canara Bank branch in Candolim, Bardez. The accused, identified as Amira Anand Menkurkar along with four unidentified male accomplices, allegedly entered the bank premises and, acting with common intention, verbally…

Team Goemkarponn ASSAGAO: In a late-night operation, Anjuna Police busted an alleged online gambling racket operating out of a private villa in Assagao and arrested five persons who were caught red-handed during the raid. According to police, the offence was registered on April 21 at 4:42 am based on a complaint filed on behalf of the State by PSI Saish M. Kinlekar of Anjuna Police Station. Acting on specific information, a police team conducted a raid between 1:30 am and 3:30 am at Villa No. 2, La Stella Villas in Assagao, Bardez. During the raid, five accused were allegedly found…

Team Goemkarponn COLVALE: In a shocking case of animal cruelty, Colvale Police have registered an offence following the brutal killing of a dog and the subsequent burning of its carcass to allegedly destroy evidence. According to police sources, the case was registered on April 20 at 20:01 hrs based on a complaint filed by Apurva Naik, DSPCA North Goa. The complaint states that the incident occurred on April 18, prior to 10:00 pm, at an open ground along the Camurlim power grid road in Colvale. Unknown accused persons are alleged to have assaulted the dog using a hard and blunt…

“Minister Mauvin Godinho, a senior and experienced leader, was present on the dais. So was MLA Daji Salkar. These are not individuals without influence. They are elected representatives, entrusted with the responsibility of safeguarding not just governance, but also the social equilibrium of the state. What stopped them from standing up and intervening? This is not a question of hindsight. It is a question of instinct—of whether leadership responds in real time when lines are crossed. The argument that things happen quickly or unexpectedly may hold in some situations. But when remarks clearly cross into offensive territory, silence becomes a…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI/VASCO: Intensifying their investigation into the controversy surrounding alleged derogatory remarks against Saint Francis Xavier, Goa Police have begun efforts to track down the main accused, Gautam Khattar, who is believed to have left the state before an FIR was registered. Superintendent of Police Gurudas Kadam confirmed that the Vasco police are in the process of forming a dedicated team to locate Khattar. The case was registered at the Vasco police station following a written complaint filed by Congress leader Peter D’Souza. According to the police, preliminary inquiries revealed that Khattar had exited Goa prior to the registration…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Tensions over alleged derogatory remarks against Saint Francis Xavier escalated further on Monday, with a group of residents from Taleigao lodging a formal complaint at the Panjim Police Station against Gautam Khattar, founder of Sanatan Mahasangh. In their complaint, the residents have urged police to register a First Information Report under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, alleging that the remarks made by Khattar had hurt religious sentiments and disturbed communal harmony. The complainants also pointed to Khattar’s presence at a recent event in Vasco linked to Parshuram Jayanti, claiming that the statements made during the…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: The Goa Pradesh Youth Congress Committee has criticised the BJP-led government, accusing it of politicising the issue of women’s reservation and failing to demonstrate genuine commitment to women’s empowerment. In a press statement, Youth Congress president Adv. Archit Naik said the matter was far too serious to be reduced to a blame game, rejecting claims by the Bharatiya Janata Party that the Indian National Congress had stalled the legislation. Naik asserted that the Women’s Reservation Bill had already been passed in 2023 with broad consensus and urged the Centre to focus on implementing the existing framework instead…