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Goemkarponn Desk OLD GOA: Goa Police and Tamil Nadu Police in a joint operation banned a Tamil Nadu native who had cheated nearly 300 people to the tune of Rs 40 lakh on the pretext of selling scooters to them. The accused identified as A Rajesh collected the money from the gullible customers in Tamil Nadu and fled away with the money. He was nabbed from Corlim, Old Goa in a joint operation by Tamil Nadu and Old Goa police. An offence was registered at the Kunaimuttur Police Station, Coimbatore to this effect. He was also wanted at other police…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was given permission by the District and Sessions Court in Panjim on Friday to access the digital safe vault of the late BJP lawmaker and Tik Tok star Sonali Phogat from Haryana. The Sessions Court gave the CBI permission to open the digital safe vault only for the purpose of an inquiry, with the requirement that the entire procedure be videotaped. Following a request from the Phogat family and a recommendation from the Haryana government, the State administration turned over the matter to the CBI in September of last year. On…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Union Minister of State for Tourism, Shripad Naik stated that there is a chance that more opposition parties may join the NDA coalition before the parliamentary elections because both the general public and political leaders have a great deal of faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The alliance of the opposition parties under the name INDIA, according to Naik, will not affect the chances of the BJP winning the national elections in 2024. Before the legislative elections, a number of opposition parties that are currently affiliated with INDIA are prepared to join the BJP-led NDA. We are…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: Four days after the Shivaji statue was vandalized, Mapusa Police retrieved the broken pieces of the statue and the stone used in the crime, but they have not yet determined the crime’s reason. The incident’s eyewitness has also been identified, according to the police, and their statement has been recorded. “The accused admitted to committing the crime during the incarceration interrogation. The broken pieces of the statue’s face and the stone used to conduct the crime were also successfully taken from the accused, according to Jivba Dalvi, the Mapusa SDPO. The police had access to CCTV evidence,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that Goa aims to decarbonise all sectors of the economy by 2050. “We have also been able to identify high potential areas where the introduction of appropriate renewable energy technologies, energy and resource-efficient practices, backed by the appropriate policy and regulatory measures can yield the maximum environmental, economic, and social returns,” the CM said. The chief minister said other critical sectors, such as transport, industry, health, agriculture and fisheries, as well as food, are ready to implement a series of people-centric schemes, along with awareness drives and skilling programs to ensure faster…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Scheduled Tribe (ST) community members have threatened to boycott the upcoming Lok Sabha election in 2024 if the government fails to reserve assembly seats for them before the parliamentary elections, despite the Centre rejecting Goa’s proposal for political reservation to ST. The group has been calling for political reservation based on the 2011 census, which shows that the ST make up 10.27% of the State’s total population. They are united under the banner of the “Mission Political Reservation for Scheduled Tribe of Goa” (MPRSTG). According to MPRSTG President John Fernandes in an interview with The Goan, the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Even though there have been rare dengue occurrences in recent weeks throughout the State, the prolonged dry spell is keeping health department officials on their toes as they prepare to deal with a potential outbreak. When it rained nonstop in July, the State recorded at least one dengue case per day. The succeeding dry spell is concerning because it gives the perfect environment for the dengue mosquito to develop, according to Dr. Kalpana Mahatme, who oversees the State’s national vector borne illness prevention program. 110 confirmed dengue cases have been reported in the State from January to…