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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Verna police arrested an 18 yrs old Mohammed Junaid Hussain Shaikh from Cansaulim on charges of raping a minor girl. According to Verna police, the mother of the victim girl filed a complaint late Tuesday night stating that the accused, Shaikh, had forcibly had sexual intercourse with her minor daughter in December and that the minor victim girl was 9 weeks pregnant. Verna police have arrested the accused, Shaikh, under section 376 IPC and sections of the POSCO act and section 8 of the Goa Children Act. Verna police are doing further investigation under the supervision of…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) decided to initiate stringent actions to recover its pending outstanding and started to seal shops in the Municipal Market. MMC Chief Officer Jayant Tari, MMC Chairperson Leo Rodrigues and staff went to the market and started to seal shops which had not paid dues to the MMC, and a total of around 6 to 7 shops were sealed during the drive MMC Chairperson Leo Rodrigues speaking to the media, said that MMC would take strict measures to recover the outstanding and urged the people to pay the outstanding before the MMC takes action.…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco Carnival Committee chairman Leo Rodrigues along with other committee members, addressed the media on Wednesday to give details of the Programs lined up for the upcoming Vasco Carnival Chairman Leo Rodrigues. He said that several programs have been lined up for the four-day Carnival festivities, which would be a fusion of music, dance, song and drama. Rodrigues added that all the programs will end by 10 pm except for Monday during the float parade, where the program could go till around 12 o clock midnight. “We will have Khel Tiatr in Vasco, Vaddem, Chicalim, Dabolim, Sancoale…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Mapusa Police have booked one teacher of a Higher Secondary School under stringent sections of the POCSO Act and Children’s Act Goa. As per SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi, a complaint was received from the management of one Higher Secondary School in North Goa complaining that one male teacher has been staring, asking for phone numbers with minor student girls and touching inappropriately and further also making a gesture towards them. Upon receipt of the complaint FIR under sections 509, 354-A, 354-D, Section 8 of the Goa Children Act, and Section 8, 12 of Protection of Children from…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Viraj Phadke was elected unopposed as the chairman of Mapusa Municipality after councillor Anand Bhaidkar withdrew his application. The opposition group in the Mapusa Municipal Council had decided to make the election to the Vice Chairperson’s post a little lively by fielding councillor Anand Bhaidkar while the former market committee chairman and councillor Viraj Phadke was the candidate of the ruling group. As MMC Chief Officer Amit Shirvoikar received only two nominations for the post of Vice Chairperson, Presiding officer Gurudas Dessai declared Viraj Phadke unopposed as vice chairperson. Councillor Viraj Phadke filed two nominations, with councillors…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: 850 persons bathing in Goa beaches have, over the last three months, claimed that they were stung by jellyfish. The data was released according to data provided by lifeguards. The bulk of the attacks – 710 – were reported along the lesser crowded beaches in South Goa, with 225 incidents reported from Betalbatim alone, while Colva had 180, and Benaulim and Zalor beach 50 each. At a swimathon event, 125 participants too complained of jellyfish attacks. However, the most crowded beaches of north Goa reported only 140 such incidents, with Calangute and Baga reporting 60 each, with…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Jindal South West (JSW ), a coal handling company at the Mormugao Port Authority, on Wednesday offered around 100 waste bins to the Mormugao Municipal Council under CSR, which were recieved by the MMC Chairperson Leo Rodrigues in the presence of Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar and other Municipal councillors Speaking to the media, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar said that the bins were provided as a part of Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan. “Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan, an initiative by PM Narendra Modi has been very instrumental in tackling the garbage menace, and results are showing up in Goa. Many people…