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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco police, led by PSI Rohan Nageshkar based on specific information, carried out a narcotics raid and arrested a youth with 150 grams of Ganja worth Rs 30,000. Vasco PI Kapil Nayak said that the youth Abbas Uddin Shaikh, a resident of Shantinagar, was found in possession of 150 grams Ganja worth Rs 30,000 from the search conducted in black colour Honda Activa scooter (GA06 J 5050 ) near the bridge opposite INS Hansa. Shaikh has been arrested under sections 20 (b) (ii) (A) of NDPS act 1985, and PSI Ganesh Matonkar of Vasco police station is…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that he will send a legal notice to Fatorda MLA and Goa Forward Party (GFP) President Vijai Sardesai over his alleged remarks about a Rs 2000 crore scam in the Town and Country Planning (TCP) department. “I will send a legal notice to Fatorda MLA and Goa Forward Party (GFP) President Vijai Sardesai over his alleged remarks of a Rs 2000 crore. Vijai knows that files from the TCP never come to the Chief Minister and still is making such baseless allegations,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Vijai Sardesai…

Brief Points… Total 10 arrests so far in Ravi Shirodkar stabbing case Anjuna Police to move the application to cancel bail of Tarzan Parsekar The condition of Ravi continues to be critical, says DySP Jivba Dalvi Police launch manhunt for Notorious criminal Gajendra Singh’s (alias Chotu) brother Manoj Singh, owner of Club X, who is absconding Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: Even as five more persons have been rounded off from Amboli in connection with the Ravi Shirodkar stabbing case, the Goa Police said that notorious criminal Gajendra Singh’s (alias Chotu) brother Manjo Singh was involved in the case. The Anjuna Police…

AERIAL VIEW Take another example, the State Government has started externment proceedings against Revolutionary Goans Chief Manoj Parab. His name figures amongst 14 others. Why? because Police says he has chapter and other cases against him. The Director General of Police and Collectors seem to be misinformed about this issue. All cases against Manoj Parab are politically motivated. He is no criminal. For God’s sake, he is fighting for Goa and Goans. He is fighting for the rights of every youth as the non-Goans are snatching away the jobs and benefits entitled to Goans with the help of corrupt politicians…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: How will the people manning the State’s borders work efficiently when their living conditions are in the worst State. Such is the story of the staff at Polem check post wherein the staff on duty have to face many challenges apart from their duties. The building they live in is in shambles and needs urgent attention. Staff rooms/dormitory for the Staff on Duty, including Police and Excise officials at Polem checkpost, is lying in doldrums and cries for immediate attention and renovation. The washbasins, Baths, and Beds in the dormitory/restrooms meant for the use of Police, Excise,…

Goemkarponn desk VAGHURME: The demand of locals to construct a 300-meter long connecting road at Madhlawada, Savoi-Verem, was unanimously passed in the special gram sabha of Village Panchayat Verem-Vagurme held on October 2, Sunday. The special gram sabha meeting was conducted to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri. The demand was put forward in the form of a formal letter addressed to the VP and signed by the supporting locals. Abhijeet Shet Parkar, a local, said the absence of connecting roads creates problems, especially when a medical emergency occurs. “Patients have to be rushed to…

Sthrigdhara Naik/ Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa might have been best known for its beaches and sand, but its real beauty lies in its hinterlands. Nature’s magnificent creation, the ‘Karvi flower that blooms after every seven years at Nirankal-Ponda, mysterious glowing forest during monsoon at Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary Mollem, perplexing bracket fungi found at Mhadai Wildlife Sanctuary that has adopted a creative way to disperse spores in the form of smoke, makes it evidential. Throwing light to solve the mystery of the glowing forest, Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar said the credit for this luminosity goes to the glowing bioluminescent mushrooms, which glow…