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AERIAL VIEW Fake rape cases are on the rise around the country and the reasons women choose to charge men with this gruesome act range from bizarre to plain evil! A trend among women filing false rape cases was also exposed with the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) revealing shocking statistics showing that 53.2% of the rape cases filed were found ‘false’. In Rajasthan, Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra on said that 41 per cent of rape cases registered in the state are false. “It is noteworthy that out of the total cases of rape registered in our…

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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Additional Sessions Court in Panaji cleared four accused—Jack Oliveira, Kamresh Kudalkar, Manish Hadfadkar, and Gaurish Gawas—of all charges on Monday, ending the five-year-old murder case. In 2019, during a fight between two groups, the locals were accused of killing their rival Krishna Kuttikar by chopping off his hand at the wrist. Two days after the injury, while receiving treatment at Goa Medical College (GMC), the victim passed away from “hypovolemic shock” due to a significant blood loss. According to police, who cited doctors, the other injuries on his body were not life-threatening. Eight of them attacked…

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The District Magistrate, South Goa, Margao has prohibited aerial photography in any form such as by use of drone cameras, flying balloons or any other aviated devices in South Goa District w.e.f October 23,2023 to November 9,2023 in view of the 37th Edition of National Games. The above order shall not apply to police personnel and other Government Official agencies if using drone purely in connection with their official duties subject to following conditions that the Police Personnel and other Government officials shall be in their service uniform and shall carry their identity cards and authorization cards…

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “Honesty, integrity and transparency is very important in our administrative life. We discharge our duties in the interest of our society where we have to follow the values of ethics saying no to corruption,” stated the Principal Secretary Finance Dr. V. Candavelou IAS, who was speaking at a function organized to celebrate ”Vigilance Awareness Week 2023 ”. The function was organized by the Directorate of Vigilance at Seminar hall at Secretariat today. The theme of the celebration was ”Say no to Corruption, Commit to Nation”. Dr. Candavelou speaking further said that officers have an important task to…

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On Monday, night there were reports that a team from the Kochi-based Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided casinos located in and around Panaji. It is understood that the Kochi ED team landed in the State and searched casino operators, though specifics were not made public. However, it was unclear if raids were conducted on land-based or offshore casinos. A few casinos were discovered to be closed for repairs; they were scheduled to reopen on Wednesday. On the other hand, the Panaji police had no knowledge of the ED raids.

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Economic Offences Cell (EOC) today has registered an FIR against two for cheating hundreds of investors to the tune of over Rs 20 crore on the pretext of investing in the share market. The two have been identified as Myron Rodrigues s/o Maurice Rodrigues, 53 yrs and Deepali Parab w/o Myron, 40 yrs both r/o Villa No.10, Costa Ninho Virdi, Kirbhat Nuvem Salcete. As per information, Rodrigues represented the investors as a stock broker and investment advisor dealing with investments directly in the stock market and his wife represented the investors as financial experts, handling investments…

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: NSUI Goa said the postponement of upcoming Goa University Students’ Council elections is in violation of the SSA-7 statutes of Goa University, and we seek immediate redressal of this issue. “As per SSA-7, it is explicitly mentioned that the nominations for the Students’ Council elections should occur on 30th October until 1 PM as declared by the notification dated on 25th September 2023 , and all eligible candidates should have the opportunity to submit their nominations during this specified period. However, to our dismay, the nominations were abruptly postponed without prior notice or valid reasons, leaving many…

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