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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Amit Kamat (18) and Fahad Teenvale (25) were taken into custody by Vasco police in the early hours of Thursday morning on suspicion of employing unlawful force against employees while performing their duties. PSI Mayur Sawant and chief constable Jayesh Gaonkar, according to information from sources in the Vasco police station, were out on night patrol. When they arrived in Mangor at around 01.30 am, they discovered two boys sitting and consuming beer on the road. Both boys were combative and began arguing with PSI and Staff when the police stopped and questioned them. They continued to…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: Anjuna Police have arrested three accused persons in connection with an attempt to murder using a gun. On Wednesday, one Akshit Shetty S/o Anand Shetty, Age 30 yrs R/o Wadi, Sodiem, Siolim, Bardez, Goa, lodged his complaint that today at around 01.00 hrs to 01.40 hrs, accused James, along with four others had entered into his Restaurant at Vaddy Siolim, assaulted him with some hard object, abused him, damaged the glasses and after that removed Pistol and fired on his business partner Uday. Immediately based on the complaint, an FIR vU/s 143, 147, 148, 324, 504, 427,…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Councillor of ward no 16, Girish Borker, was on Thursday elected unopposed as the Chairperson of Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC). It may be recalled that Councillor Leo Rodrigues had recently resigned from the post of Chairperson after a mutually agreed tenure of one year had ended. The formalities and procedures to elect a new Chairperson for MMC began after the resignation was tendered by Rodrigues and submitted to the DMA. While the official elections to elect the new Chairperson was to be held on Friday morning, the last date to file nomination for the Chairperson post was…

Odei Onaindia will reunite with Manolo Marquez once again, this time at FC Goa. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: FC Goa announced the signing of Spanish defender Odei Onaindia ahead of the upcoming season of the Indian Super League (ISL 2023-24). The club confirmed that the defender from Spain has put pen to paper with the Gaurs on a one-year deal. Onaindia is no stranger to Indian football, having first played in the country in the 2020-21 season in the colours of Hyderabad FC led by their then-head coach Manolo Marquez. He returned last year for another stint with the Hyderabad FC…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: State representative on the GST council and Goa Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho believes that the tax hike on casinos would harm the sector moving forward and called it “a negative factor for the industry.” Goa already supported taxation on gross gaming revenue (GGR) and not on full face value. Godinho said that the state would write to the council for reconsideration. According to Godinho, the industry welcomes a 28% GST rate, be it online gaming casinos and horse racing, but the decision to levy that new tax rate on full face value instead of GGR is frowned…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: A 51-year-old man from Agonda dies after his Scooter was hit head-on by a Rent-A-Cab Car at Agonda late Wednesday night. According to police, Sanju Laxman Naikgaunkar, 51, succumbed to his injuries at CHC he suffered after his Scooter (GA10 B5396) was dashed by an oncoming Car (GA- 07 T 0253) driven by tourists from Haryana @ about 9.40 pm on Wednesday night. Police further informed that Arjun Singh, 25 driving the car in a rash and negligent manner, drove it towards the right side of the road at Panna (near Sanjay Bandekar’s house) and hit the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today justified his government’s decision not to have a Tiger Reserve in Goa, stating that being a small state, it does not fit into one of the criteria led down by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). On Wednesday, the state Wildlife Board headed by Sawant decided not to proceed with the Tiger reserve proposal for any of its protected areas. Talking to reporters on Thursday, Sawant said that State does not fit into one of the criteria set by NTCA, and hence there was no question of having a Tiger reserve. He…