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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Claiming that it is a black day in the history of Goa, the United Opposition today hit back at the Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker, stating that he has failed to protect the rights of the MLAs. Minutes after Speaker refused to meet the opposition MLAs, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao announced to call on Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai to demand his intervention. “It is a completely black day for Goa. Today the Goa Speaker has failed to protect the rights for the MLAs,” said Alemao. He further said that the Speaker first gave them the appointment but…

* Govt decides house sitting & not Speaker: Tawadkar clarifies * Won’t meet opposition MLAs until Vijai tenders public apology for his statements, says Speaker Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar today clarified that the state government solely decides the length of seating of the house. “The length or seating of the House is decided by the government, while the business is approved by the Business Advisory Committee,” said Tawadkar. He further said that the Speaker’s role is to only ensure fair and smooth conduct of the Session. Tawadkar also demanded a public apology from Goa Forward…

Goemkarponn desk A 35-year-old man was found murdered at an isolated location in Sancoale near Meta Strips on Tuesday morning. According to information from sources, the deceased has been identified as Sanjay Yadav, a resident of Zorint Zuarinagar and a casual worker at a scrapyard. Policegot information that a dead body was lying buried in construction debris at an isolated location. Verna police immediately rushed to the site and, after primary investigation suspected it to be a case of murder. Verna police later immediately, based on specific and human intelligence, detained the accused involved in the crime. The accused has…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Wild-Cats are roaming dangerously in a residential locality, targetting pets and dogs, terrorising residents at Agonda in Canacona. According to residents of Betul- ward in Agonda village, Leopards and Cheetahs have become very active and move freely in their vicinity, taking away their pets and dogs even in broad daylight, and frequent the village street just as early as evening twilight. “People have even sighted a stripped Tiger foraying in our areas on several occasions. Sometimes it is so fearful of coming out of the house just after dusk, as most of our houses are located just…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Reacting to the student rape case, the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) today has slammed Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over his failure to control the law and order situation in the state. An 18-year-old student was allegedly raped in a minibus by the vehicle’s driver on Sunday night. Police have arrested the 35-year-old accused, who is remanded to four days of police custody. “There is a complete collapse of law and order situation in the state, migrants are carrying out all kinds of crime in the state, and our Chief Minister is only busy doing various inaugurations. He…

Bus driver rapes 18-year-old student in parked minibus vehicle Accused Chandrashekar Vasu Lamani was arrested; remanded to 5 days of police custody Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A 18-year-old student was allegedly raped in a minibus by the vehicle’s driver on Sunday night. Police have arrested the 35-year-old accused, who is remanded to four days of police custody. The college girl had arrived with a group of students in Panaji for a Christmas party when the incident took place. Police said the driver is suspected of taking advantage of the survivor, who was allegedly in an inebriated state. The accused bus driver…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Nine Russian tourists were rescued off Mandrem and Morjim beaches, even as five other persons were rescued along Goa’s beaches, which saw tourists visit the state’s coastline by droves over the Christmas weekend. At Mandrem, two Russian nationals, aged 67 years and 41 years, respectively, were overcome by a rough current. The mother and daughter were pushed apart by powerful waves and were struggling to swim back to shore. On noticing the struggle, lifesavers Karan and Rohit rushed to their rescue with the help of rescue tubes. The lifesavers brought the individuals back to shore and conducted…