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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…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Disappointed over curtailment of the upcoming winter session, scheduled in January, the opposition MLAs today joined hands to petition Speaker demanding to extend the seating of the House to include Private members day. Seven opposition MLA’s this evening met at the chamber of leader of opposition to discuss strategy of upcoming assembly sesssion, submit memorandum to speaker. Leader of Opposition (LoP) Yuri Alemao said that the state government is only silencing the opposition. “Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar is acting like the spokesperson of BJP; this is complete murder of democracy to skip the private members day,” he added…

Sequeira was promised a Cabinet berth within 8 days of joining the BJP, but strong resistance from party cadre has delayed the move Sequeira could be accommodated at the beginning of New year 2023 SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn PANAJI: Last week, the BJP Goa desk in charge CT Ravi came to Goa on a flying visit and left after holding the party’s core committee meeting. In a statement to the press, he said that there was no resentment amongst the 8 MLAs who switched loyalty from Congress to BJP on September 16. He also said that there were no assurances given…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Congress leader Janardhan Bhandari has alleged that Bhumiputras, who are running kiosk owners at Canacona, are harassed by ruling party leaders over political vendetta. Swabhimani Jagruth Canaconkars and Jana Sena Warriors, led by Congress Leader Janardhan Bhandari, on Monday, gheraoed Canacona Chief Officer Madhu Narvekar over harassment of local kiosk owners. Bhandari said that Canacona Congress Parivar and JANA SENA warriors have submitted a representation to the Chief Minister, other Ministers and various government authorities to draw their attention to this harassment met by educated youths. “Our Bhumiputra youths of Canacona are earning their living running small…

Goemkarponn desk MOPA: Greenfield Mopa Airport Taxi Association has alleged that the state government is trying to create a divide between the taxi owners from Pernem and Mopa. “The government is trying to divide the taxi owners through falsehoods. We will stick to our demand of opposing the app and continue batting for the counter for yellow, black taxis at Mopa airport,” the association said. The association has also called for a protest on January 2, demanding a yellow and black taxi stand at the Mopa airport and for the government’s failure to protect the people’s interests. The association has…