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Goemkarponnd esk MARGAO: Another fatal accident takes away more lives. Law Enforcement Authorities failure in Controlling Violations stands exposed. Drunken Driving continues, Tinted Car carrys Dead Body across border & Police remain cluless. Will Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant fix responsibilities or continue with blame game? questioned Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. Reacting to the fatal accident at Porvorim which killed three persons are critically injured two, Leader of Opposition said “this needs to stop once & for all”. It appears that BJP Government has still not learnt lessons from the fatal accident at Banastarim allegedly due to drunken driving.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa has witnessed five murders, three cases of student molestation by teachers and another man molesting his granddaughter in last one week, with the opposition alleging that Goa has become a soft state for crime while the law and order has collapsed. The Leader of Opposition (LoP) Yuri Alemao said that the law and order has completely collapsed in the coastal state. “Goa is now a murder destination under the misrule of the BJP government headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. Everyday there are incidents of murders in Goa. Law and Order has completely collapsed,” Alemao said.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be held in Goa on September 25 and a key decision at the meeting will be to appoint three new members to the Governing Council of the Indian Premier League (IPL). While it hasn’t been explicitly mentioned in the agenda, there may also be discussions regarding changes to the selection committee. A notice from BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Sunday night read, “Notice is hereby given that the 92nd Annual General Meeting (hereinafter referred to as AGM) of the Board of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Amidst growing concern of child abuse and several crimes against children, the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights engaged in a programme to strengthen the children’s right to participation and empower them. A workshop “Children’s Participation in Everyday Lives” was organized at Kiran Niketan School Hall, Zuarinagar on 3rd September 2023 for 65 children in collaboration with Child Rights in Action and Kiran Niketan. The workshop forms one small but significant and novel idea of the Commission to promote and strengthen children’s right to participation. “We need to shift children’s participation from mere tokenism to…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Meeting of Mission political Reservation for ST of Goa was held on Saturday. Rupesh Velip, General Secretary – Mission political Reservation for ST of Goa said that the meeting was convened since the government failed to press for demand for reservation. “As the Goa government has failed to press a demand for political reservation for STs in the state assembly before Government of India and Election Commission of India, the Mission political reservation for STs in Goa, an umbrella body of 16 tribal organizations has decided to hold awareness meetings for boycotting Lok Sabha elections,” it said.…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) of Goa has arrested one Italian DJ and his associate for allegedly possessing drugs valued at Rs 50 lakh. Police said that the ANC team on Sunday arrested an ace Italian DJ named Michael Lawrence Steffenoni, 32, aka DJ Bobblehead residing at Assagao and his associate Neil Walter, 28, from Vagator and seized from their possession 50 grams of suspected LSD liquid valued at Rs 50 lakh and 50 grams of charas of Rs 25,000. Police said that working on specific information, the ANC officials maintained discreet surveillance on the said Italian DJ and…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The Goa Police has arrested one for outraging modesty of minor girl at Mapusa. SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi informed that Mapusa police arrested one Majid Khan for his involvement in outraging the modesty of Minor girl. He said on September 2, father of victim girl lodged a complaint that on 02.09.2023 at 20.20 hrs at Near Alankar Theater, Mapusa, Bardez, Goa one unknown Male touched the minor girl in appropriately in an open public place and accused fled away from the spot. Taking serious note of the same immediately offence U/Sec 354 IPC , Sec 8 of…