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Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: A day-long high-voltage protest at the Canacona ADEI office ended in victory for parents and students of Government Primary School (GPS) Ziltawadi on Wednesday, after the Director of Education (DoE) withdrew the controversial transfer order of teacher Sukanti T. Velip. The agitation began early in the morning, with parents and students arriving before the ADEI office opened, fulfilling their earlier threat of staging a sit-in if the transfer order was not cancelled. Joined by Congress leaders Janardhan Bhandari, Gaspar Coutinho, Ursila D’Costa, and others, the GPS Ziltawadi PTA—led by Chairman Pradeep Gaunkar—marched into the office and demanded…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: A 71-year-old British national was found dead in his room at a resort in Patnem, Canacona, early Wednesday morning. According to Canacona Police, the deceased, identified as Nigel John Denton, had been staying at the resort with his partner since December 3. At around 7:30 am, his partner noticed that Denton was unresponsive while he was asleep. He was immediately shifted to the Canacona Community Health Centre (CHC) in a 108 ambulance, where the attending doctor declared him brought dead. CHC medical officials informed the police, following which an occurrence panchanama was conducted at the site. Police…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The popular Lokosthav-25 festival, organised annually by the Adarsh Yuva Sangh, has been postponed due to the Model Code of Conduct enforced for the upcoming Zilla Panchayat elections. The event, earlier scheduled for 19th–21st December, will now be held from January 9th to 11th, 2026. Announcing the decision at a press conference, Organising Committee Chairman and Minister for Arts & Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs and Tribal Welfare Ramesh Tawadkar said the MCC in place for the December 20 ZP polls necessitated the rescheduling. “Given the election schedule and the code of conduct, Lokosthav-25 has been postponed…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: In a dramatic turn of events over allegations of illegal molasses dumping, Canacona MLA and Minister Ramesh Tawadkar, Dy. Collector Pratap Naikgaunkar, and Shristhal Sarpanch Sejal Gaonkar have all denied any knowledge or involvement in the contractor’s actions, even as public outrage grew on Saturday. The controversy erupted after a contractor allegedly claimed that the discharge of liquid molasses into excavated pits was done with the full knowledge of the minister, the SDM, and the sarpanch. However, all three categorically refuted the claim. Tawadkar, pointing towards the contractor’s representative during a tense confrontation, dismissed the allegations saying,…

Team Goemkarponn COLVA: In the aftermath of the Arpora fire incident, the South Goa district administration has shut down two spa establishments in Colva. The move follows an order issued on Wednesday by South Goa Collector and District Magistrate Egna Cleetus, based on a report from the Superintendent of Police, South Goa. The Collector instructed the Salcete Mamlatdar to immediately seal the two outlets — Royal Spa and Happiness Will Grow Unisex Salon and Spa — both operating in Colva village. Acting on these directions, the Mamlatdar’s team sealed Happiness Will Grow Unisex Salon and Spa on Tuesday, followed by…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa Police have retrieved 31 laptops that were donated to the force last year after discovering that the benefactor — now arrested in Mumbai — had allegedly been posing as an influential official to commit fraud. In an embarrassing setback for the department, police headquarters on Wednesday issued an urgent wireless order instructing 26 police stations to return the laptops by noon. The devices had been accepted in 2023 following the donor’s meeting with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. The laptops, gifted by Vaibhav Thakar, had been distributed to stations across Panaji, Old Goa, Agassaim, Mapusa, Pernem,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has overturned the conviction of three men sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly murdering Tyron Nazareth at the Calangute fish market in 2017, ruling that the prosecution failed to establish their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. A division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Ashish Chavan on Wednesday set aside the May 30, 2023 judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, North Goa, which had found Joseph Brandon Sequeira, Ceon Bruno Fernandes, and Mahesh Rampal guilty of murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC. All three were…