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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The sessions Court today adjourned to December 12 the alleged rape case involving Minister Atanasio Monserrate after victim failed to appear for her deposition. The victim girl who accused minister Atanasio (Babush) Monserrate of having raped her on multiple occasions has filed an application before the trial court that her lawyer be allowed to assist the prosecution during the trial. Monserrate is facing trial for the rape of a young girl and is charged with the offences of rape with section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, human trafficking, section 370 A of the IPC, Section 328…

Goemkarponn Desk BAMBOLIM: Ruchi Kirtani has set up a title clash with Neeza Kamat in Under 13 Girls singles while Ishita Colaco will be up against  Samaira Verlekar in the finals of the Bambolim Beach Resort State TT championships. In the semi finals matches held at Peddem, Ishita was in fine nick as she cruised her way to a comfortable  3 -0 (11-0, 11-1, 11-3) win over Vaishnavi Singh in U11 Girls singles category. Samaira Verlekar had to endure several difficult moments before prevailing to a  3-2 (11-5, 6-11, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11) win over Sheniz Souza Xavier in a see…

Goemkarponn Desk QUEPEM: 16th Goa State U/19 Tennis Ball Cricket Championship for boys and girls organised by Sanguem Quepem Patrakar Sangh and Goa Tennis Ball Cricket Association in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa and played at SAG Sports complex ground, Curchorem on 1st December 2022. Girls Quaterfinal results : 1.Shrimati high school defeated PES higher secondary 2)govt higher secondary khandola defeated CTN High school 3) Purushottam Walawalkar higher secondary defeated govt higher secondary pernem 4) Govt High school,malkarnem defeated Govt high school, Bicholim Semi Final line-up:-Girls 1 Purushottam Walavalkar HSS, Mapuca V/s Shrimati HS, Velguem 2 Govt HSS,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa Traffic Police has booked a total of 1236 violations of drunken driving/riding and 326 violations of underage driving/riding were booked in the year 2022 till date. Goa Traffic Police had undertaken Special drives to curtail the menace of Drunken driving/riding and underage driving/riding in the state of Goa, in order to prevent Motor Vehicle accidents and fatalities on Goan roads. In total 1236 violations of drunken driving/riding and 326 violations of underage driving/riding were booked in the year 2022 till date. The punishment for drunken driving for the first offence is imprisonment for a term…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: Mapusa Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Ashwini Khandolkar has  directed the Anjuna Police to produce the case diary pertaining to the investigation into the grievous assault on two brothers Anish and Aditya Varshnei by around ten staff of the night club ‘Raeeth’ in Vagator on the night of 12th November. The Court direction came after Adv. Aires Rodrigues representing the Varshnei brothers submitted that the police were not properly investigating the case and were shielding the accused. In the petition before the JMFC it has been submitted that though a oral complaint was made to the police on…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has informed that in view of Guidelines/Instructions from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, New Delhi and National Commission, Consumer Commissions in Goa are required to impose cost in case of more than two adjournments without valid reason. Recent order from Delhi determined that absence of advocate due to his appearance at another Court cannot be a valid reason. Repeated adjournment may result in dismissal of matters or passing ex-parte orders. Litigants and Advocates may take note of this and ensure presence on the date of hearing in their interest.

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel company is among the ten firms who have placed 28 bids for the four iron ore mining blocks that are put up for e-auction. The technical evaluation of the bids is currently underway and names of successful bidder, who will be participating in the auction process will be knows by December 14. These mines have cumulative estimated reserve of about 135 million tonnes of low-grade iron ore resource. These mines were previously operated by mining firms such as M/s Narvekar, M/s Rajaram Bandekar, M/s Chowgule & Co Pvt Ltd and Sesa Mining Corporation.…