On Thursday after the arrest of the two accomplices, the mastermind of the Margao murder Mustafa Sheikh surrendered before the police which raised many eyebrows. On Wednesday afternoon, a Margao-based jeweler Swapnil Walke was brutally shot and stabbed to death which led to outrage from citizens on social media. The Crime Branch, led by PI Dattaguru Sawant, had arrested Omkar Patil, late evening on Wednesday, who had committed theft of Bolero from Dona Paula used for the murder. Within hours, Crime Branch was successful in second arrest of Edson Gonsalves. While the Crime Branch, Margao Police and other agencies continued…
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Goa’s COVID-19 caseload reduced a bit today with 508 new people getting infected to the deadly virus; the lowest in the last 72 hour. The recoveries are 386. As per the bulletin issued by Directorate of Health Services (DHS), of the 2,523 samples tested on Friday, 508 were positive while 1,,631 were negative. The reports of 384 samples are awaited. Till date, the State has conducted 2,08,917 tests. A 54-year old female and 60 year old Male from Davorlim, both were brought dead to the South Goa district hospital on Thursday and were later found to be positive during the…
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that the government is spending much more on the COVID19 patient then what the private hospitals would charge. The Health Minister said that the Goa and Kerala are the only states, who are spending heavily on COVID19 patients. “We are giving the costliest of treatment available to save lives of our citizens and not a single naya paisa is being charged to the person. Besides this there is no differentiation between the VIPs and the common man,” he said. Despite all the efforts, Rane said there is increase in mortalities as there is delay…
PANJIM: While the CMOs continues to be in a limbo of Covid Mismanagement, the projected spike is becoming a reality. With 8 deaths in a day and a record 713 new cases in a single day, Goa is witnessing a doubling of Covid cases from around 300 per day last month to 700+/day said Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte This is a worrisome state of affairs and since the Government is in a denial mode, I appeal to every Goan to take charge of the situation to ensure the life & safety of each other. It’s time we all Goenkars took up…
Margao – As the investigations in the day light murder of margao businessman are in progress, Need of the hour is Government restoring confidence among the Citizens on Safety & Security. I demand Concrete action plan & not mere lip service and urge the Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant to take note & act swiftly stated Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat. There is an urgent need to restore CCTV cameras in Margao and Government must built up effective surveillance system all across the State. The government must spend money on safety and security of people while curtailing other wasteful…
For the first time in five decades, ever since Pratapsing Rane, was elected for the first time from Sattari fifty years ago to the Third Goa Legislative Assembly, the family has a Opposition. Thanks to the Health minister Vishwajit Rane, himself being in the Goa Legislative Assembly for last 20 years almost, for allotting 10 lakh sq meter of land to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa. Locals are outraged by the move as they feel government is grabbing their land and livelihood. Ranes have dominated politics out of their home in the north eastern pocket of Sattari in Goa.…
PANJIM: Minister Nilesh Cabral today said that the perpetrators in the Margao jeweler murder case should be given maximum sentence. The Minister also congratulated the Police for their swift action in nabbing the accused. “What has happened is not good and is shocking. I congratulate the police for working hard and arresting the culprits.” said Cabral He said that various posts are doing rounds on social media demanding that they should be hanged publicly and some other things but it doesn’t work in that manner. “The police who are doing the chargesheet should done in a strong manner. I urge the…