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CUNCOLIM: The Cuncolim Police busted a bike theft gang in Cuncolim. Three accused have been arrested from IDC Cuncolim for committing theft of scooters and one for receiving stolen property from Margao. According to the police, the stolen property is worth Rs 3.20 lakh seized from one scrap dealer Arif Gauns Khan from Ravonfond, Margao. Sachin Pednekar (23yrs) and Arjun Godbole (19yrs) both from IDC Cuncolim were arrested first and after interrogation they named another person Saddham Hussain, who was subsequently arrested. The bikes were stolen from Velim, Assolna and Quepem.

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PANJIM: The Ministry of Statistic and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, New Delhi, will conduct the 7th Economic Census (EC) for Establishments in the Country. The field work of the 7th Economic Census, 2019 is currently in progress across the country including Goa. The field work and supervision of the 7th Economic Census is being carried through the Common Service Centre (CSC) e-Governance Services Limited formed under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. Under the Economic Census, house to house survey is being carried out by the enumerators appointed by the CSC, through mobile app by strictly…

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PANJIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today said that the state government will provide 100 percent tap water connections to all households before end of this year. CM had attended a Video Conferencing (VC) meeting chaired by Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat & MoS Jal Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria. During the meeting CM Dr Pramod Sawant reiterated Goa’s commitment to provide regular supply of safe drinking water and 100% tap connections to all households in the State within year 2020. In a meeting recently chaired by the secretary for drinking water and sanitation, Goa presented its annual…

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As per https://www.mansworldindia.com/ Gaurav Arya is a familiar face at some of the most exclusive parties in Goa, Arya has his finger on the pulse of the expat hubs of Anjuna and Vagator. His gregariousness is partly what attracts many long-time residents, who are seen at his restaurant Cafe Cotinga in their charming Assagao hotel. Starting out his career at the advertising agency Grey Worldwide in Delhi, Gaurav moved to the UK to study music, but “missed the sun” and decided to move to Goa in 2006. His father Ram Arya has been a veteran in the hospitality business and…

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A day after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), currently probing the drug angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, today filed a case in Delhi, the NCB team has landed in Goa. The NCB has registered a case under Sections 20, 22, 27 and 29 of the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act. The NCB has also booked Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik Chakraborty and others, against whom the ED had prepared a case. A team led by Deputy Director of Operations (NCB) KPS Malhotra will be supervising the case. The three-member Delhi team will be working on the…

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Even as the Coronavirus cases in the Central jail at Colvale continue to spike the State government and the Inspector General of Prison seems to be turning a blind eye to the safety of the jail staff. Sources have informed that the government or the IG prisons has failed to provide personal protection equipments to the jail staffers, who are looking after the inmates. In all around 40 inmates have been quarantined in another special cell to avoid a infection to others, however, those looking after the inmates are left to fend for themselves, sources said. The jail has no…

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Minister for Waste Management Michael Lobo has announced that the Reject Derived Fine (RDF) will be reduced by 50 p.c by November and new plant will be set up at the Sonsodo dump. Lobo was on his first visit to Sonsode after the lockdown alongwith Opposition Leader Digambar Kamat and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai. Chief Officer Chairperson of MMC, Member Secretary of the Solid Waste Management Levinson Martins and several others were also present for the visit. Lobo said that they plan to have eight small modular garbage treatment plants for treating garbage at Sonsodo. He has assured to speed…

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