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Team Goemkarponn SANKHALI: Several dogs were found dead under suspicious circumstances in the Housing Board area of Sankhali, raising concern among local residents. Following the incident, residents contacted North Goa DSPCA officer Hanumant Gawas and informed him about the deaths. A complaint was subsequently filed at the Bicholim Police Station, while post-mortems of the deceased dogs were conducted, Gawas said. The exact cause of death is yet to be established. Authorities are examining whether the dogs died due to poisoning, were deliberately fed toxic substances, or consumed some other harmful material. The post-mortem and other necessary examination reports are expected…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: South Goa DEO Ms. Egna Cleetus, IAS, held a review meeting with the Nodal Officers appointed for the Regional Conference on “BLOs, ELC and ECINET”, scheduled to be held at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, from September 2 to 3, 2026. The meeting focused on reviewing the responsibilities assigned to each Nodal Officer and assessing the progress of preparations for the conference, which will be attended by Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar. The conference aims to promote electoral literacy among young and first-time voters and create greater awareness about India’s electoral system, voter registration, polling, counting and…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Former Margao MLA Uday Bhembre has opposed the Goa Government’s proposed Anti-Conversion Bill, questioning the need for such legislation in the State. Bhembre said the proposed legislation appears to be part of what he described as an RSS agenda being pursued by the BJP in states where it is in power. He argued that Goa does not require a separate anti-conversion law as there is no evidence of widespread forced or unlawful religious conversions in the State. According to Bhembre, if genuine cases arise where a person is being forcibly converted against their will, the government can…

Team Goemkarponn NUVEM: A 39-year-old man died after allegedly being assaulted by a group of people who suspected him of being involved in the theft of a two-wheeler in the Salcete area. According to Goa Police, the incident occurred at Nuvem on the evening of August 27 between 7 pm and 10 pm. An unlawful assembly allegedly intercepted the man and assaulted him with kicks and fist blows. The injured man was subsequently shifted to the Casualty Department of South Goa District Hospital, Margao, where doctors declared him brought dead. Police have arrested five persons in connection with the case,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Hindu organisations in Goa have extended their support to the proposed ‘Goa Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Bill, 2026’, with the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti urging the state government to table the legislation during the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Goa Legislative Assembly. Addressing journalists outside the Assembly complex on August 31, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti representative Rajashree Gadekar said the proposed Bill was necessary to curb what she described as unlawful religious conversions in the state. Her statement came after the Goa Government decided on the morning of August 31 to defer the introduction of the Anti-Conversion Bill following…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa Government has received 30 complaints related to landslides in the Mormugao constituency since April 2022, Revenue Minister Atanasio Monserrate informed the Legislative Assembly in a written reply to Starred LAQ No. 018B tabled by Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar. The government said details of the complaints and identified landslide-prone areas have been provided in the annexures to the Assembly reply. Various departments, including the Public Works Department (PWD) and Water Resources Department (WRD), are responsible for undertaking preventive and mitigation works such as retaining walls, hill-slope stabilisation, drainage improvement and allied measures. On the utilisation of…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa’s six specified dams may have been assessed as structurally sound, but a State dam safety report has highlighted major gaps in emergency preparedness and monitoring infrastructure. The Goa State Dam Safety Organisation’s Annual Report for 2025-26, prepared under the Dam Safety Act, 2021, states that none of the six specified dams had an operational Emergency Action Plan as of March 31, 2026. The report also found that emergency flood-warning mechanisms and hydro-meteorological networks capable of forecasting inflows were not in place. No mock drills, tabletop exercises, community awareness programmes or coordination meetings with stakeholders were conducted…