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Team Goemkarponn Panaji: The Aam Aadmi Party in Goa has launched a statewide outreach campaign under which voters will help draft constituency level manifestos for the upcoming Zilla Panchayat elections. The initiative was announced in Margao on Tuesday at a press conference addressed by AAP MLA Capt Venzy Viegas and ZP candidates Joseph Pimenta from Benaulim, Antonio Leao Fernandes from Colva and Isaca Fernandes from Velim. Viegas said the party wanted to reverse the usual process where manifestos are prepared without public consultation. He said every ZP constituency would hold a “Manifesto Meeting” where residents can list their problems and…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: Goa Forward Party president and Fatorda MLA Vijay Sardessai launched a sharp attack on the BJP government, alleging widespread corruption and calling it a government “run by dacoits.” He was speaking in Canacona after the induction of former minister and ex MLA Isidore Fernandes along with fifteen supporters into the party ahead of the Zilla Panchayat elections. Sardessai said the induction of Fernandes was part of the party’s strategy to challenge what he described as a communal and corrupt BJP in the upcoming polls. He urged allies not to view Fernandes’s entry as a setback, pointing out…

Team Goemkarponn Canacona: Former Canacona MLA and ex-minister Isidore Fernandes joined the Goa Forward Party along with 15 prominent supporters ahead of the upcoming Zilla Panchayat elections. GFP president Vijay Sardessai inducted Fernandes and the group at a ceremony held on Wednesday at the Shristhal panchayat hall. Those who joined the party include councillor and social activist Shubham Komarpant, a close associate of Fernandes, along with several local leaders from Canacona and Poinguinim. Fernandes, who has earlier contested as an Independent, Congress and BJP candidate, has been elected MLA four times and previously served as minister and deputy speaker. During…

Saligao: Farmers in Saligao are facing severe distress after delays in the supply of harvesters led to rain damage and widespread crop loss during the current paddy season. Local cultivators say the problem stems from administrative lapses and poor management. Paddy in the area was ready for harvest by 20 September, but farmers received only one harvester in early October instead of the usual three. The lone machine reportedly broke down after cutting a few fields, leaving most of the crop exposed to rain. Many farmers say they have suffered losses they cannot recover from. Most cultivators in Saligao are…

Team Goemkarponn FATORDA: Fatorda Police have registered an offence after a tourist taxi driver was allegedly wrongfully restrained and threatened by three individuals at the KTC bus stand. The case has been registered as Fatorda PS Cr. No. 89/2025 under Sections 126(1), 351(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023. The complaint was filed by Ramesh Pagui, a resident of Saleri Cola, who alleged that around 5:00 pm on November 18, 2025, the accused—identified as Mayur Rane of Sirvoi Quepem, Saleem Shaikh of Comba Cuncolim, and Abdul Rehman of Azadnagar, Calconda Margao—approached him while he was at…

Team Goemkarponn CURCHOREM: Curchorem Police have initiated an enquiry into the death of 33-year-old Deepak Bondre, a resident of Hodar, Xeldem, who was found hanging at his residence on Wednesday morning. Police received information at 10:28 am on November 19, 2025 from Pravin Jaiwal, a resident of Curchorem, reporting that Deepak Bondre had allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself using a saree tied to a rafter in his house. During the enquiry, police visited the scene and conducted an on-spot investigation. Sahil Bondre, the nephew of the deceased, identified the body as that of his uncle, Deepak Bondre. A scene…

Team Goemkarponn Mandrem: Mandrem police have arrested a 25-year-old man from Punjab after he was allegedly caught with 146.50 grams of charas during a narcotics raid on Tuesday night at Sachhabhatle near a chapel in Mandrem. The offence has been registered as Mandrem Police Station Crime No. 103/2025 under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act following a complaint lodged by PSI Archana Sharma. Police said they acted on specific intelligence and conducted the raid between 8.30 pm and 8.45 pm on November 18. During the operation, the accused, identified as Akash Adwal from Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab, was allegedly found…