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Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant on Tuesday chaired the 4th meeting of the Central Project Steering and Management Committee (CPSMC) of the GoVAN Project at Mantralaya, Porvorim, to review the project’s progress, ongoing initiatives and the roadmap ahead. During the meeting, teams from FIDR and GoVAN presented updates on key interventions focused on improving community nutrition, strengthening grassroots development and enhancing welfare outcomes for vulnerable groups. Chief Minister Sawant emphasised the government’s commitment to ensuring that the benefits of welfare schemes reach every eligible household. “The Government of Goa is fully committed to strengthening last-mile service delivery.…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday kickstarted a vigorous door-to-door campaign across all 14 Zilla Panchayat constituencies for which it announced candidates a day earlier. AAP candidates interacted with residents, heard local grievances and highlighted the party’s vision for clean, service-driven governance. Residents across constituencies reportedly appreciated AAP’s free health camps conducted statewide, while also voicing frustration over what they described as corruption, instability and rising “Gundaraj” under the BJP government. Joseph Pimenta (Benaulim) said the party’s strong grassroots presence in the constituency has generated confidence. “MLA Venzy and I have been among the people since we…

Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: A joint inspection led by GSIDC Chairman Michael Lobo and Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza on Tuesday highlighted several critical infrastructure gaps at the District Hospital, Mapusa — particularly the long-pending issues affecting the mortuary. Lobo said he had recently held detailed discussions with Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane regarding the urgent need to upgrade the morgue, which serves the entire North Goa belt. “A go-ahead has now been given. As Chairman of GSIDC, I will ensure the morgue is fully renovated and re-infrastructured, with a mechanism to upgrade the facility every 7–8…

Team Goemkarponn ALDONA: Road repair works have resumed in the Aldona constituency after being stalled for several months due to continuous rains. Aldona MLA Adv. Carlos Alvares Ferreira on Tuesday said that the first stretch to be taken up is Shetye Waddo, where hotmixing work had been left incomplete before the monsoon. “We have commenced work in Shetye Waddo, which is a continuation of the hotmixing of dug-up roads. I had instructed officials to start work here on priority. I had inaugurated it earlier, but the rains halted the work. People suffered, endured the bad roads, and I insisted to…

Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: A late-night accident on NH-66 claimed the life of an 18-year-old woman after a Toyota Innova Crysta collided with a Maruti Ertiga near the Holy Family Church junction early Monday. Porvorim Police registered the offence on November 17 at 4:48 pm based on a state complaint filed by HC Vivekanand Divkar. According to the complaint, the accident occurred at around 2:20 am when the accused driver, Malik Rihan Khatib, 22, of Betim, was allegedly driving his Innova Crysta (GA-07-F-8410) in a rash and negligent manner while travelling from Mapusa towards Porvorim. Police said that on reaching the…

Team Goemkarponn PONDA: Unknown miscreants broke into the Shree Bhavani Siddhapurush Prassanna Temple at Par, Khandepar, in the early hours of Tuesday and decamped with cash from the donation box. The offence was registered at Ponda Police Station under Cr No. 171/2025 for offences under Sections 305 and 331(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, based on a complaint filed by Prasad Satchit Parkar, treasurer of the temple and a resident of Dhavali, Ponda. Parkar reported that the break-in occurred around 12:40 am on November 18. Police said the unidentified culprits gained entry by damaging and removing the metallic…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: A shop owner from Chandor has been booked for alleged illegal slaughter after officials discovered a freshly cut head, suspected to be of a cow, at his meat shop in Navelim. The offence was registered based on a complaint filed by Raj Pratik, DSCPA Officer attached to the Office of the Collector (South). According to the complaint, on November 17, 2025, the accused — Yakub Bepari, a resident of Culsabhat, Chandor — had allegedly slaughtered the animal illegally and kept the freshly cut head at his outlet, Bismillah Beef Centre, located at Mandopa, Navelim. Police said the…