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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The South Goa District Mineral Foundation (SGDMF) has rolled out a series of major initiatives aimed at strengthening disaster response mechanisms and improving community welfare across the mining-affected talukas of Sanguem, Quepem, Dharbandora, and Ponda. The programmes were officially inaugurated and flagged off today in Margao by Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant. As part of its upgraded disaster management support, SGDMF has deployed two Tata Yodha 4×4 vehicles dedicated to emergency response across the region. In addition, two hearse vans have been provided to address a longstanding necessity for reliable and dignified transport of deceased persons in…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, along with the Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Goa), initiated swift action after media reports highlighted the condition of a young person in Canacona requiring urgent intervention. Within 24 hours, the mobile outreach unit Divyang Rath—launched during the International Purple Fest Goa 2025—was deployed to the individual’s residence on 12 November 2025. A home-based assessment and clinical evaluation revealed a diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Therapeutic intervention began immediately at the residence. A customised physiotherapy regimen focusing on strengthening the upper and lower body,…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: Traffic movement near Tanya Hotel is set for a brief but crucial disruption, with Mormugao Dy Collector Bhagwant Karmali on Friday convening a joint meeting of all major Government departments to finalise arrangements for the proposed railway underpass project. Officials from the PWD, Traffic Cell, Police, Railways, Electricity Department and the Municipality attended the coordination meet along with Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar. The authorities confirmed that approach roads to the project site will remain completely closed for five days once work begins on 17th November. Speaking after the meeting, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar said the long-awaited project…

Team Goemkarponn DABOLIM: A moving Kadamba Transport Corporation passenger bus had a narrow escape on Thursday evening after steel TMT bars from the bridge-pillar construction site suddenly fell onto its roof along the Dabolim road. The incident occurred when the bus was passing directly near the ongoing construction work and a bundle of TMT bars fell from the structure. The bars landed heavily on the bus, denting the roof and causing minor damage, triggering panic among passengers for a brief moment. According to sources, the bus was en route from Vasco to Verna side along the Dabolim stretch when the…

Team Goemkarponn CURCHOREM: Curchorem Police have registered a case under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 after a woman allegedly pledged fake gold ornaments to obtain a high-value loan from a finance company. The complaint, filed by Praveen Kudarihala, Area Head of M/s Manappuram Finance Ltd., Vasco, states that on 7 April 2025 at 2:51 pm, at the Manappuram Finance Ltd., Curchorem Branch, the accused Avani Shet Mayenkar, resident of Bandol, Kirlapal-Curchorem, pledged eight heavily gold-metal-coated bangles, presenting them as genuine gold. Believing the items to be real, the branch sanctioned a gold loan of ₹9,05,000. It…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Panaji Police have registered a case in connection with illegal and unsafe LPG gas decanting performed in an open public area on 13 November 2025. The offence was registered following a complaint received under SDE No. 84/2025 from Mr. Castilho Hipolito Noronha, a 44-year-old businessman residing at Campal, Panaji. According to the complaint, at around 11:30 am behind Mom’s Kitchen at La Campala Colony, near the Bank of Baroda ATM, two occupants of an LPG cylinder delivery vehicle bearing registration GA-01-T-4284, along with Francis Martin, the manager of Goa Gas Service, allegedly engaged in illegal decanting of…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: A routine audit of cash loading at an ICICI Bank ATM in Vasco has uncovered a major case of misappropriation, prompting Vasco police to register an offence against five employees of Hitachi Cash Management Service Pvt Ltd, Goa Branch, Porvorim. The case was initiated following a complaint by Branch Manager Parmeshwar Umrajkar. As per the complaint, the incident occurred between 13 August 2025 and 6 September 2025, when ATM operators — Gopinath Harmalkar, Sameer Kadam, Arjun Dhainje, Ketan Kharat — along with Sanket Shrishna Ghogale, who were entrusted with job of loading cash bundles in bank ATMs…