Ashish Suresh Naik 25 yrs r/o Cortalim has been arrested by Ponda Police for sending threatening messages to senior Governemnt functionaries. Four cases registered at Panjim, Ponda, Curchorem and Verna have been worked out. Mobile phone used in the crime has been recovered. Further investigation is in progress.
PANJIM: Goa today reported 125 Covid-19 postive cases. While there were 285 recoveries and 1 death. As per DHS bulletin, a 66 year old patient from Panaji with DM+HTN succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, the active cases stand at 1424, total deaths are 663 and samples tested today are 1220.
Aam Aadmi Party while asking Science and Technology Minister Michael Lobo to first consult people in his constituency before promising to shift the marina to his constituency also cautioned him that experimenting with the natural geography of Goa will have disastrous repercussions . As the people of Nauxim have vehemently objected to the marina coming up in their village and even Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant taking cognisance of the objections has agreed to drop setting up a marina in Goa, Michael Lobo has suddenly suggested that it be set up in his constituency. While pointing out that people of…
PANJIM: Power Minister Nilesh Cabral today said that he had never challenged anyone for power debate. However, anyone is free to come in my cabin for discussion on power management in Goa. “I have never challenged anyone for a power debate, anyone is free to come in my cabin for discussion on power management in Goa,” said Cabral reacting to Raghav Chadda’s statement He further said that if there is any kind of debate it should be held between two power ministers of states. Earlier, AAP Delhi Leader Raghav Chadda had said that Cabral is running away from debate on…
Panaji: In a shocking expose that threatens to demolish hundreds of traditional Goan homes, heritage houses, religious structures and rural greenery, Congress in Goa has found out that the Government of Goa had colluded with Government of India to secretively declare 406 km of internal inter-village roads and Main District Roads as National Highway. Goa Government had secretively given in-principle approval for converting these lower traffic rural and urban roads into National Highways. The said in-principle approvals grant statutory powers to Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to acquire the land and convert it into 4 and 6 lane…
Porvorim: Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte has expressed happiness over the action by Enforcement Directorate in connection with Serula Communidade scam and has said that he is ready to share whatever information that is available with him over this land scam affecting the age-old institution. Khaunte was reacting after ED sleuths raided residences of four accused in Serula communidade scam including Rajesh Verenkar, Agnelo Lobo and two others. He said that the scam also finds its link to Succoro Panchayat Sarpanch Sandeep Vazarkar. The MLA along with Congress legislator Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco had raised this issue on the floor of the…
Porvorim: A section of members in Serula communidade and like-minded people have demanded arrest of the accused in one of the biggest landgrab scam which is investigated by Enforcement Directorate. Serula Communidade Treasurer Purushottam Shirodkar has feared that there is threat to the lives of the people who have stood against this scam, and demanded the protection. Enforcement Directorate sleuths had recently swooped on residences of Rajesh Verenkar and Agnelo Lobo confiscating several incriminating documents related to the scam, which runs into crores of rupees. Local MLA Rohan Khaunte and Congress MLA Reginaldo Lourenco had exposed this scam on the…
