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Cyber Cell registered FIR 19/2020 on complainant of victim that one person by fictitious name Steve Jose befriended the victim on Facebook and promised to send the victim a gift from abroad. Thereafter on the pretext of custom clearance had cheated the victim of ₹5.16 lakhs which was deposited in fictitious accounts used by fraudsters. Investigation was carried out and in coordination with Delhi Police, Crime Branch team led by PI Filomena Costa and PSI Nitin Halankar identified one Nigerian National Onuorah Donatus Jideoffor aged 28 years, currently residing in Mohan Garden, Delhi.

The Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant held a meeting with all the stakeholders of the National Agricultural Development Bank at his official residence at Altinho today. The Chief Minister underlined the need to restart various developmental projects of various Departments like PWD, Electricity, Education, WRD, GSIDC etc. which are delayed and stuck due to various reasons. The Chief Minister further deliberating on issue of power loom and handloom unit in the State which are yet to be functional advised the concerned officials to explore the possibility of outsourcing for its better operation to ensure the people get employment and derive…

The Goa Foundation today condemned the decision of the Goa Pollution Control Board to grant consent to MPT to increase its coal handling at Mooring Dolphins Nos 2 & 3 by 1.2 mt p.a. The decision of the Board makes a profound mockery of the fact that the environment minister has gone on record stating that the coal handling will be restricted to the existing permits given to Vedanta and others by the government. Obviously the Board does not care very much for the opinion of either the environment minister or the views of the state government. The Goa Foundation…

Panaji: St Andre MLA Francis Silveira on Wesneday said that he stands with the people of Nauxi against the proposed Marina project. On Sunday the locals at Nauxi held a huge protest against the government’s plans. Speaking to reporters Silveira said he stands with the people in the agitation. “This project has been there from 2010 and I have always opposed it. CM was out of station, I will meet him today and express my sentiments,” he said. Silveira said that the CM can shift the project to more other tourism place like Calangute, Baga. Meanwhile, Waste Management Minister Michael…

Nationalist Congress party led by Party president Jose Philip D’Souza on Wednesday demanded that the Government immediately take steps to build the Vasco Fire building which is pending for several years . D’Souza said that the Vasco fire building was demolished many years after declaring it unsafe but was not built as yet for the last many years. D’Souza said that there estimates we’re prepared and cancelled and Everytime the new proposal was made, estimates would increase and the estimate which began initially at 3 crores now had gone up to 15 crores. D’Souza said that many projects in Vasco…

PANJIM: Taking a jibe at Congress and BJP, Goa Forward Party (GFP) Working President Kiran Kandolkar today announced that his party has finalised 25 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Goa. Addressing the media Kandolkar said that the people of Goa are total fed up of the national parties Congress and BJP and now looking towards regional parties. “We have finalised 25 candidates for the upcoming Goa assembly elections, our party will be the first such to finalise candidates,” Kandolkar said He said, “We don’t have to care for the Congress as the people of Goa aware and also…

PANJIM: The general elections for the Zilla Panchayat (ZPs)-with total 50 seats- likely to be held in December- is going to be a litmus test for Dr Pramod Sawant led BJP government, which is currently facing public wrath- right from North to South Goa- over several anti-people policies and projects that the government intends to impose in the State. The voting for the two Zilla Panchayats, having 25 seats each, initially scheduled to be held on March 22, was deferred indefinitely due to COVID-19 outbreak. Until then, it had been a smooth sailing for Sawant. However, past two-months- there has…