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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa government on Friday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to prevent any strike or disruption in the pharmaceutical sector, declaring the manufacture, packaging, distribution and transportation of pharmaceutical products and their components as essential services under the Goa Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1988. The Home Department, through its notification, said that any strike in this sector would seriously affect the supply of essential drugs and medical products, which are vital for public health and community welfare. The move ensures that the pharmaceutical industry—one of Goa’s key economic and healthcare pillars—continues functioning without interruption.…

Team Goemkarponn Vasco: A week-long Shrimad Bhagwat Katha by Dr. Sanjay Krishna Salil (MD) will be held from November 8 to November 14, 2025, at Sri Ram Mandir, Varunapuri, Vasco da Gama. The daily discourse will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event will commence with a Kalash Yatra from Damodar Temple, Vasco, on November 8 at 1 p.m., followed by Nitya Prasad Bhandara for devotees after each session. The programme is being organized by Shri Ram Mandir Seva Samiti, Vishwa Hindu Parishad Gomantak, and Samasta Bhakt Gan. Devotees are invited to attend the katha and…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: A three-year-old boy from Navelim, who had been undergoing treatment after a drowning incident, passed away at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC), Bambolim, on Wednesday. According to police, the child, identified as Abhishek Malik, a resident of Navelim, was admitted to GMC after being referred from the South Goa District Hospital following a drowning incident near Navelim, Margao. Margao Town Police received a wireless message from the casualty department at GMC about the child’s death on November 5. Police then conducted an inquest panchanama at the hospital, and the body was sent for autopsy. The…

Team Goemkarponn SALIGAO: Barely a day after the Morjim murder case, another shocking double homicide has rocked North Goa, with two men found dead inside a rented house at Muddo-Wado, Saligao, on Thursday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Richard D’Mello and Abhishek Gupta. According to police, D’Mello had been residing in the rented premises, while the house owner lived nearby. When the landlord tried to contact D’Mello over a rent-related matter and received no response, he went to check on him. Finding the door locked, he peered through a window and was horrified to see two bodies…

Team Goemkarponn MORJIM: Mandrem Police have registered a case of murder against four persons, including a property owner from Morjim and his workers, following the death of a 63-year-old tenant after an assault over a property dispute. The FIR, registered as Crime No. 101/2025 under Sections 103(1) and 61(2)(a) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, was lodged on the complaint of Arjun Chandrakant Gaude, a resident of Salvador do Mundo. According to police, on November 5, between 1 pm and 1.30 pm, at Survey No. 149/1 of Morjim, the accused persons — Ashok Kumar Nedurumali,…

Team Goemkarponn CURTORIM: Maina-Curtorim Police have registered an FIR against former Goa Sports Treasurer and ex-Congress Secretary Ashraph Pandiyal for allegedly forging the signature of a deceased person and submitting forged documents to authorities. According to police, Pandiyal, who also previously served as President of the Anjuman Society, is accused of falsifying the signature of Abdul Kader Sab Kundur, who had passed away on February 24, 2024, and using the documents before the Registrar and the High Court in connection with the society’s renewal. An offence has been registered under Sections 336(3) and 340(2) read with 3(5) of the…

Team Goemkarponn PONDA: Swift police coordination between Goa and Karnataka authorities helped trace and rescue a minor girl from Ponda who had been reported kidnapped earlier this week. Police said the girl’s father, a resident of Ponda and originally from Karnataka, lodged a complaint stating that his minor daughter was kidnapped from Curti, Ponda, around 1 pm on November 4 by unknown person(s). During the investigation, Ponda Police received information from reliable sources that the girl had been found alone at the Hosahalli bus stand in Karnataka. The staff of Hosahalli Police rescued her and took her to the…