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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Food safety authorities intensified their festive season surveillance drive in Goa, checking interstate buses in Margao to verify the safety and compliance of food products entering the state. As part of the inspection drive, a sweets manufacturing unit at St. Jose de Areal, IDC Nessai, was also inspected. The unit was found operating without a valid FSSAI licence and under unhygienic and unsanitary conditions. During the inspection, around 105 kg of Motichur Laddus valued at ₹23,220 was detained and subsequently destroyed in the interest of public health. Authorities said the festive season surveillance drive will continue to…

Team Goemkarponn OZARIM: The Ozari Shetkari Nagarik Kruti Samiti has urged the Director of Panchayats, Goa, to intervene in what it describes as serious and continuing grievances over the functioning and conduct of the present Secretary of the Village Panchayat of Ozarim. In an urgent memorandum submitted through the Block Development Officer, Pernem, the committee said villagers had repeatedly raised their concerns during several Gram Sabha meetings since the present Secretary took charge. The villagers, according to the memorandum, feel that their grievances have not received the appropriate attention and clarity expected from the Panchayat administration. The committee alleged that…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Kanhaiya Lal Yadav has been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined ₹1.5 lakh after being convicted for the murder of 35-year-old Sanjay Yadav, whose body was found buried in an isolated area near the Meta Strips company in Sankval in December 2022. Sanjay Yadav, a resident of Zuari Nagar who worked as a daily-wage labourer at a scrap yard, was found buried under construction debris in an isolated location opposite the Meta Strips company in Sankval. Following the discovery, Verna police launched an investigation and established the identity of the deceased. Kanhaiya Lal Yadav, a resident of…

Team Goemkarponn NUVEM: Two persons have been booked for allegedly stealing personal care products worth approximately ₹75,000 from a store at Goa Bagayatdar Sahakari Kharedi Vikri Saunstha Maryadit in Nuvem. According to the complaint filed by Sakshi Naik of Margao, the alleged thefts took place on May 13, 2026, and August 1, 2026, at the store premises in Nuvem. The accused have been identified as Hitesh Gerela and Akash Sundrani, both residents of Maharashtra. According to the complaint, the accused allegedly criminally entered the store and committed theft of various personal care products, with the total value of the stolen…

Team Goemkarponn PALOLEM: A property dispute allegedly turned violent at Palolem, Canacona, with three persons booked for allegedly assaulting a local man on the night of August 25. According to the complaint filed by Sandip Pagi of Canacona, the incident took place at around 10 pm when accused Swastik Pagi, Vasu Pagi and Geeta Pagi, all residents of Canacona, allegedly acted with a common intention and assaulted him over a property dispute. Police said accused No. 1, Swastik Pagi, allegedly assaulted the complainant on his head with a koita. Accused No. 2, Vasu Pagi, allegedly accompanied him carrying a wooden…

Team Goemkarponn BASTORA: A 75-year-old man sustained serious injuries, including grievous head injuries, in a road accident near Belekar Open Air Hall, Bastora, Bardez, on August 5. According to the complaint filed by Tome Piedade Fernandes, son of late Eugenio Fernandes, a resident of Quitla, Aldona, the accident occurred at around 10 am when he was riding scooter bearing registration number GA-03-J-4641 from Moira towards Aldona. Police said the accused, Maruti Arjun Jadhav, a resident of Madel, Thivim, was driving vehicle bearing registration number GA-07-T-2555 from Aldona towards Mapusa via Bastora. The accused allegedly drove in a rash and negligent…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee has launched a statewide campaign against what it described as the BJP-led government’s attempts to “sell off” Goa’s land and hand it over to outsiders. The campaign, titled ‘Goy Vikpak Divche Na, BJP’k Jikpak Divche Na’ (Won’t Let Goa Be Sold, Won’t Let BJP Win), was launched on August 17 under the leadership of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge. Senior Congress leaders, led by GPCC President Girish Chodankar, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, South Goa MP Viriato Fernandes and other senior office-bearers, addressed a press conference in Panaji, outlining the party’s position on…