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Team Goemkarponn CUNCOLIM: A 28-year-old man was found dead by hanging at IDC Cuncolim on Tuesday morning, prompting Cuncolim Police to register an unnatural death (U.D.) case. Police said that at around 10.33 a.m., information was received from PCR Margao reporting a suspected suicide at IDC Cuncolim. Upon reaching the spot, the house owner, Prashant Tate, a resident of Simpler, Cuncolim, informed police that the deceased, identified as Ramu Kumar (28), originally from Uttar Pradesh and residing at Simpler, Cuncolim, had allegedly died by suicide. Preliminary enquiry revealed that the deceased had hanged himself from a ceiling fan using a…

Team Goemkarponn COLVA: Colva Police have registered a case of kidnapping after a minor girl was reported missing from her residence in Benaulim. According to Colva Police Station Crime No. 12/2026, registered under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and Section 8 of the Goa Children’s Act, the complaint was lodged based on information received from a woman, whose identity has been withheld. The complainant stated that her minor daughter went missing from her lawful guardianship on January 25 at around 5.30 p.m. from their residence in Benaulim. She further informed police that the minor girl was…

Team Goemkarponn COLVA: Acting on reliable and specific information, Colva Police conducted a narcotics raid at Varca on January 26 and arrested two local residents for illegal possession of psychotropic substances. According to a complaint lodged by PSI Nikhil Khajnekar of Colva Police Station, the raid was carried out between 5.50 a.m. and 9.30 a.m., during which the police caught Akash Sajith and Pratik Barman, both residents of Varca, red-handed with MDMA and charas. Police seized a total of 8.81 grams of MDMA valued at approximately ₹1,76,200 and 2.43 grams of charas worth about ₹24,300. The total value of the…

Team Goemkarponn PONDA: A woman was robbed of gold jewellery worth approximately ₹2.5 lakh by an unidentified scooter-borne assailant outside her residence in Ponda. According to a complaint filed by Jaishree Patil, the incident occurred on January 26 at around 4.50 p.m. in front of her house, when an unknown person riding a scooter allegedly snatched her gold mangalsutra weighing about 40 grams, valued at nearly ₹1.5 lakh, along with a gold coriander seed chain (maal) weighing around 25 grams, worth approximately ₹1 lakh. After committing the theft, the accused fled the scene on the scooter. Police have registered a…

Team Goemkarponn CORTALIM: Copper cables and a telecom RRH unit worth around ₹1 lakh were stolen from an Indus Towers Limited site at Keserval, Cortalim, during the night hours between January 23 and January 24. According to Verna police, unknown persons broke open the latch of the receptacle (shelter room) at the tower site between 8.30 pm on January 23 and 10.30 am on January 24 and committed theft of a 16 sq mm copper cable measuring 50 metres, a 10 sq mm copper cable measuring 25 metres and one RRH unit. The complaint was lodged by Sagar Dessai, field…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Public sector banking services across the country & Goa were disrupted today as the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) called for an All India Bank Strike, pressing for immediate government approval to implement a five-day workweek in the banking sector. The UFBU, an umbrella body representing nine major bank employees’ and officers’ unions, said the strike was forced upon bank staff after repeated assurances by the government failed to translate into action. According to the unions, an agreement had already been reached to increase daily working hours from Monday to Friday, allowing the remaining Saturdays to…

Team Goemkarponn Porvorim: Concerns over safety have intensified in Porvorim after yet another burglary was reported, marking the third major robbery in the area within a short span of time. According to sources, thieves recently targeted a villa located at Socorro Zoswaddo, just days after a major robbery was reported in a large gated residential complex in Porvorim. The house was locked at the time of the incident as the owners were away. Sources said the burglars allegedly broke into the villa and escaped with valuables. They also reportedly removed the CCTV recording unit, apparently in an attempt to destroy…