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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has expressed serious concern over the worsening state of roads, unsafe intersections, and insufficient traffic management in South Goa, warning that these challenges are affecting both residents’ quality of life and the efficiency of trade operations. A GCCI delegation, led by Logistics Committee Chairman Chandrakant Gawas, submitted a detailed memorandum to South Goa Collector Egna Cleema, IAS, highlighting urgent infrastructure and safety issues requiring immediate attention. The delegation pointed out incomplete repair work on the Goa–Belgaum Road via Anmod. While welcoming the partial reopening of this crucial trade…

Team Goemkarponn Ponda: Silvanagar-Ponda tragic incident on October 20, as an 8-year-old girl lost her life after being struck by a car while riding her bicycle. The vehicle, reversing in the vicinity, failed to spot the child, resulting in fatal injuries. Eyewitnesses reported that the girl was critically hurt and succumbed to her injuries at the scene. The accident has left the local community in shock, casting a somber shadow over Diwali festivities in the area. Authorities have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the accident, and additional information is expected to emerge in the coming days.

Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Mapusa has acquitted Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) President Manoj Parab, St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar, and other party members in connection with a 2020 protest concerning the proposed IIT project at Melauli. The protest, held on September 3, 2020, involved around 200 people gathering outside the Guleli Village Panchayat office to seek information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Authorities had filed charges against the leaders, citing unlawful assembly, wrongful restraint of the Sarpanch, and use of offensive language aimed at the Chief Minister and Health Minister.…

Team Goemkarponn LOUTOULIM: The relatives of workers who lost their lives in the recent fire at Vijay Marine Services in Loutolim are pressing the company for immediate compensation and assistance in sending the bodies back to their native states. Among the deceased were two brothers, leaving behind young children and spouses struggling without their main earners. Family members have demanded that the company provide at least ₹10 lakh per deceased worker and cover the transportation costs of their bodies. They stated that unless these assurances are met, they would not authorize post-mortem examinations or funeral arrangements. Relatives at the…

Team Goemkarponn Ponda: Police have registered a case against two persons from Durbhat, Ponda, for allegedly wrongfully confining a minor boy and extorting money from him under the pretext of imposing a fine for travelling triple seat on a motorcycle. According to the complaint filed by the victim’s mother (name withheld), resident of Ponda, the incident occurred on October 14, 2025, around 12:40 p.m., when the accused Shragan Naik (details not known) allegedly took away her minor son from her lawful guardianship to the residence of another accused, Tarkeshwar Naik, at Durbhat, Ponda. The complaint further states that Tarkeshwar…

Team Goemkarponn Dharbandora: Unidentified thieves stole the outer condenser unit of an air conditioner from a farmhouse at Shigao, Dharbandora, late on Friday night. According to the complaint lodged by Medar Kujur, a resident of Shigao and a native of Jharkhand, the theft occurred between 6:00 p.m. on October 17 and 9:00 a.m. on October 18, 2025, at Luizinho Faleiro’s farmhouse in Shigao, where the complainant is employed as a labourer. The accused allegedly removed and stole the outer condenser unit of a Voltas air conditioner, valued at around ₹35,000, which was installed on the outer wall of the…

Team Goemkarponn Arambol: A taxi driver attached to the Goa Miles service was allegedly assaulted and wrongfully restrained by an unidentified person at Khalchawada, Arambol, on Saturday afternoon, over a dispute concerning passenger pickup. According to the complaint filed by Purushottam Parshuram Kale (27), a resident of Sancoale, the incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. on October 18 when he had gone to pick up passengers in his taxi (registration number GA-06-T-9143). The accused allegedly wrongfully restrained him, abused him in filthy language, and punched the side window of his taxi, before attempting to assault him. The Mandrem Police have…