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Team Goemkarponn Margao: In the GSB Unity Cup 3.0 tournament organised by the Goa GSB Sports & Charitable Trust, Dempo Challengers thrashed Shamrao Tridents by 87 runs in a floodlit encounter held at the MCC ground in Margao on Thursday. After being invited to bat first, Dempo Challengers piled up a massive 216 for 4 in 20 overs. They then bundled out the Shamrao Tridents for 129 runs in 16.5 overs. For Dempo, Tunish Sawkar (53) and Samar Dubhashi (55) scored impressive half-centuries. The duo stitched together a crucial 118-run partnership for the third wicket. Tunish struck 2 fours and…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday launched a sharp attack on villagers and activists protesting against land conversion approvals, branding them “blackmailers” and asserting that the government will not bow to pressure tactics. Reacting to the ongoing sit-in outside the TCP Department office, Rane said he would not take cognizance of the protest and refused to engage in negotiations with the agitators. “They are blackmailers. Let them sleep there day and night,” he remarked, making it clear that the department would not halt its functioning due to demonstration

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Altinho, Panaji, has published the Final Electoral Roll of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026, bringing the total number of electors in Goa to 10,57,566 as on February 21, 2026. The revision, conducted with January 1, 2026 as the qualifying date, reflects a net decrease of 27,426 voters, marking a 2.53% decline compared to the previous roll. The Draft Roll published on December 16, 2025 had recorded 10,84,992 electors, including 5,23,304 males, 5,61,679 females and 9 third gender voters. Following the disposal of claims, objections and deletions of ineligible entries,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A wave of complaints over steep electricity bills, particularly from consumers in South Goa, has prompted the Electricity Department to issue a clarification, stating that the recent increase in bill amounts is due to technical and regulatory changes rather than any arbitrary hike. Superintending Engineer Mayur Hede explained that many consumers received bills covering extended billing cycles of 45 days or more instead of the usual one-month period. This, he said, happened after departmental staff were assigned to duties related to the SIR process, leading to delays in meter readings and bill generation. As a result, consumers…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Digital payments in Goa continue to register steady growth, with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in January 2026 touching Rs 6,064 crore, according to the latest data. The January 2026 figure marks a significant rise compared to Rs 5,990 crore recorded in December 2025 and Rs 5,030 crore in January 2025. In January 2024, the transaction value stood at Rs 4,317 crore, indicating consistent year-on-year growth in digital payment adoption across the state. Earlier figures also show an upward trend, with Rs 5,427 crore recorded in December 2024 and Rs 5,629 crore in May 2025, reflecting increasing…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has annulled a demolition order passed against a coastal structure at Reis Magos after noting that the proceedings were initiated in the name of a person who had died more than three years earlier. In a judgment delivered on Friday, Justice Valmiki Menezes set aside the November 7, 2025 order of the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA), which had directed demolition of a structure located in Survey No. 78/1 of Village Reis Magos for alleged violations of coastal regulations. The court observed that the challenge before it was limited…

Team Goemkarponn Anjuna: In a renewed drive against suspected coastal violations, a joint team comprising officials of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) and the Anjuna Panchayat carried out an extensive inspection of several nightclubs operating along the Ozrant coastline in Anjuna on Friday. The nearly three-hour exercise was initiated after a formal complaint by local activist Desmond Alvares, who has been consistently raising concerns over alleged breaches of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms and rising noise pollution in the Anjuna–Vagator nightlife corridor. Alvares has alleged that nearly 80 structures along the…