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Team Goemkarponn MOPA: In a significant milestone, GMR Goa Air Cargo Logistics (GGACL) at Manohar International Airport (MIA) successfully handled its first expedition non-scheduled cargo charter movement for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Vasco. The special charter, an IL-76 aircraft nicknamed “Gajraj,” carried essential expedition supplies including medicines, food, and other commodities required for India’s ongoing research programme in Antarctica. The flight is routed via Cape Town, South Africa, before reaching its final destination in Antarctica. This marks the first time an IL-76 — a Soviet-designed heavy-lift, four-engine turbofan airlifter — has taken off from…

Team Goemkarponn CURTORIM: A property dispute turned violent on Thursday morning after a local resident was allegedly assaulted and threatened in front of “Paul’s Residency” on the road from Curtorim towards Chandor. Police said the incident occurred around 9 am on October 2, when complainant Jafflo Fernandes of Curtorim was allegedly attacked by Paul Fernandes, also from Curtorim, along with a minor boy (name withheld). According to the complaint, the accused persons, acting with common intention, assaulted Fernandes with a wooden danda, slaps, and kicks, causing him bodily injuries. They also allegedly damaged his mobile phone, hurled filthy abuses,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Old Goa Police have registered a case of forgery and cheating against two residents of Milroc Temple Tower, Merces, following a complaint of fraudulent issuance of a housing society share certificate. According to the complaint filed by Rajendra Kamat, the accused — identified as Jagdish Dessai and Sanjay Ghatwal — allegedly misrepresented themselves as chairman and secretary of the Milroc Temple Tower Co-operative Housing Society. They are accused of preparing a forged share certificate and issuing it to late Nirmala Dessai, which was identical to the original document, with the intention of cheating the society. The…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of indulging in “opportunistic politics” and indirectly helping the BJP in the state. In a statement issued by GPCC president Amit Patkar, the Congress said that Goa has suffered for over two decades under “BJP’s corrupt and destructive rule” and charged that Kejriwal only visits Goa during elections to target Congress instead of challenging the BJP. “His politics is not about defeating BJP; it is about protecting them. That is why Goans rightly call…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday declared that the people of Goa will bring AAP to power in the 2027 Assembly elections, ending what he termed as 13 years of “BJP-Congress misrule.” Kejriwal alleged that the BJP government in Goa has survived only with the tacit support of the Congress, and together they have delivered “goondaraj” instead of good governance. “In these 13 years, crime against women has risen, unemployment has worsened, and illegal mining continues unchecked. The recent attack on Ramakant Konkar, who spoke against the…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Aldona Congress MLA Adv Carlos Alvares Ferreira accused the ruling BJP government of dangling an election jumla in the form of the Mhaje Ghar Scheme, that is set to be unveiled by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday. Addressing a press conference alongside party president Amit Patkar, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemão and South Goa MP Capt Viriato Fernandes, Ferreira warned people against applying for the scheme saying that such data will be misused by the government to blackmail them closer to the elections. “Under this law, people will file applications, in which they will…

“Locals have made their opposition clear. At a meeting with Saligao MLA Kedar Naik, residents warned of ecological damage and cultural erasure if Verem’s waters were handed over to casinos. To his credit, Naik assured them no vessel would be allowed to anchor there. But in Goa, where the casino industry wields disproportionate influence over policy, such promises are met with skepticism. The community has resolved to put their objections in writing to the Captain of Ports and government ministers, demanding immediate intervention. They know that without firm, written commitments, the lobby can push through its agenda quietly.” In Verem,…