Team Goemkarponn PONDA: A case of kidnapping has been registered at Ponda Police Station after a woman from Karnataka, presently residing in Ponda, complained that her minor daughter was abducted in the early hours of Friday. Police said that around 3:00 am, unidentified person(s) allegedly kidnapped the girl from the lawful guardianship of her mother. Investigation is underway to trace the minor and identify the accused.
Team Goemkarponn PONDA: Police have booked a motorist for rash and negligent driving after his car collided with a scooter at Borim, leaving one person seriously injured. According to the complaint filed by ASI Rohidas Bhomkar of Ponda Police Station, at around 1:30 pm on Monday, accused Gokuldas Naik of Borim, who was driving an Innova, was proceeding from Gadder towards Margao in a rash and negligent manner. On reaching near the Borim bridge (Sakav), he allegedly rammed into an Activa scooter coming from Shiroda towards Ponda. The scooter rider, Gorudas Gaonkar of Shiroda, sustained grievous injuries to his…
Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Cyber Crime Police Station in Goa has arrested a 21-year-old man from Kerala in connection with a fake investment fraud worth ₹20.23 lakh, officials said on Friday. The case was registered under Crime No. 25/2025 on a complaint by a resident of Bardez, North Goa, police said. The accused and his associates, operating through Telegram IDs and a group named “5059 ABRDN TASK GROUP,” lured the complainant with promises of high returns, inducing him to transfer money across multiple bank accounts, they said. Following investigation and financial analysis, police identified the suspect as Adharsh K…
Team Goemkarponn VERNA: A 53-year-old worker, Sudam Gaikwad was killed in a tragic accident at the Konkan Railway Yard in Verna on September 11, after being run over by a concrete mixture vehicle allegedly driven negligently by a driver without a valid licence. According to Verna police, the incident occurred around 12:30 pm when the accused driver, identified as Subhan Alam, a resident of Verna and native of Bihar, was reversing the concrete mixer towards the Ultratech godown. On reaching near the goods shed, the vehicle dashed into Sudam Gaikwad, a native of Maharashtra, who was working on the…
Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) has issued a public notice declaring the fish markets owned by the Council at Baina and Vasco da Gama as “Notified Fish Markets.” The notification, dated September 11, 2025, states that any activity of selling or storing fish within a one-kilometre radius of these notified markets shall be prohibited and treated as illegal. The Council has clarified that this action is in line with Section 252 of the Goa Municipality Act, 1968, as amended, and Bye-Law 2(iii) of The Storage or Sale of Flesh or Fish Bye-Laws, 1971. This decision stems…
Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The Goa Forward Party (GFP) accused the Department of Education of withholding crucial information under RTI and deliberately denying No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to eligible high schools, thereby depriving teachers and non-teaching staff of permanent jobs for years. Addressing the media, GFP General Secretary Prashant Naik said that on June 21, 2025, he filed an RTI seeking details of NOCs issued for permanent posts of undergraduate teachers and non-teaching staff in high schools from April 1, 2023, to May 31, 2025. “The department refused to share school-wise data, citing only general criteria like enrolment and workload.…
“BITS has announced plans to implement psychometric testing and well-being assessments. While this is a step forward, it is reactive and insufficient on its own. What happens once a student is identified as at-risk? Are there resources, professionals, and interventions in place? Are parents informed? Are recovery programs available? Without clear follow-through, assessments become little more than bureaucratic formalities. It is important to acknowledge the fear that stricter policies may drive the problem underground. But the opposite is more dangerous — when institutions avoid addressing drug use openly, they enable a culture of secrecy, denial, and silence.” The recent…
