SERULA COMMUNIDADE SCAM RUNS IN THOUSAND CRORE: CONGRESS
MAPUSA The state Congress unit on Thursday termed the Serula comunidade land grab case as the biggest scam in the history of Goa, amounting to Rs 1,000 crore. The Congress has also demanded that a CBI inquiry should be conducted into the case and has asked that revenue minister Rohan Khaunte to step down or that chief minister Manohar Parrikar shoul…
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MARGAO LOCAL NABBED RED-HANDED WITH NARCOTIC SUBSTANCE
MARGAO Margao police on Wednesday arrested one person, a resident of Azad Nagar, Margao, after he was found in possession of 170 grams of ganja worth Rs 52,000. Police said that they had reliable information that the accused would come to sell ganja to a customer near ESI hospital, Margao. Based on this, the police sent a decoy customer to purchase…
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DRI RAIDS ON KETAMINE UNITS BUST INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE
PANAJI In a three-day operation code-named “Operation Vitamin”, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an international drug syndicate, a statement issued by the enforcement agency on Wednesday said. The DRI officials have seized 308 kg ketamine and a huge quantity of raw material from various sites in Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat, and arrested 10 persons including two British nationals…
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2 DEAD BODIES WASHED ASHORE AT SIQUERIM BEACH, YET TO BE IDENTIFIED
PANAJI Two bodies were washed ashore at Siquerim beach in North Goa on Wednesday. According to Calangute Police Station incharge Police Inspector Jivba Dalvi, extensive patrolling in the beach areas was being carried out by Calangute police along with the Navy divers and the Coastguards to trace out the remaining two persons that had drowned in Calangute beach on Monday last. During the…
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CRECHE OPERATOR FROM VASCO BOOKED FOR BURNING 9-YEAR-OLD BOY’S HAND
VASCO A creche operator in the port town of Vasco was booked on Tuesday for injuring a nine-year-old boy, police said. The FIR filed by the victim’s mother alleges that Renu Halpatti, 52, who has filed for anticipatory bail, had burnt the boy’s hand with a red-hot tong as punishment for behaving improperly. “The accused had threatened the victim not to…
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WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN BJP AND CONGRESS OVER DRI RAID ON ILLEGAL KETAMINE UNIT
PANAJI A raid by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on a factory in Pissurlem in the wee hours of Tuesday and confiscation of ketamine, a banned party drug, has triggered a war of words between the Congress and the ruling BJP in Goa. The Congress alleged that the industrial unit, which was raided for illegal manufacture of ketamine, is operated…
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KETAMINE DRUGS WORTH CRORES SEIZED FROM FACTORY IN PISSURLEM
PISSURLEM The officials of Revenue Intelligence today raided a factory in IDC Pissurlem. According to sources, Ketamine drugs (mainly used for starting and maintaining anaesthesia) has been seized, which is worth crores. The officials have avoided commenting anything on the case; however, it is known that the factory was on the radar. The officials interrogated a youth from Calangute on suspicion….
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9-YEAR-OLD DELHI BOY DROWNS IN SWIMMING POOL
CALANGUTE A 9-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool of a hotel in Calangute near, police said today. The incident happened at 8 pm yesterday when the boy, a resident of Delhi who had come for a vacation to Goa along with his family, went to the swimming pool without the knowledge of his parents, Inspector Jivba Dalvi said. An offence was…
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AAP FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER FOR POWER FAILURE INCIDENT
Aap files complaint against CEE & others with ACB for keeping public in darkness PANAJI Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said that the move of the electricity department of keeping the public in the dark for almost 24 hours was a suitable case to be tried under the prevention of corruption act and IPC and filed a complaint before the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and…
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NIGERIAN NATIONAL ARRESTED WITH DRUGS AT BAGA
CALANGUTE Calangute Police in North Goa today arrested a 21-year-old Nigerian national for allegedly possessing illegal drugs. According to Calangute Police Station incharge Police Inspector Jivba Dalvi, a tip-off was received that accused Echezona (28) would be coming to deliver drugs to prospective customers at Tito’s lane in Baga, Calangute. The police team waited at Baga to apprehend the suspected person. As soon as…
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