DON ARUN GAWLI TOPS EXAM ON GANDHIAN THOUGHT
AGENCIES|MUMBAI Gangster Arun Gawli, serving life sentence for murder, has topped an exam based on Gandhian thoughts. An inmate of the Nagpur central prison, Gawli scored 74 out of 80 marks in the examination, based on the concept of the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. Around 160 prisoners appeared for the examination, conducted by NGOs Sahyog Trust, Sarvoday Ashram and Mumbai Sarvoday Mandal in October last year. The…
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ACB TO FILE LATEST INVESTIGATION REPORT AGAINST BABU KAVLEKAR BEFORE SPECIAL COURT
AGENCIES|PANAJI In the matter of anticipatory bail plea of the leader of opposition Babu Kavlekar in disproportionate assets case, Anti Corruption Branch on Monday sought permission from the special court to place on record the latest investigation report. Panaji special court adjourned the hearing for August 20 and allowed ACB to place on record the investigation report. The court also cleared…
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UP NATIVE CAUGHT RED-HANDED IN VASCO WHILE TRYING TO KIDNAP 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL
VASCO A group of people today caught red-handed Uttam Kumar Bind a native of UP, trying to kidnap a minor girl at Vasco. The incident occurred outside Bank of India ATM where victim’s father was in a queue to enter the ATM. After noticing that the girl’s father was distracted the accused tried to kidnap his minor daughter by pulling her…
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GOA POLICE TO CONDUCT SPECIAL DRIVE AGAINST DRUNKEN DRIVING
PANAJI Goa Police will conduct a special drive against drunken driving between 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm in the state today. In an order, Goa Director General of Police Dr Muktesh Chander has said each and every alcometer in working condition would be used and all SDPOs, Police Station Incharges, Traffic PIs, Dy SP Traffic would be in the field in…
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MURDER WEAPONS RECOVERED BY POLICE IN CANDOLIM CASE
CALANGUTE Police on Thursday recovered the sword and knife used by the accused to murder Candolim-based hotelier Vishwajit Singh earlier this week. Singh, who was working as the manager of a hotel at Bamonvaddo in Candolim, was assaulted by two accused with the sword and knife at around 1.30am on Tuesday in the parking area of an apartment complex where he…
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COURT DISMISSES AIRES’S PLEA TO ASSIST PROSECUTION IN POWER SUBSIDY SCAM CASE
PANAJI A special court at Panaji has dismissed an application filed by advocate Aires Rodrigues, seeking to assist the prosecution in the trial against panchayat minister Mauvin Godinho and others in the Rs 4.5-crore power subsidy scam. The court, while dismissing the application, said that such a move would delay the proceedings. “It didn’t appear that the prosecution would be provided…
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COURT ISSUES SUMMONS TO EX-EMPLOYEE OF LOUIS BERGER FIRM IN BRIBERY CASE
PANAJI The court, on Tuesday, issued summons to James McClung, former top executive of the US-headquartered firm Louis Berger, who had confessed to having paid bribes to ministers in Goa. McClung had claimed to have paid bribes to former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat and some others to win consultancy for a water augmentation and sewerage line system project, to be implemented…
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COURT REJECTS TEMPLE PRIEST’S ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN MOLESTATION CASE
PONDA The Additional District and Sessions Court in Ponda on Saturday rejected two anticipatory bail applications filed by a priest at Goa’s Mangeshi temple in a molestation case. A senior police officer said, that the accused, Dhananjay Bhave, could not be traced after the Additional District and Sessions Court in Ponda cancelled the applications of the priest, who has been booked…
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CM EXPRESSES POSSIBILITY THAT KETAMINE WAS ONLY STORED IN GOA, NOT MANUFACTURED
PANAJI CM Parrikar today expressed the possibility that the ketamine recovered from the factory might not have been manufactured at the unit, but only stored there. Parrikar was accused by Opposition members during Question Hour for not doing enough to curb the drug menace. Parrikar said that the state government has not been officially intimated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)…
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168 CASES OF DRUG BUST REPORTED IN 2017 IN GOA
PANAJI As many as 168 cases of drugs bust were reported in the year 2017 as compared to 60 in 2016 and 61 in 2015 in Goa, according to a written reply tabled by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in the State Legislative Assembly on Friday. In 2015, 61 cases of drug seizure were detected (33 by police stations and 28 by anti-narcotic cell),…
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