After Prudent Media highlighted the issue of damaged wheat/rice being supplied through Fair Price Shops, the Ponda Civil Supplies Department has directed all FPS dealers not to sell or distribute any wet, spoiled or otherwise unfit stock to beneficiaries; department has ordered that damaged stock be immediately reported, segregated and replaced to ensure beneficiaries receive their entitled quota. • GPCC President Girish Chodankar said that he has called Viresh Borkar and Valmiki Naik for alliance talks. “Yesterday they were busy, so in the coming two days we will sit and discuss,”; On Vijai Sardesai, Girish said that alliance has been kept on hold, and hence no discussions have taken place with him. • Court grants bail to Meshu D’Costa and Dattaraj Raut Dessai in connection with an FIR alleging confrontation, threats and obstruction of police personnel on duty at Sanguem Police Station. • In the matter concerning the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that was unlawfully installed on Mormugao Port Authority property at Sada, Goa govt stated before the High Court that, 'in principle, it agrees the statue should be relocated to govt land, process is going on to identify a suitable relocation site, Two to three potential sites have been identified, but no final decision has been taken. The court granted the Goa govt time to finalise a site by the next hearing. The matter is adjourned to 25 August. • Cuncolim Police have registered a theft case following a complaint by Pravin Kakode, owner of Upgrade Enterprises at IDC, Cuncolim. The complaint alleges that security guard Ratan Kumar Parida, along with his friend Deepak Nishad, stole construction materials kept in the factory’s storeroom, valued at approximately Rs 11 lakh. • Colvale Police arrests Saish Sawant (27) after seizing 1.580 kg of suspected ganja worth around Rs 1.60 lakh during a narcotics raid near Dattatray Temple, Housing Board, Colvale • Deepak Surlakar, father of late Mandar Surlakar, has filed Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) before the Supreme Court challenging the High Court's judgment ordering the premature release of convicts Rohan Dhungat, Ryan Pinto and Shankar Tiwari. In a separate SLP, Surlakar has challenged the decision of the Goa State Sentence Review Board recommending the premature release of the three convicts. The Supreme Court has issued notices to all the respondents in all four SLPs • Crime Branch has arrested Tarak M. Arolkar in connection with an alleged property fraud involving Rs 40 lakh. Police allege Arolkar falsely represented himself as the owner of a property at Assagao and induced the complainant to pay the amount for execution of a Sale Deed, which was allegedly never executed. • Mapusa Police have solved the blind accident case at Moira that resulted in the death of Moira resident Antonio Jonnie Quadros. Police have detained the accused driver allegedly involved in the accident. • Amit Patkar rejects Girish Chodankar’s allegations over his alleged failure to attend the meeting, saying he never received any message from M.K. Shaikh; Patkar said the circulated screenshot shows only a single tick, indicating the message was not delivered to his phone. He questioned why he was not contacted directly if his presence was important and accused Chodankar of making public allegations without verifying the facts
After Prudent Media highlighted the issue of damaged wheat/rice being supplied through Fair Price Shops, the Ponda Civil Supplies Department has directed all FPS dealers not to sell or distribute any wet, spoiled or otherwise unfit stock to beneficiaries; department has ordered that damaged stock be immediately reported, segregated and replaced to ensure beneficiaries receive their entitled quota. • GPCC President Girish Chodankar said that he has called Viresh Borkar and Valmiki Naik for alliance talks. “Yesterday they were busy, so in the coming two days we will sit and discuss,”; On Vijai Sardesai, Girish said that alliance has been kept on hold, and hence no discussions have taken place with him. • Court grants bail to Meshu D’Costa and Dattaraj Raut Dessai in connection with an FIR alleging confrontation, threats and obstruction of police personnel on duty at Sanguem Police Station. • In the matter concerning the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that was unlawfully installed on Mormugao Port Authority property at Sada, Goa govt stated before the High Court that, 'in principle, it agrees the statue should be relocated to govt land, process is going on to identify a suitable relocation site, Two to three potential sites have been identified, but no final decision has been taken. The court granted the Goa govt time to finalise a site by the next hearing. The matter is adjourned to 25 August. • Cuncolim Police have registered a theft case following a complaint by Pravin Kakode, owner of Upgrade Enterprises at IDC, Cuncolim. The complaint alleges that security guard Ratan Kumar Parida, along with his friend Deepak Nishad, stole construction materials kept in the factory’s storeroom, valued at approximately Rs 11 lakh. • Colvale Police arrests Saish Sawant (27) after seizing 1.580 kg of suspected ganja worth around Rs 1.60 lakh during a narcotics raid near Dattatray Temple, Housing Board, Colvale • Deepak Surlakar, father of late Mandar Surlakar, has filed Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) before the Supreme Court challenging the High Court's judgment ordering the premature release of convicts Rohan Dhungat, Ryan Pinto and Shankar Tiwari. In a separate SLP, Surlakar has challenged the decision of the Goa State Sentence Review Board recommending the premature release of the three convicts. The Supreme Court has issued notices to all the respondents in all four SLPs • Crime Branch has arrested Tarak M. Arolkar in connection with an alleged property fraud involving Rs 40 lakh. Police allege Arolkar falsely represented himself as the owner of a property at Assagao and induced the complainant to pay the amount for execution of a Sale Deed, which was allegedly never executed. • Mapusa Police have solved the blind accident case at Moira that resulted in the death of Moira resident Antonio Jonnie Quadros. Police have detained the accused driver allegedly involved in the accident. • Amit Patkar rejects Girish Chodankar’s allegations over his alleged failure to attend the meeting, saying he never received any message from M.K. Shaikh; Patkar said the circulated screenshot shows only a single tick, indicating the message was not delivered to his phone. He questioned why he was not contacted directly if his presence was important and accused Chodankar of making public allegations without verifying the facts
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