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Acting on a complaint by St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar, the Tiswadi Deputy Collector has stayed proceedings concerning 1.15 lakh sqm of land across Survey Nos. 7/0, 64/1 and 6/0.The order puts on hold a May 27 judgment and the consequential purchase order dated October 9, 2026, until further orders. The Mamlatdar and Joint Mamlatdar have been directed not to process or certify any changes in Form I & XIV or other revenue records relating to the disputed properties. The next hearing is scheduled for November 24, 2026. • The Supreme Court has rejected former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s plea seeking suspension of his conviction and sentence in the 2013 rape case.Tejpal was convicted by the Bombay High Court at Goa and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for raping a junior colleague inside an elevator at a five-star hotel in Bambolim. The apex court has also rejected his bail plea. Tejpal is currently serving his sentence at Colvale Jail. • The North Goa District and Sessions Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to Rupali Ajit Shankhwalkar in connection with the fake Excise Commissioner job scam. Rupali, the wife of Ajit Shankhwalkar—the prime accused in the multi-lakh job scam—was recently named a co-accused by Panaji police following an investigation into the scam’s financial trail. The court granted her interim anticipatory bail until the next date of hearing November 20 for further arguments. • In the minor girl's sexual assault case registered by Old Goa Police, the accused, suspended Police Inspector Vikas Deykar and co-accused Rajani Palekar, have filed bail applications before the North Goa Fast Track POCSO Court. • The Margao JMFC Court has granted conditional bail to Hazel Fernandes in a case registered by Margao Town Police concerning alleged overseas job recruitment fraud. The court held that six days of custodial interrogation were sufficient for the police to examine the documentary aspects of the case, emphasizing the constitutional principle under Article 21 that “bail is the rule and jail is the exception” for offences not punishable with life imprisonment or the death penalty. • A clash broke out between two groups at Sanjivani Sugar Factory, leaving a 47-year-old man, Sameer Kalangutkar, a resident of the factory quarters, seriously injured. He was shifted to the hospital for treatment. Authorities have initiated an investigation into the incident. Acting on a complaint by St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar, the Tiswadi Deputy Collector has stayed proceedings concerning 1.15 lakh sqm of land across Survey Nos. 7/0, 64/1 and 6/0.The order puts on hold a May 27 judgment and the consequential purchase order dated October 9, 2026, until further orders. The Mamlatdar and Joint Mamlatdar have been directed not to process or certify any changes in Form I & XIV or other revenue records relating to the disputed properties. The next hearing is scheduled for November 24, 2026. • The Supreme Court has rejected former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s plea seeking suspension of his conviction and sentence in the 2013 rape case.Tejpal was convicted by the Bombay High Court at Goa and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for raping a junior colleague inside an elevator at a five-star hotel in Bambolim. The apex court has also rejected his bail plea. Tejpal is currently serving his sentence at Colvale Jail. • The North Goa District and Sessions Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to Rupali Ajit Shankhwalkar in connection with the fake Excise Commissioner job scam. Rupali, the wife of Ajit Shankhwalkar—the prime accused in the multi-lakh job scam—was recently named a co-accused by Panaji police following an investigation into the scam’s financial trail. The court granted her interim anticipatory bail until the next date of hearing November 20 for further arguments. • In the minor girl's sexual assault case registered by Old Goa Police, the accused, suspended Police Inspector Vikas Deykar and co-accused Rajani Palekar, have filed bail applications before the North Goa Fast Track POCSO Court. • The Margao JMFC Court has granted conditional bail to Hazel Fernandes in a case registered by Margao Town Police concerning alleged overseas job recruitment fraud. The court held that six days of custodial interrogation were sufficient for the police to examine the documentary aspects of the case, emphasizing the constitutional principle under Article 21 that “bail is the rule and jail is the exception” for offences not punishable with life imprisonment or the death penalty. • A clash broke out between two groups at Sanjivani Sugar Factory, leaving a 47-year-old man, Sameer Kalangutkar, a resident of the factory quarters, seriously injured. He was shifted to the hospital for treatment. Authorities have initiated an investigation into the incident.

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With just two months remaining before the elections, Sankalp Amonkar has been inducted into the Goa cabinet as a minister, with Chief Minist

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With just two months remaining before the elections, Sankalp Amonkar has been inducted into the Goa cabinet as a minister, with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant expressing full confidence in his ability to handle his new responsibilities. Following the elevation, Minister Mauvin Godinho asserted that the BJP is now poised to sweep the entire Mormugao taluka, while MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco remarked that becoming a minister requires destiny.
Fellow MLAs and ministers extended their best wishes to Minister Sankalpa as the party sets its sights on its Mormugao electoral mission.

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