Digital Goa, April 24- The two brothers who were found dead in their apartment at Aquem have been identified as 29-year-old Mohammad Zuber Khan and 27-year-old Afan Khan. Their 54-year-old mother Ruksana Khan was also found in semiconscious condition in the apartment. One of the brother was a civil engineer by profession while the other one was a BCom graduate. Margao police are investigating the matter. Two young brothers were found dead in their flat at Aquem-Margao this evening under mysterious circumstances. The bodies of both brothers have been sent for post mortem. The reason for the dea ..read more

Digital Goa, April 24-  Electricity Dept employee has been injured due to electric shock today morning. The victim identified as 38-year-old Apeval Priol resident Upendra Naik received the shock while he was doing repair work of a transformer at Dhavli , Ponda. He was shifted to Margao Hospital for treatment. The post Electricity Dept employee injured due to shock while repairing transformer at Ponda appeared first on digitalgoa ..read more

Digital Goa, April 24 – Enforcement Agencies seized one satellite phone, 78 mobile phones along with  narcotic drugs, liquor, cash, precious metal and other freebies brought for alleged distribution to voters, together worth Rs 16.65 crore. The seizures are in 38 days from March 16 to April 22 i.e. since the Model Code of Conduct came into force in Goa . This includes Rs 4.6 crore cash and Rs 3.03 crore worth precious metal seized by Income Tax Dept, Rs 9 lakh cash, Rs 72.40 lakh worth liquor, Rs 2.4 crore worth drugs and 78 mobiles worth Rs 5.57 lakh seized by the Police Dept, Rs 1.35 cr ..read more

Digital Goa, April 2024 – Goa’s voter count stands at 11.79 lakh(11,79,644) as on April 19,2024, as per the statistics released by the Chief Electoral Office –Goa today. Of these 5,71,617 are men, 6,07,715 are women and 12 are Transgender voters.  Number of voters in South Goa stand at 5,98,934 while voters in North Goa stand at 5,80,710. There are in all 300 service voters – 133 in North Goa and 167 in South Goa.  Of deleted voters 375 missing, 335 repeated and 371 disqualified Total of 7,544 voters have been deleted from electoral roll– 3555 from North Goa and 3989 from South ..read more

Digital Goa, April 24 – Enforcement Agencies seized one satellite phone, 78 mobile phones along with  narcotic drugs, liquor, cash, precious metal and other freebies brought for alleged distribution to voters, together worth Rs 16.65 crore. The seizures are in 38 days from March 16 to April 22 i.e. since the Model Code of Conduct came into force in Goa . This includes Rs 4.6 crore cash and Rs 3.03 crore worth precious metal seized by Income Tax Dept, Rs 9 lakh cash, Rs 72.40 lakh worth liquor, Rs 2.4 crore worth drugs and 78 mobiles worth Rs 5.57 lakh seized by the Police Dept, Rs 1.35 cr ..read more

Digital Goa, April 21 – Goa Board recorded overall pass percentage of 84.99 % this year with 14,882 of the 17,511 students who appeared for the exam clearing it.  Pass percentage for girls was at 88.06 % while 81.51 % boys cleared the exams. Commerce stream recorded maximum pass percentage at 90.78 % followed by Arts Stream at 86.33 % , Science Stream at 82.41 % and Vocational stream registering  76.45 % pass percentage. Incidentally, last year the passing percentage was 10.47 % higher than this year and stood at 95.46 % . This year’s higher secondary result is lowest in past several ..read more

Digital Goa, April 21 – In yet another murder reported from Vasco, a senior citizen was found murdered in her house at Khariwado. 70-years-old Gayatri Marathe was found in a pool of blood in her house when neighbours opened her door. She was staying alone in the house. She is suspected to have been stabbed to death as a knife was found next to her body. The motive behind the murder is not yet known. The preliminary reports say that there were no visible signs of robbery. Police are investigating the case. It may be noted that just last week a 5-year-old girl child was raped and murdered at a c ..read more

Digital Goa, April 21-  Income Tax Department has opened a Control Room at Panaji which is functioning 24×7 hours till date of Polling i.e. May 7,2024, exclusively for Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Any complaint regarding distribution of cash, freebies or any inducement by any person or parties can be shared with the department by contacting the department through phone numbers or through e-mail. The names and details of the persons who are sharing Information will be kept confidential, stated a release by the IT Department today. The department has asked public to make use of the facility an ..read more

Digital Goa, April 21 –  Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) has issued a memorandum on April 4 stating that the Ministry has decided to accept ‘revocation certificate’ as an alternative document in lieu of ‘surrender certificate’  from those applying for Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) status.  The move is likely to provide relief for Goans whose Indian passports were revoked as they had acquired Portuguese citizenship. According to office memorandum issued by the MEA to all the passport issuing authorities, they have been instructed to issue ‘revocation certificates’ in all ..read more

Digital Goa,  April 20 – Control rooms which are to serve as vital hubs for addressing electoral queries, and lodging complaints for ensuring smooth conduct of the elections, have been set up by the Election Commission in view of Lok Sabha polls. For  North Goa Parliamentary Constituency, control rooms have been set up for the Assembly segments of Mandrem, Pernem, Thivim, Mapusa, Siolim, Saligao, Calangute, Porvorim, Aldona, Panaji, Taleigao, St. Cruz, St. Andre, Cumbarjua, Bicholim, Maem, Sanquelim, Poriem, Valpoi and Priol .Control Room at Pernem Taluka – 9067910323 / 0832-2201223 ..read more