Panaji, March 30 The Goa BJP posted on social media photographs of a councilor, whose son has been arrested for alleged involvement in a sex scandal, along with Congress leaders, and asked if this was the reason the opposition party was "hyperactive in trying to present a different narrative"...
amitpatkar
bharatiya nyaya sanhita
congress party
crime branch investigation
curchorem
curchorem municipal council
goa bjp
information technology act
political association
protection of children from sexual offences act
sex scandal
social media
soham naik
sushant naik
yuri alemao
Panaji, March 30 The Goa BJP posted on social media photographs of a councilor, whose son has been arrested for alleged involvement in a sex scandal, along with Congress leaders, and asked if this was the reason the opposition party was "hyperactive in trying to present a different narrative."...
amitpatkar
bharatiya nyaya sanhita
child protection legislation
congress party
crime branch
curchorem municipal council
goa municipal council
information technology act
pocso act
political controversy
sexual assault investigation
social media
soham naik
sushant naik
yuri alemao
Panaji, March 28 Goa Congress chief Amit Patkar on Saturday claimed that the sex scandal in which the son of a councilor is an accused involves more than 100 minor victims, and that the police were initially reluctant to register a case.Soham (20), son of Sushant Naik, a member of Curchorem...
amitpatkar
bharatiya nyaya sanhita (bns)
crime branch
curchorem municipal council
goa congress
goa state commission for protection of child rights
goa state women's commission
information technology act
minor victims
police investigation
political protest
protection of children from sexual offences (pocso) act
sexual assault
sexual exploitation
soham naik
south goa
Panaji, March 23 – The South Goa Police arrested 20-year-old Soham Sushant Naik in the early hours of Monday following a strong public outcry over an alleged sex scandal involving 25 to 30 minor girls. Naik, a resident of Madegal-Cacora and the son of a BJP municipal councillor, was taken into...
alleged abuse
amitpatkar
bjp
criminal investigation
curchorem
custody
digital evidence
kudchade police station
minor exploitation
police investigation
protest
sex racket
sexual abuse
south goa
Panaji, March 18 The opposition Congress party has announced Dr. Ketan Bhatikar as its candidate for the upcoming Ponda assembly by-election in Goa.The by-election to the Ponda constituency in South Goa is scheduled for April 9, necessitated by the death of the sitting BJP MLA and former...
amitpatkar
assembly elections
bharatiya janata party
by-election
congress party
election committee
goa
ketan bhatikar
manikrao thakre
political candidates
political party
ponda assembly by-election
ravi naik
south goa
state politics
yuri alemao
Panaji, March 15 The BJP has shortlisted two names and sent them to the party leadership for selecting the candidate for the Ponda assembly by-election, a party leader said on Sunday after the Election Commission announced the election schedule.The by-election in the constituency, necessitated...
Panaji, Feb 15 The Congress has signaled an alliance with the Goa Forward Party (GFP) for the 2027 assembly elections, asserting that the combined force would form the next government in the coastal state.Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Patkar made the statement regarding...
Panaji, February 12 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that the Centre plans to convert South Goa's Dabolim airport exclusively for defence use, joining other opposition parties who have made similar claims, an assertion rejected by a state minister.The...