Goa Human Rights Commission has held that recovering alleged excess payments from a retired Group ‘C’ employee is impermissible under law and amounts to a violation of human rights. The GHRC has recommended authorities to refund Rs 1,12,680 deducted from the gratuity of retired Upper Division Clerk Bhagyawan S. Korgaonkar, along with 6% simple interest per annum calculated from the day following his retirement until full realization. • Heavy police security has been deployed at the Sai Baba Temple in Borim amid an ongoing dispute between the Gaonkari and Sai Baba Seva Mandal Trust over the management of the temple. • Bank employees across Goa are observing a one-day nationwide strike today, September 11, 2026, under the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), protesting delays in implementing five-day banking and demanding withdrawal of the Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. UFBU has warned of a three-day nationwide strike from September 28–30, followed by an indefinite strike from October 26 if demands remain unresolved. • Police detained around 20–25 Gaonkari members who had gathered at the Sai Baba Temple premises. Members of the Sai Baba Temple Trust were allowed to enter the temple under police protection. •
Excise officials seized around 400 litres of liquor spirit at the Kankumbi checkpost on the Goa-Karnataka route. The spirit was concealed in cans and bottles inside a specially created partition of a BharatBenz six-wheeler. The vehicle and liquor, collectively valued at Rs 10.40 lakh, were seized, while two persons were booked under the Karnataka Excise Act. • Mapusa JMFC Court has granted conditional bail to Balaji Chavan, a Karaswada resident, who was arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman during a Dahi Handi programme at Khorlim. • The Goa State Election Commission has notified the delimitation of wards for the ensuing general elections to 11 Municipal Councils, including Mormugao, Margao, Mapusa, Curchorem-Cacora, Bicholim, Cuncolim, Quepem, Canacona, Valpoi, Pernem and Sanguem. • Gerson Gomes, through Adv. Ohm Stanley, has filed an intervention petition before the District Court, Margao, in the anticipatory bail matter. Gomes will oppose the Malcolm Pereira plea for anticipatory bail. • Cuncolim Police have seized the mobile phone of Malcolm Pereira in connection with the alleged assault of Chinchinim-Deussa Sarpanch Gerson Gomes at the village panchayat office.
Goa Human Rights Commission has held that recovering alleged excess payments from a retired Group ‘C’ employee is impermissible under law and amounts to a violation of human rights. The GHRC has recommended authorities to refund Rs 1,12,680 deducted from the gratuity of retired Upper Division Clerk Bhagyawan S. Korgaonkar, along with 6% simple interest per annum calculated from the day following his retirement until full realization. • Heavy police security has been deployed at the Sai Baba Temple in Borim amid an ongoing dispute between the Gaonkari and Sai Baba Seva Mandal Trust over the management of the temple. • Bank employees across Goa are observing a one-day nationwide strike today, September 11, 2026, under the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), protesting delays in implementing five-day banking and demanding withdrawal of the Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. UFBU has warned of a three-day nationwide strike from September 28–30, followed by an indefinite strike from October 26 if demands remain unresolved. • Police detained around 20–25 Gaonkari members who had gathered at the Sai Baba Temple premises. Members of the Sai Baba Temple Trust were allowed to enter the temple under police protection. •
Excise officials seized around 400 litres of liquor spirit at the Kankumbi checkpost on the Goa-Karnataka route. The spirit was concealed in cans and bottles inside a specially created partition of a BharatBenz six-wheeler. The vehicle and liquor, collectively valued at Rs 10.40 lakh, were seized, while two persons were booked under the Karnataka Excise Act. • Mapusa JMFC Court has granted conditional bail to Balaji Chavan, a Karaswada resident, who was arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman during a Dahi Handi programme at Khorlim. • The Goa State Election Commission has notified the delimitation of wards for the ensuing general elections to 11 Municipal Councils, including Mormugao, Margao, Mapusa, Curchorem-Cacora, Bicholim, Cuncolim, Quepem, Canacona, Valpoi, Pernem and Sanguem. • Gerson Gomes, through Adv. Ohm Stanley, has filed an intervention petition before the District Court, Margao, in the anticipatory bail matter. Gomes will oppose the Malcolm Pereira plea for anticipatory bail. • Cuncolim Police have seized the mobile phone of Malcolm Pereira in connection with the alleged assault of Chinchinim-Deussa Sarpanch Gerson Gomes at the village panchayat office.
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