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One held for rape in Candolim

MAPUSA

Calangute Police arrested a 23-year-old youth on charges of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel in Candolim.

The accused, Swaroop Gora, presently residing at Old Goa but a native of Rajasthan has been sent to seven days of police custody.

According to police, the victim along with her friends had gone to a hotel in Candolim last Sunday.

The accused allegedly raped the victim on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, police said.

A case of rape under section 376 of the IPC has been registered against the accused. Further investigation is on.

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8 needed, but 7 of 14-member Cuncolim council table ‘no-trust’ against chairperson

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Oct 22, 2022, 12:36 AM IST
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8 needed, but 7 of 14-member Cuncolim council table ‘no-trust’ against chairperson

MARGAOPolitical instability has come to haunt the Congress-controlled Cuncolim Municipal Council with as many as seven councillors in the 14-member civic body tabling a no-trust motion against Municipal Chairperson Laxman Naik.While all five BJP councillors have put their signatures on the no-trust motion, Congress-backed councillor Raymond D’Souza and Goa Forward councillor Uddesh Desai are the other signatories to the motion.The notice of the no-trust motion has been…

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