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Aarti Chari elected new sarpanch of Verla-Canca

MAPUSA  

Verla-Canca got a new sarpanch after Aarti Chari was elected unopposed to the post on Tuesday.  

At a special meeting called to elect the village sarpanch, only one nomination was received for the post. The sarpanch’s post is reserved for women in Verla-Canca.  

The post was lying vacant after former sarpanch Dipali Bicholkar was voted out recently. Only five members out of the nine-member panchayat were present for the meeting.  

The five members who had moved the no-confidence motion - Mohan Dabhale, Vasudev Korgaonkar, Aarti Chari, Digambar Kalangutkar and Ashok Arlekar were present for the meeting.

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Cross desecration video going viral not recent, clarify police

The Goan Network
Published Jun 28, 2023, 1:02 AM IST
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MARGAOMaina-Curtorim police on Tuesday has clarified that the video showing a couple of youth damaging a cross is not a recent one, but an old video that had gone viral over two years ago.Maina-Curtorim police, however, did not take chances, more so after it received a complaint from a group of citizens, including Vinayak Volvoikar, alleging that some boys were involved in causing damage to the cross.Maina-Curtorim Police Station in-charge, PI Ravi Dessai informed that the…

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