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Team Goemkarponn BICHOLIM: Police Inspector Vijay Rane, who was earlier moved to the reserve force following a harassment complaint filed by a female staff member, has now been reinstated as the in-charge of Bicholim Police Station. The reinstatement came after orders issued by the North Goa Superintendent of Police. According to sources, the Home Department reviewed Rane’s case and decided to revoke the earlier transfer, citing his professional conduct and service record. Rane had been shifted out of Bicholim Police Station after Goa Police initiated an internal inquiry into the complaint lodged against him by a woman staffer. The…

Team Goemkarponn Margao: A labourer from Odisha was found dead on the railway tracks at Margao Railway Station on Thursday morning after sustaining severe injuries. According to Railway police, the deceased had come to Goa seeking work. However, the person who had invited him failed to respond to his calls after he arrived in the state. In an attempt to catch the Amaravati Express, the labourer reportedly tried to board the moving train in haste. His leg got caught in a gap on the tracks, and the train ran over it, causing severe injuries. Due to the extent of…

Indian warship INS Trikand carried out a rescue mission on board a Cameroon-flagged commercial carrier off the coast of Djibouti after the vessel caught fire, in which two crew members were killed. Djibouti: Indian Navy warship INS Trikand carried out a critical firefighting and rescue operation on a Cameroon-flagged commercial vessel, MT Falcon, which caught fire off the coast of Djibouti. The incident tragically resulted in the deaths of two crew members, while 24 others including one British and 23 Indian nationals were rescued by nearby merchant ships. Deployed in the Gulf of Aden for maritime security operations, INS…

Amaravati: The World Bank is set to release the second tranche of USD 200 million for the Amaravati Capital Phase-I development by December, a senior Andhra Pradesh government official confirmed on Thursday. This forms part of the World Bank’s total commitment of USD 800 million for the project, matched by an equal contribution from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), bringing the combined funding to USD 1.6 billion (approximately Rs 13,600 crore). The Centre will additionally provide Rs 1,400 crore, part of its overall Rs 15,000 crore allocation for Phase-I. According to S. Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary of Municipal…

New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has been officially declared the chief ministerial candidate of the opposition’s Mahagathbandhan ahead of the high-stakes Bihar Assembly elections. The announcement came on Thursday at a joint press conference in Patna, where Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot confirmed Tejashwi’s selection after weeks of deliberations within the opposition bloc over seat-sharing. Gehlot described Tejashwi as “young” and “committed”, asserting that the Mahagathbandhan had chosen him to lead the alliance’s challenge against the incumbent NDA government. Taking a swipe at the BJP, Gehlot said, “I want to ask Amit Shah… our leader…

Adelaide: Mumbai’s Rohit Sharma etched his name in cricket history on October 23, becoming India’s third-highest run scorer in One Day Internationals (ODIs). In the second ODI against Australia at Adelaide Oval, Rohit needed 46 runs to surpass Sourav Ganguly’s tally of 11,221 runs, and achieved the milestone with a boundary off Adam Zampa in the 21st over. Ganguly, who represented India in 308 ODIs between 1992 and 2007, amassed 11,221 runs in 297 innings. Rohit, meanwhile, reached the feat in just 275 ODIs, highlighting his prolific scoring rate. With this achievement, Rohit joins Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs)…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA – The Canacona Sports & Cultural Club, in association with its cultural wing, the Canacona Cultural Academy, is all set to organize Deepotsav-2025 on 24th October at the Gaitonde Mini-Sports Complex, Chaudi. The event, held in collaboration with Canacona Patrakar Sangh, Canacona Kalakar Sangh, Lions Club of Canacona, and Canacona Tourism Council, forms part of the Deepawali celebrations and aims to showcase the rich cultural heritage and festival traditions of the region. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, organizing committee chairman Janardhan Bhandari said the event seeks to highlight hidden talent in Canacona by providing…