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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Priority Gaspar Dias Open All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2025, powered by Priority Constructions and organised under the aegis of the Goa Table Tennis Association, is set for thrilling Under-11 finals in both boys’ and girls’ categories. In the Boys’ U11 semi-finals, top seed Ishaan Colaso cruised past Aarish Shaikh with a dominant 3-0 victory, while Ashank Dalvi battled past a resilient Shreysht Rane 3-1 to book his place in the title clash. The Girls’ U11 category witnessed equally exciting action. In the quarter-finals, Anaya Shukla swept past Sanaz Shaikh 3-0, Tvisha Kotkar…

New Delhi: Jailed Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik has made sensational claims in a sworn affidavit submitted to the Delhi High Court, alleging that his 2006 meeting with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed was organised at the request of Indian intelligence officials — and personally appreciated by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Malik, who is serving a life sentence in a terror-funding case, said the meeting was part of a backchannel peace process with Pakistan following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. He claimed that senior officials of the Intelligence Bureau…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has permitted Advocate Pritesh Prabhu, accused in two separate cases of molestation, stalking and misconduct, to secure his release from Colvale Central Jail after modifying certain bail conditions. Prabhu had been granted conditional bail in April 2025 but remained behind bars as he was unable to fulfil the original requirement of furnishing a personal bond of ₹20,000 with one surety of the same amount before the South Goa Sessions Court in Margao. He told the court that following the death of his father — a senior lawyer who allegedly…

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has revealed why India launched Operation Sindoor the massive retaliatory strike on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) shortly after midnight on May 7. Speaking at an event in Ranchi on Thursday, General Chauhan said the strikes, conducted between 1:00 and 1:30 am, were timed to ensure maximum precision while minimising civilian casualties. “Why did we strike at 1:30 at night? That is the darkest time, the most difficult time to get satellite images, photographs, and collect evidence. Yet, we struck at that time for two…

New Delhi: The central government will begin enforcing the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act from October 1, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Thursday. The Act, passed by Parliament in August and signed by the President shortly after, seeks to ban all forms of online money-based games while encouraging e-sports and non-monetary online gaming. The law aims to address rising concerns about gambling addiction, financial fraud, and money laundering linked to real-money gaming apps. Speaking ahead of the AI Impact Summit 2026, Vaishnaw said, “The rules will be promulgated with effect from October 1.” He emphasised…

New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s recent comments invoking a “Gen Z revolution” have sparked a fresh political storm, with the BJP accusing him of endorsing street protests and violence similar to those witnessed during Nepal’s political upheaval. Speaking at a press conference earlier this week, Gandhi alleged “vote chori” (vote theft) in India and said that the country’s Gen Z would “save the Constitution, protect democracy, and stop vote theft.” He later reiterated this message on X, writing: “The youth of the country, the students of the country, the Gen Z of the country will save the…

New Delhi: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for deeper trade and economic engagement with India as part of the European Union’s efforts to reduce its dependency on the United States. Speaking at a conference of German business leaders on Thursday, von der Leyen said that the EU is seeking to finalise a free trade agreement (FTA) with India by the end of this year. “We want to make a deal with India this year,” von der Leyen said, revealing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had personally assured her of India’s commitment to the negotiations…