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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Don Bosco College, Panjim and Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim have booked their places in the final of the Goa University Inter Collegiate Women’s Football Championship 2026-27 after contrasting victories in the semifinals at the Goa University Ground on September 30. In the first semifinal, Don Bosco College defeated St Xavier’s College 3-0 to reach the final for the second consecutive year. Don Bosco took control of the contest and created several attacking opportunities before Kanwiksha Rekdo broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute. She headed the ball into the net from a corner delivered…

Chandigarh: The political confrontation over Punjab’s drug crisis intensified as Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed an anti drug rally in Jalandhar as part of the BJP’s statewide “Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra”. The rally has become a major political platform for the BJP as it seeks to make the drug problem a central issue ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. The party has accused the state government of failing to control the spread of drugs and has promised stronger action if it comes to power. The Aam Aadmi Party, however, has questioned the Centre’s role in tackling drug trafficking…

New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is too early to determine whether Iran had any involvement in the attack aboard a Flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, while confirming that Israel will participate in the investigation. Speaking about the incident, Netanyahu said investigators would first need to establish what happened on board the aircraft before drawing conclusions about any possible involvement by a state actor. Netanyahu also said he had spoken with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed after the incident. According to him, the UAE has agreed to Israel joining the investigation into…

National: Swiggy (Swiggy Ltd, NSE: SWIGGY / BSE: 544285), India’s pioneering on-demand convenience platform today announced the return of Swiggy Dineout’s flagship dining property, the Great Indian Restaurant Festival (GIRF) but with a twist. This year, GIRF has been reimagined as The Great Indian Ravi Festival, built entirely around the internet’s current obsession, Ravi Kishan. The campaign is anchored by the line “Discount Followsss My Brothaaaar”, a twist on one of Ravi Kishan’s most viral dialogues, tying the internet’s favourite movement directly to GIRF’s core promise: unbeatable dining discounts. This edition of GIRF will be live from September 14, 2026…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The North Goa Special Court has acquitted Socorro residents Viraj Pirankar and Jitendra Halankar of charges including assault, criminal intimidation and caste-based abuse under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The court found that the prosecution had failed to establish the charges beyond reasonable doubt, particularly after the complainant and a key witness did not support the allegations during the trial. The case stemmed from an alleged incident on the evening of November 14, 2021, near a bar at Lima Waddo in Socorro. According to the complaint filed at Porvorim Police Station,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The North Goa Special Fast-Track Court has acquitted a 19-year-old man who was facing charges of rape and criminal intimidation in connection with a 2020 case, after the complainant did not support the prosecution’s version of events during the trial. The case was registered at Ponda Police Station in July 2020. The prosecution had alleged that the accused took the complainant to a hotel room in Ponda and other secluded locations on multiple occasions between October 31, 2019, and March 16, 2020, and sexually assaulted her against her will. It was also alleged that the accused had…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Former Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar has questioned the Goa Government over what he described as “two different standards” in the treatment of senior government officers, citing the retirement of Director of Education Shailesh Zingade and the one-year extension granted to Directorate of Accounts Joint Director Gajanan M. Naik. Patkar said he had led a gherao of Zingade on September 28 over the pending demands of Goa’s pre-primary teachers. During the meeting, Zingade had assured the delegation that the concerned file would be moved within eight days, Patkar said. However, within 48 hours, the Government…