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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced that the ₹460 crore redesign project of the Dabolim airport road is progressing steadily and is expected to be completed by July 2026. Providing updates on key infrastructure initiatives, Gadkari also revealed that the long-pending four-laning of the Mumbai-Goa highway will be completed within the next three to four months. “This will reduce the travel time between Goa and Mumbai to just 5–6 hours,” he stated. In another major development, the Minister informed that work on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the ₹12,000 crore Borim bridge…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced that alignment work is currently underway for Goa’s ambitious Ring Road Project, estimated to cost ₹15,000 crore. He stated that the project would represent the culmination of all major road infrastructure developments in the State. However, Gadkari declined to reveal the exact route of the proposed alignment, citing concerns over speculative land purchases. “I have deliberately withheld the route alignment to prevent speculative land purchases, especially by politicians,” the Minister said. The Ring Road project is expected to significantly improve connectivity and ease traffic congestion in and…

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken disciplinary action against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Rajat Patidar and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins for breaching the IPL’s Code of Conduct due to their respective teams’ slow over-rates during a recent league match. While Cummins was fined ₹12 lakh for SRH’s first offence of the season under the minimum over-rate regulation, Patidar was fined ₹24 lakh as RCB committed the same offence for the second time this season. In a statement, the IPL confirmed: “As it was his team’s second offence of the season…

New Delhi: Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland on Friday, behind Germany’s Julian Weber. Despite not being at his peak form, Chopra managed to secure the runner-up spot with a final throw of 84.14m in his sixth and last attempt. Chopra, 27, was positioned third until his final throw lifted him to second place. Earlier attempts included distances of 81.28m and 81.80m in his second and fifth rounds, while the remaining three throws were fouls. The competition took place at the Silesian Stadium under overcast skies following rain earlier in…

New Delhi: India’s Adriyan Karmakar clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) event at the ISSF Junior World Cup on Friday, maintaining India’s position at the top of the medal standings. This marked Karmakar’s second medal of the tournament, following his silver in the 50m rifle prone event earlier in the week. The 20-year-old, making his World Cup debut, finished with a score of 446.6 in the final. France’s Romain Aufrere, an Olympian and former prone junior world champion, secured gold, while two-time prone junior world champion Jens Oestli of Norway claimed silver with 459.1.…

New Delhi: Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth secured a thrilling victory over France’s Toma Junior Popov to advance to the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters 2025 badminton tournament, marking his first top-four finish of the year. Currently ranked 65th in the world, Srikanth battled hard in a tense three-game match, eventually overcoming the 18th-ranked French shuttler with a gritty 24-22, 17-21, 22-20 win. The quarterfinal clash lasted one hour and 14 minutes and was held on Friday. Srikanth started strong, taking an early 7-4 lead in the opening game. Though Popov fought back and even held a game point…

Jammu: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arrived in Jammu on Saturday and proceeded to Poonch to meet with families impacted by recent Pakistani shelling along the Line of Control (LoC). Gandhi’s visit is intended to extend solidarity and support to the bereaved families affected by the escalation in cross-border hostilities. This marks his second visit to Jammu and Kashmir in recent weeks—he previously travelled to Srinagar on April 25 to meet victims injured in the Pahalgam terror attack. Welcoming Gandhi in Jammu, J&K Minister Javed Ahmed Rana stated, “He’s flying to Poonch to express solidarity…