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Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Drishti Marine lifesavers rescued two persons from drowning, traced four missing children and attended to a medical emergency involving a minor girl injured by broken glass during multiple incidents reported across Goa’s beaches over the weekend. At Baga Beach, Drishti Marine lifesavers, along with Goa Beach Police, traced a 12 year old boy from Maharashtra who had reportedly gone missing after beach closing hours. The child was later located along the beach stretch and reunited with his parents following identification formalities in the presence of police personnel. The search operation involved lifesavers Saurabh Kumar, Sandesh Paryekar, Ridresh…

“The state government deserves credit for at least acknowledging that some ecologically sensitive zones cannot be touched. Protecting hills, sand dunes and vulnerable landscapes is essential if Goa is to retain any environmental stability in the future. But protecting a few identified pockets will not automatically reverse the larger trend of aggressive urbanisation that continues across the state. The concern many Goans have today is simple: what happens outside these notified zones? Because the pressure on land has not reduced. If anything, it has intensified. Goa continues to attract large-scale real estate investment, luxury housing projects and speculative development. The…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said temples were historically targeted not only as religious structures but also as centres of social and cultural unity, where communities gathered for prayers, bhajans and kirtans. Speaking at the inauguration of Somnath Swabhiman Parv 2026, Sawant referred to historical accounts of the destruction of the Somnath Temple in Gujarat nearly 1,000 years ago by Ghazni. He said repeated attacks on temples were attempts to weaken the faith and cultural identity of people, but added that the Somnath Temple continued to rise again after every destruction, becoming a symbol of resilience…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: The Bombay High Court has passed an interim restraint order in a defamation suit filed by House of Abhinandan Lodha Private Limited and another plaintiff against Swapnesh Bhanudas Sherlekar and others over allegedly defamatory statements circulated online, including material linked to an Instagram handle named “Goa_4_Goans”. Justice Arif S. Doctor, hearing the matter on May 7, directed that statements referred to in Exhibit-L of the plaint “shall not further be disseminated to the public at large” until the next date of hearing. The order came in an Interim Application filed in Suit (L) No. 16309 of 2026…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court at Merces has remanded five Bangladeshi nationals accused in the Dona Paula dacoity case to 14 days of judicial custody as the Goa Crime Branch continues its probe into the interstate robbery network. Investigators revealed that the accused intentionally stayed away from mobile phones and other electronic communication methods to avoid detection through technical surveillance. Instead, the gang reportedly functioned in small teams of two or three members and coordinated movements through fixed meeting locations, including railway stations, bus stands and beach stretches. The disclosures surfaced during the initial interrogation…

New Delhi: Gautam Adani on Monday said India’s development journey will be fundamentally different from that of the United States or China, stressing that the country is building its future around rising domestic demand and large scale economic transformation. Speaking at the CII Annual Business Summit 2026 in New Delhi, the Adani Group Chairman said India’s growth is being driven by expanding cities, rising household aspirations, increasing industrial activity, electric mobility and millions of small businesses preparing to scale up. According to Adani, India’s biggest strength lies in the fact that demand already exists for much of the infrastructure and…

New Delhi: Iran has introduced a new maritime transit framework for ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, establishing a government body called the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to oversee vessel clearances and regulate movement through one of the world’s most critical oil shipping routes. The strait handles nearly 20 per cent of global oil trade, making it a strategically important corridor for international energy supplies and commercial shipping. Under the newly announced system, vessels must seek approval before entering the passage by submitting detailed information through an email based application process. Ship operators are required to provide ownership records,…