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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the 17th BRICS Summit in Brazil, strongly condemned terrorism, calling it a “grave threat to humanity.” Speaking during the session on ‘Peace and Security and Reform of Global Governance’ in Rio de Janeiro, Modi emphasized the urgent need for reforms in global institutions and reiterated India’s commitment to representing the Global South. He welcomed the united stand taken by BRICS nations in condemning the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, calling it an assault not just on India but on all of humanity. Modi stressed that countries that fund,…

NEW DELHI: Torrential monsoon rains wreaked havoc in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Saturday, severely impacting rail connectivity and leaving hundreds of passengers stranded aboard the high-speed Vande Bharat Express for nearly seven hours. The train, running from Tatanagar to Berhampur, came to an abrupt halt around 7 PM at Guhalidiihi station, after floodwaters engulfed the railway tracks, making it unsafe to proceed. According to railway officials, nearly three feet of water was flowing over the tracks in the affected area, forcing authorities to suspend the train’s movement. Passengers, though safe, were confined inside the stationary train for hours, awaiting further…

NEW DELHI: In a major breakthrough in the fight against cross-border terrorism, US-based Khalistani terrorist Harpreet Singh, also known as Happy Passia, is being brought back to India to face trial for his involvement in a string of deadly attacks across Punjab. Singh, a native of Amritsar, Punjab, was arrested on April 18 in the United States by teams from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He had been in ICE custody since his arrest and is now set to be extradited to India, according to official sources. The 37-year-old is accused of carrying…

New Delhi: The fury of the monsoon has left a trail of destruction across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, with at least 78 people losing their lives in Himachal alone due to a combination of flash floods, landslides, and rain-triggered incidents. The relentless downpour has not only claimed lives but also caused massive infrastructural damage, leading to economic losses running into crores. Since June 20, Himachal Pradesh has been ravaged by 23 flash floods, 19 cloudbursts, and 16 landslides, as per data released by the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA). Of the 78 deaths reported so far, 50 are directly attributed…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Amid cabinet reshuffle buzz, Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar says he is ready to take on any role the party assigns to him. However, in the same breadth he has achieved more people-centric work as Speaker than during his tenure as a Minister. Answering to a specific question that rumor mills are agog on reshuffle speculation involving name of Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar as one of the legislature to be included in reshuffled cabinet, Tawadkar responded saying ‘Ready to accept any role in the cabinet given by my party. All the way I have…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: A 54 year old woman travelling as a pillion rider with her husband fell from the running scooter, while opening umbrella to avoid the sudden torrential rains suffers severe head injuries on Friday afternoon, later dies while undergoing treatment at GMC Bambolim in the wee hours of Saturday. According to Canacona police, Guelhermina Fernandes, 54 resident of Agonda (Canacona) expired while undergoing treatment in ward 120 of GMC Bambolim. Police further informed that the deceased Fernandes was proceeding back home (Agonda) from Canacona on a Scooter driven by her husband and when reached at Bokdamol, Agonda suddenly…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: House-keys of 30 more new houses built by the dedicated 1000 shram-dham registered warriors (volunteers) under Ramesh Tawadkar ‘s record breaking ‘Shram-Dham’ initiative, an overwhelming social concept will be made over to the beneficiaries in the State of Goa in a Shram-Dham melava to be held on 23 August. “We have a band of 1000 registered volunteers tirelessly and selflessly working to build the Shram–Dham houses and for the last one and a half year we had already built 40 houses and made over these 40 house-keys to the beneficiaries under our Shram-Dham concept. On 23rd August,…