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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Goa is set to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure, with critical care centres planned at Goa Medical College (GMC) and South Goa District Hospital (SGDH), Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has announced. Rane said an emergency centre would be launched within the next 30 days as part of efforts to improve emergency response and patient care in the state. The Health Minister also announced plans to establish critical care centres at GMC and SGDH, aimed at enhancing facilities for patients requiring specialised and intensive medical treatment. In another significant development, a catheterisation laboratory (Cath Lab) is set to be…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI/VERNA: Goa has witnessed a series of serious road accidents, with three fatalities reported, raising fresh concerns over road safety across the state. Among the victims was 22-year-old Mitesh Mohan Shet, a resident of Guirim, who died in an accident involving a military vehicle and a two-wheeler at Goa Velha. In a separate incident, a head-on collision between a Triumph motorcycle and a Maruti Ertiga taxi on the New Mandovi Bridge left two motorcycle occupants critically injured on Monday, October 26. According to preliminary information received by the police, the accident occurred at around 3.23 am. The motorcycle,…

Panaji: The smart meter controversy in Goa has intensified, with Congress leader Amit Patkar demanding that the government scrap the project within 15 days or face a protest at the Electricity Department. Patkar maintained that merely keeping the smart meter project on hold was not enough and called on the government to either implement it or scrap it altogether. He demanded that the project be scrapped within the next 15 days, warning that Congress would launch a protest at the Electricity Department if the government failed to act. The Congress leader also claimed that electricity bills of consumers who had…

New Delhi: The fifth edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be held from January 14 to February 7, 2027, with the player auction scheduled for October 28, 2026, in Kochi. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the dates on Wednesday but did not reveal the host cities for the upcoming tournament. The five participating franchises will begin preparing their squads for the new season, with the player retention deadline set for September 28. Teams will have the opportunity to retain players from their existing squads before entering the auction to strengthen their combinations for…

New Delhi: Two time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu believes there is considerable room for improvement despite reaching the final of the French Open badminton tournament, where she lost to South Korea’s Olympic champion and world number one An Se Young on Sunday. Sindhu fought hard before suffering a 21 16, 11 21, 12 21 defeat in the final of the USD 950,000 Super 750 tournament. The Indian shuttler started strongly, winning the opening game, but could not maintain her momentum as An Se Young recovered to claim the next two games and secure the title. Reflecting on her performance, Sindhu…

New Delhi: India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel has urged Bhuvneshwar Kumar to remain patient and focus on his natural strengths following an expensive return to international cricket after a four year absence. Despite the veteran pacer’s disappointing figures in the first two T20Is against New Zealand, Morkel expressed confidence in his experience and ability to rediscover his rhythm. The 36 year old earned his comeback after an impressive Indian Premier League 2026 season, during which he claimed 28 wickets in 16 matches to finish as the joint second highest wicket taker. He also played a significant role in Royal Challengers…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A controversy has emerged over the testing of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Goa after Congress leader Amit Palekar raised concerns over alleged discrepancies in vote counting during a trial. Goa Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjay Goel has dismissed Palekar’s statement as baseless, maintaining that the machines underwent First Level Checking (FLC) in the presence of representatives of all political parties. Palekar claimed that during the calibration and testing of new EVMs in Goa, 15 votes were cast in favour of three different political parties, but the counting reportedly showed all votes going to a single party,…