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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underscored the transformative strides India has made in the defence sector during his 11-year tenure, with a strong emphasis on modernisation and achieving self-reliance in defence production. Marking the completion of over a decade in office, PM Modi shared a post on X, stating, “The last 11 years have marked significant changes in our defence sector, with a clear focus on both modernisation and becoming self-reliant when it comes to defence production. It is gladdening to see how the people of India have come together with the resolve of making India stronger.”…

Mangaluru: In a daring mid-sea rescue, 18 crew members were safely evacuated from a Singapore-flagged container ship, MV Wan Hai 503, after it caught fire in the Arabian Sea off the Kerala coast on Sunday. The Indian Navy and Coast Guard executed a swift joint operation, bringing the survivors to safety at the New Mangalore Port Authority’s Coast Guard berth at Panambur. Among the rescued, two are reported to be in critical condition, while four sustained minor injuries. The remaining 12 suffered varying degrees of trauma. The injured were transported to AJ Hospital in Kuntikana late Monday night, where they…

New Delhi: A shocking video from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey has triggered outrage on social media after it showed an Indian student being handcuffed and pinned to the floor by multiple US officials before being deported. The viral footage shows at least four officers restraining the young man, with two placing their knees on his back and others tying his hands and legs, raising serious concerns over the treatment of Indian nationals abroad. The incident, filmed by Indian-American entrepreneur Kunal Jain, quickly drew public attention. Jain described the moment as heartbreaking, saying, “I witnessed a young Indian…

Team Goemkarponn CANSAULIM: The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Cansaulim Group marked Founders Day with a heartfelt tribute and quiet celebration during its weekly AA meeting, commemorating the birth of the worldwide AA movement in June 1935. This year’s observance was special, as the group — one of the oldest in Goa — also recently celebrated its 48th anniversary on May 18 at Three Kings Hall, Cansaulim. Established by the late Walfredo A. from Arossim-Cansaulim, the group has been a beacon of recovery for nearly five decades. Members took the opportunity to fondly remember and pray for departed members including late Camal,…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Two car occupants were injured in a self-accident on old NH-66 road at Tamnem-Loliem in Canacona on Monday evening. According to sources, a Car bearing registration number GA-08 N1380 coming from Poinguinim was proceeding towards Maxem-Loliem, when the driver reportedly lost control and the Car hit a road side tree trunk head-on and turned turtle. The two occupants including the driver injured and caught up inside the Car were later pulled out by the locals who came rushing the site on hearing the sound of the self-accident. According to sources, while the person driving the Car had…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: As part of World Environment Day celebration, NGO ‘We for Palolem’ has distributed over 250 saplings of plants including Insulin Plant, Cancer-Fruit, Black-Pepper Cripers to the people of Palolem in Canacona municipality. In a house-to-house visit, We For Palolem president Gaspar Coutinho alongwith his executive committee members went around and distributed the saplings and also planted some saplings along with the house-occupants in some places of Palolem which is CMC’s Ward no.X. “We have been holding these kinds of tree plantation programmes for the last 4 years and including the distribution and plantations of different types of…

Team Goemkarponn REIS MAGOS: A 57-year-old fisherman from Nerul, Francis Lobo, tragically drowned while fishing off the coast of Reis Magos on Sunday evening. Porvorim Police received an alert from the Candolim Primary Health Centre after Lobo was brought in dead by a 108 ambulance. PSI Pratik Tulaskar and his team visited the health centre and confirmed the victim’s identity. Investigations revealed that Lobo was casting his fishing net at Reis Magos Beach when he accidentally became entangled in it and was pulled into the water. Locals at the scene managed to retrieve him from the sea and transported him…