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New Delhi: Indian badminton duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their impressive form this season, advancing to their third semifinal after a commanding straight-games victory over Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin. The former world No. 1 pair had previously reached the semifinals at both the Malaysia Open and the India Open earlier this year. Heading into the match with a 6-2 head-to-head advantage over the Malaysians — despite having lost their most recent encounter at the India Open — the Indian pair showed no signs of hesitation. The match started with two service faults in the opening…

South Korea: India’s impressive run at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, continued on the penultimate day, as the country bagged three more gold medals, taking its overall tally to 18 — including eight gold, seven silver, and three bronze. Leading the charge was long-distance runner Gulveer Singh, who shattered a decade-old championship record in the men’s 5000m final with a time of 13:24.77. This win added to his earlier 10,000m gold and placed him among an elite group of Indian athletes to have achieved the double at a single edition of the continental event. Singh’s performance…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A major fire broke out aboard a cruise vessel anchored at the Brittona jetty in the early hours of Saturday sending shockwaves across the Mandovi River waterfront. The blaze, which erupted under mysterious circumstances, quickly spread throughout the vessel, completely gutting it before fire crews could bring the situation under control. Eyewitnesses said the fire started around 3 a.m. and rapidly engulfed the boat. As flames intensified, the vessel came loose and began drifting downstream, raising alarm as it moved perilously close to casino ships and other anchored vessels in the busy river channel. Several onlookers reported…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Ltd. (IPSCDL) has successfully completed the construction of a new concrete road at St. Inez, meeting the High Court-mandated deadline of May 31, 2025. The road is now open to the public, representing a key milestone in Panaji’s ongoing infrastructure transformation under the Smart City Mission. A particularly challenging 200-meter stretch—from Taad Maad to the Tonca Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)—was a focal point of the project. This segment required extensive underground utility works, including the installation of a 710-mm diameter trunk sewerage line. This critical upgrade is expected to significantly enhance the…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court has remanded 25-year-old Abdul Altaf, a known offender from Hyderabad, to seven days of police custody in connection with the murder of a security guard at Casino in Campal, Panaji. The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday, when Altaf allegedly got into a heated altercation with the casino’s security personnel. In a violent outburst, he reportedly attacked the guards using a wooden rod with an iron clamp, which he retrieved from a nearby staircase. Dheeru Sharma, 33, a security guard from Satna, Madhya Pradesh, suffered serious head…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Supreme Court on HAS postponed the hearing of Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) filed by the Goa Government and the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department, which contest the March 13 ruling of the Bombay High Court at Goa concerning Section 17(2) of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act. The case, which was scheduled for hearing today, has now been adjourned to July 21 after the state government sought more time due to the unavailability of its senior counsel. The apex court accepted the request and rescheduled the matter accordingly. The High Court’s order had far-reaching…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker and tribal leader Ramesh Tawadkar on Friday clarified that he had parted ways with the United Tribal Association’s Alliance (UTAA) in 2012, following differences over continuing protest strategies while he was serving as the Tribal Welfare Minister. Tawadkar stated that once he assumed ministerial responsibility for tribal welfare, he chose to work within the government to address community issues, while the UTAA persisted with its agitation-led approach. “I told them they could continue their protests, but I would focus on delivering development as part of the government,” he said. He dismissed speculation surrounding…