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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Punjab Chief Minister and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann visited Goa, asserting that only the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) can provide Goans with a ₹10 lakh health insurance scheme ensuring free treatment at top private hospitals. Mann was warmly received at Dabolim Airport by AAP Goa State President Valmiki Naik, Goa In-Charge and former Delhi CM Atishi, Working President Gerson Gomes, Senior Vice President Sandesh Teleikar Dessai, along with party volunteers and leaders. Addressing a press conference at the International Centre Goa, Mann highlighted AAP’s healthcare model in Punjab, which provides ₹10 lakh health coverage to every citizen,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Directorate of Social Welfare has invited entries for a Reel Making Competition titled “Say No to Drugs” to spread awareness against drug abuse and promote healthy and positive life choices. The competition is being organised under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR), a central sector scheme implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. The competition is open in two categories — Student Category and General Public Category — and participants are required to create reels based on the theme “Say No to Drugs”, focusing on awareness, prevention, and…

Team Goemkarponn VALPOI: Incidents of fire breaking out in dry grass have been on the rise in various parts of Sattari taluka over the past few days, causing significant damage to cashew plantations. In one such incident, a major fire broke out on Thursday afternoon at Saleli village in the Honda Panchayat area, resulting in extensive damage to cashew orchards and causing heavy losses to cashew growers. According to sources from the Valpoi Fire Brigade, the loss is estimated to be worth several lakhs of rupees. Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot immediately and managed to save a large…

Team Goemkarponn SATTARI: A grand statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj will be erected at the premises of the Baravansh Devasthan at New Colony, Morle in Sattari taluka. The foundation-laying ceremony (bhoomipujan) for the statue was held recently with traditional rituals. The ceremony was attended by Morle Panchayat Sarpanch Amit Shirodkar, panch members Ranjana Gawas, Rupesh Malik and Shobha Gawas, along with office bearers of the Shiv Jayanti Celebration Committee. On the occasion, Shyamsundar Gawas and his wife performed the role of hosts for the bhoomipujan ceremony. With this, the process of erecting the grand statue at the site has formally…

Team Goemkarponn TALEIGAO: Goa University organised the 22nd All-Goa Late Poet Shankar Ramani Konkani Poetry Recitation Competition, titled ‘Kavya Srujan 2026’, at the university campus in Bambolim on Wednesday morning. The event, which began at 10.30 am, was organised by the Konkani Saraswat Mandal of the Department of Language and Literature, Goa University. The programme was inaugurated in the presence of chief guest John Aguiar, along with Dean Prof. Anuradha Wagle, President Dr. Prakash Peryenkar, Coordinator Prof. Sanika Gaonkar, Saraswat Mandal President Simran Virnodkar, Secretary Saijal Bandodkar, and Vice-Dean Dr. Hanumant Chopdekar. The event commenced with an invocation song. While…

Team Goemkarponn BAINA: The Baina Khapreshwar Saunsthan committee offered a newly crafted silver turban (feto) weighing 2.170 kg and valued at around ₹5.5 lakh to Dev Khapreshwar, a day ahead of the 30th Vardhapan Diwas celebrations scheduled on Friday. The offering was made under the leadership of committee president Pramod Desai. After completing the prescribed religious rituals and pooja, the silver turban was ceremoniously placed on the idol of Lord Khapreshwar at the temple in Baina. The occasion was witnessed by committee members, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar, municipal councillor Deepak Naik, and a large number of devotees and local residents.…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: Vasco Congress leader Nandadeep Raut warned of moving the courts if what he termed as harassment of residents continues under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the process is being misused to selectively target people in BJP strongholds as well as opposition pockets. Addressing reporters in Vasco, Raut said the SIR exercise, which is meant to correct genuine errors in voter lists, has instead turned into a tool of intimidation. He alleged that residents were being repeatedly summoned and forced to defend their voter status based on frivolous objections raised by “random…