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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Sporting Club Davorlim scored a comfortable win over Sao Jose de Areal 4-0 to move into the semifinals of the 7th Martin’s Cup football tournament organised by Betalbatim Sporting Club and played at Panchayat ground Betalbatim on Friday. The match started on a promising note and both teams showed urgency to score goals but couldn’t break the deadlock and remained 0-0 till halftime. In the second session of play Sporting Club Davorlim were a changed game and took control of the game and fired four goals. The goal scorer for Sporting Club Davorlim is Delton Colaco in…

On Thursday, a jaw-dropping incident unfolded in the heart of Goa, sending shockwaves through the community and raising serious questions about the integrity of the local police force. A constable from the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRBn), identified as Amit Naik, facilitated the escape of accused Suleman Siddiqui by opening the lockup and whisking him away on a motorbike out of state. This unprecedented breach of duty has left residents and officials grappling with the implications of such an act. For years, the discourse around accused individuals escaping police custody while being transported for remand or court appearances has been a…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Minister For Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari today announced that Rs 747 crore has been sanctioned for 4 lanong of NH-66 from Margao Bypass to Cuncolim. “We are delighted to announce the sanctioning of ₹747 crore for the development of a 7.24 km stretch from the end of Margao bypass to Cuncolim on NH-66,” said Gadkari He further said that this highway project, approved under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM), includes the construction of a 4.45 km six-lane flyover designed to alleviate urban congestion and enhance road safety. This stretch in Salcete Taluka is forming…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Power Minister Aleixo Sequeira stated that he was in Delhi for the two-day maritime summit and said he was not aware of any Cabinet reshuffle. When asked about it by reporters, Sequeira said, “I am not aware of any Cabinet reshuffle as nobody told me.” As the Minister of Ports, I traveled to Delhi to attend the maritime conference. The CM was also expected to be there, however he was unable to do so because of other obligations. Thus, I spoke on behalf of the government,” Sequeira said. The Minister added that in order to extend the…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Supreme Court of India refused to entertain the special leave petition filed by the former Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar against the Speaker’s order on eight MLAs, who defected to the (BJP) in September 2022. The petitioner was instructed by a bench consisting of Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar to seek remedy under Article 226 of the Constitution at the High Court of Bombay in Goa. The petitioner’s senior counsel, Adv. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, contended that the Goa Assembly Speaker’s unreasonable and inexplicable 700-day delay in deciding Chodankar’s disqualification petition against eight rebel…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The 21st living organ donor transplant was recently performed at Goa Medical College (GMC), and both the donor and the receiver have recovered well from the surgery. The milestone was praised by Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, who said it is one of the elements that lead to “excellence” in Goa’s medical treatment. “GMC performed its 21st successful living donor transplant in 2024, in which a parent gave to his son and both of them healed nicely. Surprisingly, all pre-operative procedures, including HLA testing, donor surgery, transplant surgery, and even the pricey immunosuppressive drug were given away for…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The management and employees of Cruise Casino have been charged by the Panjim Police with impeding Directorate of Enforcement investigators on board the cruise on December 12. Poluri Chenna Kesava Rao, Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Mangaluru, Karnataka, reportedly filed a complaint alleging that he and his investigative team were deterred by the alleged accused, Ashok Wadia, Director of Cruise Casino Pride, Gopal Ramnath Naik, Arti Raja employees of Casino Pride, and others, at Cruise Casino Pride. Additionally, the accused violated the directive issued by Directorate of Enforcement official Piyush Kumar Yadav, Joint Director, by threatening to…