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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: With the help of the community and local panchayats, the coastal state hopes to achieve a 100% literacy rate by December 19, 2025, according to Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant’s statement on Saturday. Sawant stated at a webinar on Swayampurna Goa on Saturday that the state also aims to cover all farmers under the Kissan Credit Card, Kissan Soil Card, and Kissan Vima Card issued by the central government. According to the chief minister, Goa wants to achieve a 100% literacy rate by December 19 of the following year. “I implore the society and every panchayat to…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: GPCC President Amit Patkar today has strongly condemn the cowardly attack on Girish Chodankar’s car. “I strongly condemn the cowardly attack on Shri Girish Chodankar’s car. This is a blatant attempt to suppress voices advocating for communal harmony in Goa,” said Patkar He further said that they demand DGP_Goatake swift action to arrest those responsible. “Failure to do so will expose the complete breakdown of Law & Order under the BJP government. We will not be silenced” he added

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Accused Kukesh Rauta who is in judicial custody today has withdrawn bail application filed before Panaji JMFC Court. Kukesh was arrested by Crime Branch for allegedly extorting sitting MLA of Goa by threatening to make MLA’s alleged morphed obscene video public. The 34-year-old accused, Kukesh Rauta, was located during an investigation after the victim MLA made a complaint on December 2. In addition to using the MLA’s name for offensive purposes, the accused, who the MLA knew, allegedly sought Rs 55,000 out of Rs 55,000 and promised not to post the footage on social media. According to…

KOLKATA: A 19-year-old man convicted of rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district has been sentenced to death. Mostakin Sardar was arrested hours after the crime occurred in Mahishamari on October 5 and a chargesheet was filed in a month. The trial was completed within 31 days and the sentencing was done in just over two months. A court found him guilty on Friday under sections 103 (murder), 65 (rape) and 66 (punishment for causing death or resulting in a persistent vegetative state of the victim) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Sections…

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said today that MLAs from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will boycott the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected state assembly. alleging tampering with electronic voting machines (EVMs). “Today we have decided that our winning MLA will not take oath today. We have doubts about EMV, we are not taking oath today in protest. Democracy is being murdered,” Mr Thackeray said. The move comes amid a special three-day session of the newly constituted 288-member Maharashtra legislative assembly, which began today. The session, overseen by pro-tem Speaker Kalidas Kolambkar, includes the oath administration for…

New Delhi: Concerned about the deteriorating situation in Syria, the Government of India put out a late-night advisory to all Indian nationals to completely “avoid all travel to Syria until further notice”. In the statement, which shared an emergency helpline number and an email ID, the Ministry of External Affairs appealed to all Indians currently in Syria to “remain in touch with the Indian Embassy in Damascus”. New Delhi’s urgent notification also stated that “Those who can, are advised to leave (Syria) by the earliest available commercial flights.” For those who cannot, the advisory asked them to “observe utmost precaution…

Team Goemkarponn CALANGUTE: BJP Calangute MLA today congralulated North Goa SP Akshat Kaushal for arresting all the accused in Mandrem ex sarpanch assault case. “I would like to congratulate North SP Akshat Kaushal and the Goa Police team for arresting all the accused in the Ex-Sarpanch assault case in Mandrem,” said Lobo He further said that it shows that the police are heading in the right direction of investigation by arresting the accused within 24 hours. “In this incident, we can’t take anyone’s name unless the police tell us who is behind the attack. Let the investigation take place” said…