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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake-led National People’s Power (NPP) party achieved a landslide victory on Friday in the snap parliamentary election. The sweeping mandate to Mr Dissanayake’s coalition underlines widening support for his leftist policies, giving him the power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation struggling to emerge from the worst financial crisis since its independence from the British in 1948. The 55-year-old leader had announced the parliamentary polls shortly after his election as president in September. His leftist coalition’s victory marks a significant shift in Sri Lankan politics as…

Mumbai: The plan to assassinate former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique was conceived just 10 days after the shooting incident outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residence on April 14, Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch sources have said. Two men on motorbikes fired multiple rounds outside Mr Khan’s residence in Bandra in April, leading to the arrest of several individuals. Sources revealed that following the incident, the Lawrence Bishnoi gang sought to target individuals close to the actor. Baba Siddique, a close friend of Salman Khan, emerged as a prime target. Investigations have revealed the gang’s reliance on “dabba calling,”…

Jhansi: Kuldeep, a resident of Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh, saved three children from the fire that engulfed the infant ward of a medical college in Jhansi on Friday night, but was left in the dark about the fate of his own newborn. At least 16 children are battling for their lives while 10 newborns died after a massive fire, allegedly caused by a short circuit, broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College around 10:45 pm. Kuldeep’s son was born just 10 days ago and had been admitted to the Jhansi hospital for…

New Delhi: SpaceX, the company owned by ‘The First Buddy’ of US President-elect Donald Trump, is the first big beneficiary of a multi-million dollar deal inked by India’s space agency. Early next week, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will take India’s most modern communications satellite GSAT-20, also called GSAT N-2, into orbit. This is the first of many commercial engagements the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has with SpaceX. While some say ISRO and SpaceX are competitors for low-cost launches, in the global commercial space market no one doubts that SpaceX is way-way ahead. It is well-known that Donald Trump and…

Team Goemkarponn OLD GOA: The Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa will be kept open for veneration at St Cathedral Church, Old Goa from November 21, 2024 to January 05, 2024.  The following traffic arrangements have been made: For Diversions (Panali to Old Goa via Ribandar), there will be special buses to ferry passengers from Panaji to Old Goa via Ribandar. The Special Buses from Panaji to Old Goa will proceed via Ribandar and on reaching Dempo Engineering at Old Goa, will take left turn to enter the Bhakia Property for parking at Bhakia Bus…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa government has issued a final directive, stating that all PDA beneficiaries must link their ration cards to Aadhaar within 15 days or else their records will be removed from the PDA system. In a statement released on Friday, the Department of Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs urged recipients to follow the guidelines and link their Aadhaar IDs to their ration cards. “Within the next 15 days, the PDS beneficiaries are advised to visit their individual fair price shop and finish the e-KYC process. Their entries from the ration card data may be suspended without further…

Team Goemkarponn SANCOALE: Vasco Police filed a complaint against Diksha Talavanekar, a lady from Sancoale, for allegedly defrauding Mina Gurudas Chodankar of Rs 3 lakh under the guise of promising her a government job. According to reports, the incident occurred at Vasco in November 2019 and involved the accused making a commitment to get her a government job but not following through on it. As stated in the grievance submitted by Chodankar, a local the accused, Mogabai resident Kantem Baina, persuaded her to pay Rs 3 lakh in order to get her a position as a peon in the Vasco…