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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Canacona Sports and Cultural Club shot out Fr. Agnelo Youth Club paroda 5-4 via the tiebreaker to enter into the finals of the All Goa Navelim Villagers Union trophy organised by Navelim Villagers Union and played at Rosary Church ground Navelim on Wednesday. Canacona drew the first blood through Velvino Fernandes in the 10th minute of play and doubled the lead through Chaitan Kamorpant in the 20th minute of play while Regan Costa of Paroda’s power-packed shot entered the net in the 27th minute of the game and before half time Canacona SCC remained 2-1 at the…

Panaji: Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Ltd. (IPSCDL), in collaboration with the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), Tree Care India (Environmental Services) and the Goa State Biodiversity Board, will organize an Urban Tree Management Workshop on November 22, 2024. This unique event aims to engage and empower local residents, urban planners and environmental enthusiasts with practical knowledge and skills for urban tree care, fostering a more resilient and greener future for Panaji. The workshop will take place at Dr. F.L. Gomes Garden on Dayanand Bandodkar Marg Panaji, running from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Attendees will have the…

Team Goemkarponn DABOLIM: The Indian Navy is set to conduct the fourth edition of the ‘Pan-India’ Coastal Defence Exercise, ‘Sea Vigil-24’, on the 20th and 21st of November 2024. The fourth edition of Exercise Sea Vigil will be on an unprecedented scale, both in terms of geographical reach and the magnitude of participation, with involvement from 06 Ministries and 21 organizations/agencies. The Coastal Defence & Security Readiness Evaluation (CDSRE) phase of the exercise has been conducted by the Naval Officer-in-Charges of all coastal states and Union Territories (including Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands) since the end of October 2024.…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Goa’s Director General of Police (DGP), Alok Kumar, paid a visit to the Margao police headquarters to assess the status of investigations into employment scams in South Goa. He took the status about the progress of cases filed in police stations around the district, including Ponda, Mardol, Vasco, and Canacona, where recent reports of job scams have been made. Along with the corresponding Sub-Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs) from Margao, Canacona, Vasco, and Ponda, DGP Kumar was joined at the meeting by Sunita Sawant, the Superintendent of Police (SP) for South Goa. DGP Kumar gave officials instructions to…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: South Goa MP Captain Viriato Fernandes has stated that he is adamantly opposed to the State and Central governments’ actions of forcibly acquiring land and pursuing projects that benefit corporate interests at the expense of the Goan people and environment, in light of the recent historic ruling by the Supreme Court. He claimed that the Apex Court’s ruling had reiterated the rule that not all private property could be taken and reclassified as “material resources of the community” unless it served a legitimate public good that was focused on the community. “The projects in question—the construction of…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI:Goa minister Rohan Khaunte on Wednesday claimed that they have “successfully” exposed false propaganda on social media against tourism in the coastal state. Khaunte said attempts were made to negatively portray Goa’s tourism sector. “We have successfully exposed the propaganda by providing supporting figures on the arrival of tourists in the state,” he said. The numbers were earlier tabled on the floor of the assembly, according to Khaunte. Khaunte said some politicians from the state, including South Goa MP (Capt Viriato Fernandes) have been acting irresponsibly as far as tourism is concerned. “South Goa MP suddenly got up…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI:The Mhadei river diversion case will now be heard by the Supreme Court in January 2025. In the third week of January of next year, the Apex Court will consider the contempt pleas and special leave applications submitted by the three riparian states of Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. After nearly nine months, the matter was scheduled for hearing on Wednesday morning, but the Court decided not to have a hearing and instead postponed it until January. According to sources, as instructed at the February hearing, all three States have submitted more written arguments to the Court. The case…