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Team Goemkarponn VAGATOR: Residents of several North Goa villages, including Hanjun, Kaisuv, Vagator, Chapora, Assagao, and Badem, experienced a major power outage early on Friday morning, disrupting Diwali celebrations. The interruption, which began around 3 am, was due to damage to the 33 kV underground power cables connecting the Hanjun Power Station to the Mapusa substation. The resulting blackout plunged the affected areas into darkness for nearly 18 hours. According to the Electricity Department, efforts to restore power were immediately set in motion, with alternative arrangements being made to bring relief to residents. However, full restoration was expected to take…

Team Goemkarponn MORJIM: Three people have been charged by the Mandrem Police with the murder of a guy who lived in Morjim. The accused Sanjay Kole, Laxmi Sandeep Sawant, also known as Anja, and Prajay Kole attacked Nitesh Parab of Varna Wada, Morjim, on October 29 with kicks and hard objects, seriously injuring him. While receiving care at Goa Medical College in Bambolim, Nitesh passed away. Mandrem PI Sherif Jaques is looking into a case that the Mandrem Police have filed under section 103 read with 3(5) of the BNS 2023.

Team Goemkarponn CANDOLIM: A tourist taxi was completely destroyed in a fire near Candolim’s Ganpati temple on Thursday night, but the driver was fortunate to escape unharmed. The mobile phone of a firefighter who helped put out the fire, however, was taken from the fire tender’s cabin in an unexpected turn of events. The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. as Rafael Peter Fernandes, the driver, was operating his tourist cab. A short circuit in the engine caused a fire to start as the car got close to the Ganapati temple. The driver alerted the fire station after escaping the care…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Carmona Sports Cub blank Guirdolim club 2-0 to enter into the quarterfinals of the All Goa Navelim Villagers Trophy organised by the Navelim Villagers Union and played at Rosary Church ground Navelim on Friday. Carmona SC scored two goals full-time. One goal in each session of play. In the first half Carmona SC Edvil Afonso in the 9th minute of play and were leading 1-0 at half time. In the second session, Guirdolim tried to control the game and were near to finding an equaliser but Aldrich Peixeto, Seldon Peixoto and Victor Fernandes missed in the 35th,…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: SCC Lotoulim secured a hard-fought 3-2 victory over United Boys of Ambaulim to enter into the semifinals of the 23rd edition of Bro.Eulalia Vas Memorial football tournament Org by Don Bosco oratory Fatorda at their ground on Thursday. It was a shocking exit for United Boys of Ambaulim as they were leading by two goals till the 50th minute of play and lost the match in the last quarter of the game. The first goal came in the 20th minute through Stephen Fernandes and Lowrito Fernandes doubled the lead for UB Ambaulim in the 32nd minute of…

New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani is among those in discussions for infrastructure projects in Bhutan’s new ‘Gelephu Mindfulness City’ as the tiny Himalayan kingdom seeks investment to build a mega township along its southern border with India. The Adani Group, controlled by Asia’s second-richest person, is one of the business houses in talks with the government “at the highest levels” to set up solar and hydroelectric plants in Bhutan’s 1,000-square-kilometer (386 square miles) flatlands where the new city is being built, Lotay Tshering, Gelephu’s newly-appointed governor, said in an interview. While the mountainous country has a population of less than…

New: Sticking to the announced timeline, India and China have completed disengagement in the Depsang and Demchok regions of Eastern Ladakh and patrolling will begin soon, said Army sources, adding that sweets will also be exchanged with troops from the Chinese side on the occasion of Diwali today. The sources from the Indian Army said on Wednesday that the verification process is on and the modalities of patrolling will be decided by the ground commanders. Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong told reporters in Kolkata hours later that the two countries had reached “many important understandings”. “There was a very…