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New Delhi said their envoy, Sanjay Kumar Verma, a former ambassador to Japan and Sudan, was a respected career diplomat and that accusations against him were “ludicrous and deserve to be treated with contempt”. NEW DELHI: India on Monday asked Canadian diplomats in New Delhi to leave the country by Saturday after Ottawa said it was investigating its Indian ambassador and other diplomats as “persons of interest”, after the killing last year of a Sikh separatist leader. In a tit-for-tat move, Canada too has asked six Indian diplomats to leave the country after its police collected evidence they were part…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: Derick Vales, Panch of Ward No. 2, was elected unopposed as the Deputy Sarpanch of Sancoale Panchayat on Monday afternoon. Two nominations were received for the post—one from Vales and the other from Maurelio Carvalho. However, Carvalho’s nomination was rejected after his nomination found no seconder, leading to the unopposed victory of Vales. The election process began at 10 am with the scrutiny of nominations, and the results were declared by 11:30 am. Nicholas Quadros served as the presiding officer for the election. Speaking to the media after his victory, Vales assured the people that he would…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: In a significant move aimed at improving the power supply in Mestawada, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar inaugurated a new electric transformer on Monday evening. The inauguration took place in the presence of the ward councillor and Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Girish Borker, and several residents from the area. Addressing the media after the event, Salkar emphasized that providing quality power supply to the people of Vasco has always been one of his top priorities. “The residents of Mestawada have long suffered from severe power fluctuations, particularly after dark, along with frequent outages. These issues have persisted…

Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: Power Minister Ramkrishna “Sudin” Dhavalikar stated that the Goa Tamnar Transmission Project Limited has carried out the project in accordance with the Supreme Court’s directives and is not to support Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the State. In response to Claude Alvares, the director of the Goa Foundation, alleging that the government is laying the foundation for five Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Goa through Tamnar, Dhavalikar urged Alvares to meet with representatives of the Electricity Department and obtain the necessary data regarding the project. Dhavalikar stated that Adv Prashant Bhushan, the Goa Foundation’s attorney, had argued…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari stated that Rs 557 crore had been sanctioned to develop the 9.6-km length of NH-748 from Ponda to Bhoma, giving impetus to the contentious plan to four-lane the Ponda-Bhoma highway. The people of Bhoma have been fiercely opposing the project for the past year because they believe that the highway’s expanding work will destroy the village’s temples and split it in two. “In Goa, Rs 557 crore has been sanctioned for the construction of a 9.6 km four-lane stretch from Ponda to Bhoma on National Highway 748. This…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Sports minister Govind Gaude on Monday evening said that Goa was willing to host sports events at the World championships level. Gaude was speaking to reporters after the inauguration of the 33rd National Bench Press championship at Ravindra Bhavan Baina in the presence of Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar and other dignitaries. “We have successfully hosted many sports events in Goa including the National games that were inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi. We are now not only looking at National games but also eyeing for hosting a world championship at Goa. We have already received around three to…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: The Verna police have booked two persons Vijayendra Kumar Naik and Anil Naik from Zuarinagar on charges of assault on a man and his mother. Verna police sources said that one Sagar Nandu Rathod, a resident of Zuarinagar Sancoale had complained that the two accused had assaulted him and his mother on 13th October at Upsangar junction, Sancoale. “The complaint informed that both the accused with their common intention abused him and his mother in filthy language and assaulted them with slaps. The accused Vijayendra Kumar Naik also assaulted him with a Beer Bottle on his neck…