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Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: Tense moments were witnessed in Kudchirem-Bicholim when irate residents protested a survey being done for a proposed construction and debris facility. Clashes between locals and police were also witnessed as furious locals tried to stop the ongoing survey. Locals continued to protest the survey work and even confronted the police. The agitated villagers clashed with police, who were deployed there in large numbers. The police also detained some villagers and later released them at the police station. While local MLA Premendra Shet firmly assured the villagers that the preliminary survey work would not be halted, hundreds of…

Goemkapronn desk Margao: “Congress Government’s Cabinet Ministers in 2007-2012 did nothing, only looted funds, says CM Dr. Pramod Sawant. This statement needs to be replied to by Margao MLA Digambar Kamat who was then CM of Goa. Six of his then Cabinet Ministers are now in Government,” said Youth Leader Prabhav Naik. Reacting sharply to the statement made by Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant in an interview with a local channel, Prabhav Naik pointed to then Congress Government Ministers Ravi Naik, Sudin Dhavlikar, Vishwajit Rane, Aleixo Sequeira, Atanasio Monserrate & Nilkanth Halarnkar who are now in BJP Government. The Chief…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Vadhvan Port project in Maharashtra’s Palghar today. Vadhvan Port is located near Dahanu town in Palghar district and will be one of India’s largest deep-water ports. According to Prime Minister Modi’s Office, Vadhvan Port will be built at a cost of ₹ 76,000 crore and will provide direct connectivity to international shipping routes, reducing transit times and costs. Dubbed the “ultimate shipping powerhouse”, it will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure and will boast nine 1000-meter-long container terminals, multipurpose berths, liquid cargo berths, Ro-Ro berths, and…

Mumbai: A consultant involved in the structural designing of the Chhatrapati Shivaji statue in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg, which collapsed recently, has been arrested. The arrest comes days after protests from Opposition leaders seeking a thorough investigation into the collapse. Chetan Patil, the structural consultant of the statue which crashed in the Rajkot Fort in Malvan, Sindhudurg, was arrested by Kolhapur Police on Thursday night. Patil had been on the run since the incident on Monday that has sparked a massive public outrage and political furore, as the sculptor Jaydeep Apte still eludes the police net. At least six probe teams of…

Singapore: Singapore Airlines on Friday said it has received approval from the Indian government for the foreign direct investment as part of the proposed merger of Vistara with Air India, a deal that will create one of the world’s largest airline groups. With the clearance in place, the merger that will see Singapore Airlines acquiring a 25.1 per cent stake in Air India, is expected to be completed by the end of this year. The proposed merger was announced in November 2022. Air India is owned by Tata Group and Vistara is a 51:49 joint venture between Tatas and Singapore…

New Delhi: India and China on Thursday had a “frank, constructive and forward-looking” exchange of views on the situation along the LAC to “narrow down” differences and find an early resolution to outstanding issues, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The 31st meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs was held in Beijing, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement. During the meeting, it was reiterated that “restoration of peace and tranquillity, and respect for the LAC are the essential basis for restoration of normalcy in bilateral relations”, it said.…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: South Goa MP Captain Viriato Fernandes on Thursday assured a large delegation of Margao citizens that he would immediately sanction a fully equipped Ambulance for the South Goa District hospital. A large delegation of Margao citizens led by Savio Coutinho met the MP and expressed deep anguish and pain over the Pitiful state of affairs at the South District Hospital in Margao, whereby patients undergo immense hardships, often resulting in precious lives being lost. In a representation submitted to Captain Viriato Fernandes the citizens said that the most disgraceful incident, where a citizen Shri. Shirish Kane from…