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Paris: It was yet another heartbreak for the Indian contingent at the Paris Olympics 2024 as Mirabai Chanu missed the 49kg weightlifting bronze medal by just 1 kilogram on Thursday. The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist ended her campaign in the 4th position with a score of 199. It was just short of Thailand’s Surodchana Khambao who claimed the bronze medal with a score of 200. While Chanu and Khambao were tied at 88kg after the snatch round, the Thai weightlifter claimed the third spot with 112kg in the clean and jerk round while Chanu could manage to lift 110kg. The…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that Goa Police will continue to assume the role of strict no tolerance policy against drugs. Sawant also said that crime detection rate in the state has raised to 90% through our targetted efforts and initiatives. “Goa Police will continue to assume the role of strict no tolerance policy against drugs, it is also pertinent to note that the crime detection rate in the state is raised to 90% through our targetted efforts and initiatives,” said Sawant He further said that they have successfully created major awareness against the land grabbing cases…

In recent years, the conduct of police personnel has been a topic of concern in various regions, with allegations of dereliction of duties and misconduct. The state of Goa is no exception, and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has highlighted the need for stringent action against erring police officers to ensure accountability and public trust in the law enforcement agencies. The debates in the Goa Legislative Assembly have shed light on the issue of alleged illegal activities within the police force. Opposition MLAs have accused the police of not only turning a blind eye to criminal activities but also partaking in…

Kolkata: Even as the political turmoil and violence continues in Bangladesh, a group of nearly 600 people from the country were stopped from entering India at a border point in West Bengal by the Border Security Force, which has been on high alert since prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted and fled the country on Monday. Many members of the group – which tried to enter India on Wednesday, the eve of an interim government taking over in Bangladesh – pleaded with BSF personnel to be allowed in, claiming that they feared for their lives. Officials said that the group…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report said that it was observed from the finance accounts that revenue expenditure totalling ` 169 crore was either short-paid/unpaid or not booked by the State Government during 2022-23. “It was observed from the finance accounts revenue expenditure totalling ` 169 crore was either short-paid/unpaid or not booked by the State Government during 2022-23,” the CAG report states. It further said that this accounted for an overstatement of revenue surplus to that extent (by 169 crores) and hence, the revised figure for the revenue surplus would stand at…

Goemkarponn desk Vaman Vriksha Kala Udyan (Bonsai Garden) at Raj Bhavan is now the biggest Bonsai Collection among Official Establishments/Administrative Institutes, in India which comprises an assemblage collection of 1000 numbers of potted Bonsai trees. Governor, P. S. Sreedharan Pillai in the presence of Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant inaugurated the commencement of the work of the Installation of the statues of Acharya Charaka (Father of Ayurveda) and Sage Susruta (Father of Surgery) and renovated swimming pool and changing room in the campus of Raj Bhavan today. Chief Minister distributed cheques amounting to Rs. 40 lakhs to 160 cancer patients through…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister for Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services Nilkanth Halarnkar informed that the estimated milk production in the State is around 1.76 Lakh litres/day (around 641.80 Lakh litres per year) as per the Integrated Sample Survey (ISS). “Estimated milk production in the State is around 1.76 Lakh litres/day (around 641.80 Lakh litres per year) as per Integrated Sample Survey (ISS),” said Halarnkar. He further said that as per information received from Goa Dairy, 13676 litres of milk is imported per day and as per information received from SUMUL Dairy 89597 litres of milk is imported per day. “The…