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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the BJP headquarters to interact with the officials working there and thank them for their contribution to the party’s return to power for a third term. The programme, named ‘Sneh Milan’, was the Prime Minister’s first interaction with the party staffers after he assumed office for the third time. He was welcomed at the party office by BJP President and Union Minister J.P. Nadda. Party General Secretary (Organisation) B.L. Santhosh, and General Secretary Arun Singh were also present at the programme which lasted for two and a half hours. In his…

Gonda, India: Three people were killed and 20 others injured after eight coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, officials said. Gonda District Magistrate Neha Sharma said eight coaches of the train got derailed, adding that the injured are being rushed to hospital and relief operations are on at the site. The driver of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express claimed that he heard a loud explosion right before several coaches of the train derailed, however, DGP Prashant Kumar said there was no explosion. A 40-member medical team and 15 ambulances arrived at the spot for rescue…

New Delhi: India’s ambitious Deep Ocean Mission is set to get a major boost with a giant Ocean Research Vessel (ORV) that will be able to operate at a depth of nearly 6,000 metres. Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has signed a contract worth Rs 840 crore with Kolkata-based defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd for the construction and delivery of the ship. The massive 89.5 metres long and 18.8 metres wide ship will be one of the largest indigenously built research vessels which will be at least 12.50 metres deep. The ship…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With the monsoon becoming active in the last few days in Goa. The state received 96.97 inches of rain to date which is 56.9 percent higher than normal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for today forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall and strong surface winds in North and South Goa. The IMD, with the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service (INCOIS), has also issued a high wave warning for the coast of Goa, particularly from Chapora to Panaji (Malim). Up to 886 tree-falling incidents have been reported this month alone, and…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Over the past five years, up to 9,000 Goans who were in danger overseas have received help and been returned home. The Goa Legislative Assembly was informed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that the NRI Department of the Central government has successfully returned 9,043 Goans who were either in trouble or stranded abroad for various reasons since 2019. Sawant responded in writing to a question posed by Venzy Viegas, the Benaulim MLA for the AAP, with this information. In 2020, 7,939 Goans who were employed on ships during the COVID-19 pandemic were repatriated to Goa, as per…

Goemakpronn desk CORTALIM: A major landslide was reported along the road leading to the ferry point near the Cortalim junction circle on Thursday evening. As many as their parked bikes were buried in the rubble and had to be recovered using a JCB machine Cortalim MLA Anton Vas who was in the assembly session immediately rushed to the site from Porvorim after being informed about the news. “The incident happened in the evening and I alerted the fire brigade, the Mamlatdar and disaster management to rush to the site, as I left the assembly session. There were three bikes that…

Goemkarponn desk CORTALIM: In a miraculous escape, the drivers of a speeding car and a tempo survived a major accident that caused significant damage, including the destruction of an electric pole, at the New Zuari bridge on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred at around 1:30 PM, according to Verna police sources. Nikhil Agarwadekar, 28, a resident of Mapusa, was travelling on the New Zuari Bridge towards Panjim when he lost control of his car. The vehicle hit the divider, crossed over to the opposite side of the road, and collided with a tempo driven by Prakash Raul, 48, a native…