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Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: In a bizarre accident, 6 people including a minor were injured in a Car and an Inter-state Truck accident at Dapot (Loliem) on Friday-Saturday midnight. As all the 6 injured (including a minor) were brought to Canacona Community Health Centre, Chaudi, and immediately thereafter including the one in serious condition were shifted to South Goa District Hospital (SGDH) Margao for further treatment. Sources informed, one of the Car occupants was shifted in serious condition with heavy bleeding from the ear. All the injured including a child were reportedly returning back towards Margao after attending a Wedding reception…

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s bags were checked by Election Commission (EC) officials in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district on Friday, in the latest of a series of examinations of the luggage of high-profile political leaders visiting the poll-bound state, amid allegations that only the Opposition was being targeted. In a post on X, Mr Shah shared a video of polling officials checking his luggage in the chopper as he arrived at Hingoli assembly seat to address an election rally. “Today, during my election campaign in Hingoli Assembly constituency of Maharashtra, my helicopter was inspected by Election Commission officials. BJP…

Mumbai: The Congress will be the “worst-performing” opposition party in next week’s Maharashtra Assembly election, Union Minister Piyush Goyal declared to NDTV Friday, pointing to what he claimed were rifts within its state unit and with its leadership in Delhi. “I think the Congress is in the worst situation… local leadership is crestfallen. It had high hopes of being the dominant partner (in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance) but I believe there is friction within the party and within the centre and state units, and they are all a very unhappy lot.” “My own sese is that among the opposition…

New Delhi: The Indian economy is expected to clock a medium-term growth of 6.7 per cent on average between fiscal 2025 and 2031, and touch the $7 trillion mark, according to a report by rating agency CRISIL. This would be similar to the 6.6 per cent growth seen in the pre-pandemic decade, driven by a capex push and surge in productivity. The report projects India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 6.8 per cent during the current financial year as high interest rates and stricter lending norms are expected to impact urban demand. “A somewhat lower fiscal impulse to growth…

New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance has asked the telecom regulator to review the potential reach of Elon Musk’s Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper before awarding satellite spectrum amid concerns local players could suffer, a letter showed on Friday. Reliance’s letter, which is not public, is Mr Ambani’s last-ditch effort in an ongoing face-off with Mr Musk over how India should grant spectrum for satellite services. While Reliance has called for an auction, India has sided with Mr Musk who – in line with global trends – wanted an administrative allocation. In the letter, reviewed by Reuters, Reliance said it carried…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO:The Margao Congress Block today strongly criticised the Electricity Department for the outage/Power Shutdown, scheduled for 19th November and 21st November 2024. Congress leader Savio Coutinho demanded for the rescheduling of Shutdown proposed on 19th and 21/11/2024, being the eve of Feast day and second day of our Lady of Rosary Church Navelim. Coutinho stated that the residents and himself are shocked that the Electricity Department has proposed for a shutdown of power supply on 19th and 21/11/2024 between 9am to 3 PM, which coincides with the Novena/Feast days of Our Lady of Rosary Church Navelim. He pointed…

New Delhi: The upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy holds immense importance for Virat Kohli as the former India captain is under pressure to regain his form. After failures in back-to-back home series’ against Bangladesh and New Zealand, respectively, the five-match rubber against Australia is being viewed as a make-or-break tour of his illustrious career. Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar feels Australia are well-aware of Kohli’s lean patch, suggesting that the hosts will not give him enough room to settle. “Virat knows exactly what’s going to be planned. They’ll start with that line outside the off-stump and gauge what his mood is. These…