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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Arunesh Hari and Ritika Chelluri won the Men and Women Singles titles, at the State Badminton Ranking Tournament for Seniors (Men and Women), which concluded at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim, on Sunday. Organized by the Goa Badminton Association and co-hosted by the Goa Sports Club and Chicalim Badminton Club, this tournament served as one of the  crucial selection tournaments for the West Zone and Nationals. In a thrilling display of skill and determination, Arunesh Hari secured the Men’s Singles title by defeating Rahul Deswal with scores of 21-17, 21-15. Ritika Chelluri triumphed in the Women’s…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The 8th YMCA All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament concluded in thrilling fashion at the Indoor Stadium, Campal, Panaji, with Anshuman Agarwal and Pradnya Caro emerging Men’s and Women’s singles winners, thereby securing the Late Baptista Vaz Rolling Trophies. Pradnya had a great run in the tournament, adding two more titles in U17 and U19 Girls to bag a triple crown. Chandan Caro too secured a triple, winning titles in U13, U15 and U19 Boys to join his sister in achieving this unique feat. The YMCA Major Ranking Tournament which had more than 200 entries saw a…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Main accused in the Assagao house demolition case Pooja Sharma today has filed for anticipatory bail before Panaji Sessions Court. Sharma yesterday had expressed her inability to join the investigation today and accordingly skipped the summons. Crime Branch investigating the sensational case had summoned her today with regards to her involvement in the Assagao demolition case. Sharma has sought a new date for her appearance. Since the contentious demolition on June 22, Sharma has escaped and avoided the authorities, who have been unable to locate her. She might be watching the news, I suppose. We now…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today reaffirmed that the Goa Government shall continue to strive toward creating a more efficient and business-friendly tax environment that benefits all the sectors in Goa equally. Chief Minister attended and released the SAMVAD Magazine Vol 1 during the Evolution and Way Forward program organized by the Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industries-GCCI, and Dempo College of Commerce & Economics on the momentous occasion of completion of 7 Years of GST in the presence of the President of GCCI Shrinivas Dempo, Central GST Commissioner Bipin Kumar Upadhyay and other dignitaries. “Goa Government shall…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: North Goa taxi drivers along with Calangute MLA Michael Lobo met a delegation of local taxi drivers to meet the Superintendent of Police, North Goa, regarding the ongoing issues between local taxi services and Goa Miles drivers. Lobo said they brought to SPs attention that Goa Miles taxi drivers are operating at various hotels and resorts in Calangute, Candolim, Arpora-Nagoa, and the North Goa coastal belt, areas where local taxi businesses operate on a queue system. “This practice is depriving local taxi owners and drivers of their rightful business,” he said. He further stated when local drivers…

NEW DELHI: As Parliament reconvened today, both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha saw the Opposition raise pressing issues including the NEET paper leak and the new criminal laws. .Opposition MPs, demanding a debate over the NEET row, walked out of the Lok Sabha as BJP leader Anurag Thakur started the proceedings with a debate on President Droupadi Murmu’s address. Speaking in Rajya Sabha, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “There was no vision, direction in President’s address to Parliament. There was no mention of poor, Dalits or minorities in the address. .Earlier, Opposition MPs, including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Police today has arrested one accused of committing theft of jewellery from a branded store in Panaji. SP North Goa Akshat Kaushal said that the accused is identified as Abrar Hussain Baig (30) a native of Belgaum Karnataka. “Our team arrested him from Belgaum. Gold ornaments have been recovered from Abrar. The modus operandi was posing themselves as customers at jewellery stores” said Kaushal. He further said that these teams used to ask sales staff to show them Jewellery ornaments and later would steal them. “The police team was continuously monitoring CCTV cameras. A lot of…