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Benaulim: Fitness enthusiasts, adventure seekers, and cycling/running lovers, get ready! Vorrad 5.0, the much-anticipated cycling and running event, is set to take place on 9th March 2025 at Benaulim Beach parking. This annual event promises an exciting challenge, breathtaking coastal views, and a vibrant community of athletes and outdoor enthusiasts. Whether you’re a seasoned cyclist, a dedicated runner, or a beginner looking to push your limits, Vorrad 5.0 has something for everyone. Participants will have the opportunity to test their endurance in cycling and running categories (60 kms cycling and easy 2.5 or 6 kms beach run), all while experiencing…

Team Goemkarponn PONDA: In the well-known cash-for-jobs fraud, the Ponda Police have filed their first chargesheet, identifying Sunita Sawant, her collaborator, suspended constable Sagar Naik, and the scam’s mastermind Deepashri Sawant. The 600-page chargesheet describes a recovery of Rs 10 lakh and names nine witnesses. The case started when Trupti Prabhu filed a complaint, alleging that Naik had defrauded her of Rs 15 lakh by promising her a teaching position at Marcel School. Sunita and Deepashri were eventually arrested as a result of the investigation. The accused’s bank accounts and automobiles have been seized by the authorities. Although this is…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: On the grounds that Madhav Sahakari was disqualified by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies (RCS) from serving on the board of directors of the Goa State Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd (Goa Dairy), the High Court of Bombay, Goa, on Thursday overturned the order disqualifying him as a director of the Kapila Sahakari Dudh Utpadak Vyavasayik Saunstha Maryadit, Curti-Ponda. On the grounds that the RCS had disqualified him from serving as a director of the Goa Dairy, Sahakari had filed a writ petition contesting the order dated January 28, 2025, issued by the Assistant RCS, ordering the…

Team Goemkarponn PERNEM: A foreigner Michele Pestarino was saved from drowning in the Tiracol river. Luckily for the Italian the coastal police were patrolling the river at 2.30pm Thursday. Pestarino who was swimming in the middle of the river was struggling to stay afloat and started shouting for help. Luckily for him at that time the Tiracol police Police led by Police Inspector Vikaram Naik, Sub INpsector Yogesh and constables Budesh and Aditya were patrolling the area. They rescued Pestarino, 57 and then gave him medical aid and handed over to his female companion at Kerim Tiracol.

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The State’s monthly food grain distribution to ration card recipients has been severely delayed due to a server malfunction; the department of civil supplies has advised that the distribution will only take place after February 10. The Public Distribution System beneficiaries may have trouble receiving food grains within the allotted time frame this month due to unanticipated technical problems with the computer system and network server at the Food Corporation of India level that have persisted for more than a week, according to Director of Civil Supplies Jayant Tari. “The Dept Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs is…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI:The State AYUSH Society Goa and National AYUSH Mission under Directorate of Health Services has organized the State Level Training programs on Musculoskeletal disorders at Hospicio South Goa District Hospital, Margao. Ayush Vertical DGHS in Coordination with Central Health Education Bureau (CHEB) had undertaken the modular training program on musculoskeletal disorder for Master Trainers at New Delhi and it was percolated to all AYUSH doctors by the medium of training programme. The Dy. Director of South Goa District Hospital Dr. Rajendra Borkar was the Chief Guest for the function. “Appreciated the work done by National AYUSH Mission and…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued fresh advisory to all States and UTs to ensure that any Electronic Nicotine Delivery System including e-Cigarettes, Heat-Not-Burn devices, Vape, e-Sheesha, e-Nicotine Flavoured Hookah and the like devices that enable nicotine delivery are not to be sold including online sale, manufactured, distributed, traded, imported and advertised in their jurisdictions, except for the purpose and in the manner and to the extent, as may be approved under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has previously issued instructions to all the States and UTs…