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Goemkarponn Desk CHICALIM: Jacqueline Sequeira lifted the C. G. Varkey (IRS) Heritage Silver Rolling Trophy on Saturday at the Parkonnem Cultural Mahotsav as the joint winner of the 4th edition of the Parkonnem Kitem Tem Sang contest 2023-24. She received the heritage trophy at the hands of Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude, who was the chief Guest on the occasion. Jacqueline and Raisa Fernandes had topped the contest organised by Chicalim Bio-Crusaders with full honours answering all 50 konkani parkonnim (riddles) at stake. Albert Jacques from Canacona took the third position by scoring 47 correct answers. The Parkonnem Cultural…

Goemkarponn Desk VASCO: JJAU is the legal body for Ju-Jitsu in Asia and a Member of the Olympic council of Asia it is recognized by Ju-Jitsu International Federation. The Ju-Jitsu Asian Union is currently contemplating five different types of disciplines at the Asia level: The Duo discipline, show discipline, fighting discipline, Jiu Jitsu discipline, and contact discipline. Shikha Pathak from Vasco, Goa has been appointed as a Head Referee of the Fighting Ju-Jitsu discipline of Asia by Ju-Jitsu Asian Union. Shikha has been entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the Referee Education development Program of fighting disciplines from all around…

By Pradeep Padgaonkar Police are said to be the protectors of civil society. Amongst the numerous ‘Social Responsibilities’ of the Police one of the very important ones is to preserve, promote and protect human rights and interests of weaker sections, backward classes, poor, weak and the downtrodden. The Police Department has a big role in ensuring safe feelings in the minds of the public. People rely on them and look upon them as saviours. It is the duty of the Police in general to create and maintain a feeling of security in the community, Police are responsible for preventing crimes,…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Sanguem released on bond sixteen employees of the State-owned Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL) who had been detained by the forest officials late on Saturday night on suspicion of poaching. They were instructed to report to the Range Forest Officer (RFO) for a period of five days. The court ordered them to provide a bond in the amount of Rs 10,000 for each of the two sureties. Additionally, they were given a five-day period during which to report to the investigating RFO Devidas Velip. Recall that sixteen KTCL workers were taken…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Ulhas Morajkar, the former sarpanch of Sangolda, filed a civil revision application contesting his disqualification as a panchayat member, but it was dismissed by the Panaji District and Sessions Court. The Directorate of Panchayat Siddhi Halarnkar’s order disqualifying Morajkar persisted after the application was dismissed because the court did not grant any relief. In response to a complaint filed by Anand Tulaskar, the Directorate of Panchayat disqualified Morajkar in March of this year with an order for allegedly embezzling Rs 16,10,926 in panchayat funds while he served as sarpanch from 2017 to 2022. The money was purportedly…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In response to a hit-and-run accident that was reported in Dhargal on Monday morning, Pernem police have established several teams to locate and apprehend the driver and any passengers involved. The Pernem police have filed a formal complaint (FIR) against the driver who caused the accident under sections 134(a)(b) of the MV Act, 279 (rash driving), and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC. Details of the car’s collision with a Yamaha Fascino scooter GA-11-F-3368 that was going in the same direction are still pending confirmation. Devidas Konadkar, a 55-year-old scooter rider, suffered injuries and passed…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A warning has been issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) regarding major weather events that are anticipated this week. Pre-monsoon showers with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds are expected to dominate the weather patterns, according to the most recent IMD forecast. According to the IMD’s warning, on May 13 and 14, there is a chance of thunderstorms with lightning and winds gusting to 30 to 40 kmph at certain areas in Goa. According to the IMD, these next two days will see moderate to heavy rainfall in many areas. According to the IMD’s May 15 forecast,…