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Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Reminding the government of the inauguration of Canacona’s incomplete Ravindra Bhavan, congress leader Janardhan Bhandari made strong demand to complete all the incomplete works to make ‘Lata Mangeshkar Kalangan’ a State of the Art project of Goa. On Friday , Bhandari submitted a Representation to Art & Culture Director Sagun Velip, demanding to complete all the incomplete works at the newly inaugurated Canacona Ravindra Bhavan at the earliest to make “Lata Mangeshkar Kalangan” indeed a cynosure of all eyes and not to remain a sore eyesight to the public. Thanking and expressing gratitude towards the Minister for…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Rohan Shah, a national of Nepal, was arrested by Panaji police yesterday morning following a multi-vehicle incident on the Old Mandovi Bridge. Three scooter riders and pillion riders were hurt in the collision, which also caused a significant traffic bottleneck in Porvorim and Panaji during rush hour. Preliminary investigations state that Shah lost control of his car while trying to pass another car because he was supposedly drunk. This caused the vehicle to collide head-on with oncoming traffic. Babuso Kalangutkar, a Chapora resident who has also been charged by the police, is the owner of the car…

New Delhi: An “embarrassed” All India Chess Federation (AICF) has filed a police complaint after a Chess Olympiad trophy its team won in the last edition of the tournament at home went missing from its office, forcing the sports body to arrange for a replica of the prized possession and tender an apology. It is a rolling trophy, and the incident came at a time when the Indian men’s team is closing in on the gold medal in the ongoing 45th edition of the Olympiad at Budapest. AICF sources confirmed that the Gaprindashvili Trophy, given to the team with the…

Chennai: Virat Kohli has not been having a great time in Test cricket of late. In both innings of the first Test against Bangladesh, Kohli delivered poor scores of 6 and 17. While in the first innings, he chased an outside off stump delivery by Hasan Mahmud, in the second innings, he fell victim to a wrong leg-before-wicket decision. Having chosen to not review it, the Ultraedge discovered the bat making contact with the ball, which would have ruled Virat not out had he opted for a review. Virat is having a poor run of form across all formats this…

Chennai: Virat Kohli’s ‘sledging history’ with Mushfiqur Rahim came a point of discussion on commentary during Day 2 of the first Test match between India and Bangladesh in Chennai on Friday. When Mushfiqur came out to bat in the first innings, former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal said on commentary that he expects something interesting considering his ‘history’ with Virat. It referred to Mushfiqur’s comments that Virat earlier sledged him on the field. Former India coach Ravi Shastri was in the commentary box with Tamim and did not miss the opportunity to take a cheeky dig. “Mushfiqur Rahim is batting, Virat…

New Delhi: “Now the reason for the lack of quality is not having an in-house lab, sending the samples to outside labs for testing and unviable rates,” he said. The EO highlighted that the suppliers took advantage of these deficiencies. The TTD administers the popular hill shrine that attracts lakhs of devotees throughout the year. Chief Minister Naidu had earlier expressed concern over the quality of ghee as well as Laddu and highlighted complaints of the presence of animal fat in the sweet, Rao told reporters here. Subsequently, suppliers were warned of blacklisting if they provided poor quality ghee. Later,…

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the state would sever all ties with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for “unilaterally releasing water” which led to floods in south Bengal districts. In a four-page letter to Modi, she claimed that five million people in Bengal have been affected by the floods and requested him to immediately sanction and release central funds to address the widespread devastation caused by the deluge. “I would like to draw your kind attention to the fact that as a result of an unprecedented, unplanned, and unilateral…