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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: State Curriculum Development Committees for the Preparatory and Middle Stages have told Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that it is the process of developing curricula for NEP implementation at their respective stages, starting from the next academic year. The NEP Steering Committee Meeting was held on Sept 2, 2024, at Mantralaya, Porvorim. The meeting was chaired by the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. During the meeting, the Chief Minister conducted a thorough review of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in the state’s school education system. The Secretary of Education provided a detailed briefing on the…

FARIDABAD: A 19-year-old student was shot and killed in Haryana’s Faridabad district after he was mistaken for a cattle smuggler, sources said. The accused chased the victim’s car for 25 kilometres before killing him. Five people have been arrested in connection with the incident. Aryan Mishra, the victim, went out with his friends Harshit and Shanky in a red SUV around midnight on August 23. The accused, identified as cow vigilantes, told police during questioning that they had received information that some cattle smugglers were conducting surveillance in the city using SUVs. The accused, who was also in a car,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Medical College and Hospital, in collaboration with the Spine Foundation team from Mumbai, successfully organized a Spine Scoliotic Deformity Correction Camp today for the benefit of deserving patients from Goa. During the camp, two patients with scoliosis and one with a kyphotic spine deformity underwent surgery, prof Dr S M Bandekar, Dean inaugurated the workshop along with Dr Abhay Nene. In addition to the surgeries, patients from various parts of the state received consultations from the expert team of doctors. Patients who had undergone surgeries during the previous camp also attended follow-up appointments, expressing satisfaction…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that BJP has now been emerging in South Indian states with the party opening its account in Kerala. CM Sawant was addressing the media after launching the BJP membership drive in Goa in the presence of BJP Goa President Sadanand Shet Tanavade, Union Minister Shripad Naik. “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was always thought to be primarily focused on North India, but it is now also becoming more visible in Southern regions. Kerala has seen the BJP establish a presence there,” said Sawant. He further said that BJP targets 5 lakh…

New Delhi: Netflix India has assured Centre that in the future, content will be in accordance with “nation’s sentiments”, sources have said. The OTT giant’s assurance comes at the back of a row involving its web series ‘IC 814 Kandahar Hijack’. The series, which revisits the harrowing 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight by Pakistan-based terror outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, has triggered a fierce backlash, culminating in an hour-long meeting between the streaming giant and the Centre. Directed by Anubhav Sinha and released on August 29, it portrays the hijackers of the ill-fated flight in a manner that has drawn ire…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant chaired a meeting of HoDs and secretaries to review the progress on major infrastructure projects in the state. The chief minister’s office said on Tuesday in a media release that the chief minister convened a review meeting on Monday with the secretaries to the Goa government and all heads of departments. “Have directed to expedite various infra works; Finance dept will clear files related to public centric projects,” said Sawant. He further said that all payments under various social welfare schemes are to be cleared by today and that the department has already…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute Police have arrested a Bihar native named Abhishek Ranjan Singh for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman in the hotel staff room. The 23-year-old Manipur lady who was the victim alleged to the police that Singh had forced her to have sex against her will. Both the victim and the accused worked at the hotel where the event happened in the staff room. The police promptly filed a case against Singh under Section 64 of the BNS in response to the complaint. After that, the defendant was taken to prison by the police while the investigation was…