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Goemkarponn Desk KARMALI:The Konkan railway police were rewarded with a pat on the back for successfully tracking down a missing six-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh who had vanished from a train. A nine-member family from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, was reportedly on vacation in the state, according to the police. The boy vanished from view on the train as they were heading back home. At the Karmali railway station, police constables Brijesh Naik, the head constable, and constables Raghesh Naik, Manjunath, and Deeptesh Kerkar later located the missing boy. Later on, his parents were given safe custody of him.

MUMBAI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has clarified that recent statements made by Krishnamurthy Subramanian regarding India’s growth figures do not reflect its views, reported news agency PTI. Subramanian serves as India’s representative at the IMF and is the former Chief Economic Adviser of the Government of India. Julie Kozack, spokesperson for the IMF, told reporters that the remarks attributed to Mr Subramanian were made in his capacity as India’s representative within the IMF, rather than as a statement of the IMF’s official position. “The views conveyed …by Mr Subramanian were in his role as India’s representative at the IMF,”…

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves increased $2.951 billion to $645.583 billion for the week ended March 29, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. This is the sixth consecutive week of a jump in overall reserves. The kitty had increased $140 million to $642.631 billion in the previous reporting week. The country’s forex kitty had in September 2021 reached an all-time high of $642.453 billion. The reserves took a hit as the central bank deployed the kitty to defend the rupee amid pressures caused majorly by global developments since last year. For the week ended March 29, the…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: The South Goa Sessions Court on Friday sentenced the two laborers who were found guilty of killing their fellow worker in Velsao village in 2021 to life in prison. Dinesh Kumar, an Odisha native, and Shivnath Mhaji, an Uttar Pradesh native, were found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 each by Judge Kshama Joshi. In this instance, which took place on April 3, 2021, the Verna police were called to report that a fight involving several laborers had resulted in one of the laborers’ deaths. Additionally, the police were informed that one of…

NEW DELHI: The Centre has reportedly cleared the supply of several essential commodities to the Maldives, including food items such as rice, wheat and onions whose exports are currently banned due to strained relationship between the two neighbouring countries. India, known for being a major exporter of rice, sugar, and onions, had previously imposed restrictions on the export of these food items. The step was taken before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in an effort to maintain stability in local prices, India Today reported. In a statement by the Indian high commission in Male, the Narendra Modi-led government allowed the…

Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh: Warning criminals, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that whoever poses a threat to the security of society, their ‘Ram Naam Satya’ (last rites) is certain. He said this on Friday while addressing a massive poll rally in Aligarh for BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate Satish Kumar Gautam. “No one ever thought that daughters and businessmen could venture out at night without worry. We ensure ‘Ram Naam Satya’ (last rites done) for the danger posed to the safety of daughters and businessmen. We live our lives chanting Lord Ram’s name. Without Ram, nothing is possible. But…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: One witness has deposed before the Special Court today in the alleged power scam involving Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho. The statement of Chandrakant Mulgaokar who is one of the witness in the case was recorded today and he is asked to depose again on April 12. The Special Court had examined some witnesses earlier in the case. In 1998, the then Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar exposed the scam. In 2001 an FIR was registered by the Crime Branch against the former power minister in the Congress government, who is presently a minister in the BJP…