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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on Tuesday, where he will inaugurate ONGC Sea Survival Centre, inaugurate India Energy Week 2024. Later in the day, he will participate in the Viksit Bharat, Viksit Goa 2047 programme, a release from the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on Tuesday, where he will inaugurate ONGC Sea Survival Centre, inaugurate India Energy Week 2024. Later in the day, he will participate in the Viksit Bharat, Viksit Goa 2047 programme, a release from the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday. Achieving Aatma Nirbharta…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In a major boost to the government, and a set-back to the environmentalists and villagers (gramsabha members), Communidade of Loliem-Polem has given its conset to the proposed 250 acres/10 lakhs sqmtr of land on Bhagwati plateau for lease-out to the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) for setting up a film and entertainment city/industry. The resolution passed by 50-04 votes by the components of Loliem-Polem Communidade states, ‘Resolved that the consent of components is hereby accorded to the proposed 250 acres/10 lakh sqmtr of uncultivable land as explained in the meeting and tentatively marked in the map. The…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A leopard fell into a House-well at Galeim (Poinguinim) early Sunday morning and later in the day the petrified wild-cat was pulled out by Forest (Wildlife) rescuers. The leopard believed to be a habitual visitor to the residential area always preying on the domestic animals, was reportedly chasing a dog, and in the melee to overtook the running pet, the panther on its tract slipped over and fell into the net-covered house-well breaking through Net and got trapped inside the House-Well located at the residence of Prakash Dalal. The sounds of fall and later nervous attempts to…

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) Kerala chief Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal has landed in soup over his ‘Ram Temple will boost secularism, no need to protest’ remark KOCHI: Congress’ ally in Kerala, the Indian Union Muslim League’s state President Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal sparked a controversy with his recent remark on Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Addressing an event on January 24 at Manjeri near Malappuram, Thangal said, “There is no need to protest against the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya as both the new temple and the proposed mosque would strengthen secularism in the country.”…

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is working with investigative authorities in the case relating to the Uttar Pradesh police arresting an Indian embassy staffer posted in Moscow for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, official sources said on Sunday. The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Satendra Siwal, a resident of Shahmahiuddinpur village in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, in Lucknow after questioning. The MEA is aware of the arrest of Satendra Siwal in Uttar Pradesh. He was posted as a Security Assistant in the embassy of India, Moscow, the sources said. “MEA continues…

Normal life and connectivity were disrupted in Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, after a fresh spell of snow in the two regions disrupted power and water supplies Srinagar: Normal life and connectivity were disrupted in Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, after a fresh spell of snow in the two regions disrupted power and water supplies, and led to closure of roads and cancellation of several flights. While authorities in J&K issued avalanche warnings in eight districts and urged the residents to avoid unnecessary movement for the next 24 hours, in Himachal Pradesh, the India…

Panaji: A 77-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his rented villa in North Goa’s Marra in a suspected robbery bid on Sunday, police said. According to officials, on Sunday, Seema Singh reported the death of NS Dhillon residing in Orda Candolim at Villa Horizon Azura in Marra, Pilerne under suspicious circumstances. Following information, a team of police reached the spot and recovered the victim’s body from his room. There were injuries on the body. Officials said that prima facie it appears to be a case of robbery and murder. Although Dhillon lived alone, he frequently hosted guests,…