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New Delhi: Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has said he is “not afraid” of any threats coming his way and will continue to campaign for the Khalistan referendum. He also has referred to India’s former High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, as a “hypocrite”. Days after Verma was recalled after Canada said senior diplomats were “persons of interest” in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder probe, Pannun, in an interview, said he was confident that more evidence will come to light in connection with his and Nijjar’s case. I’m not afraid of any threats, and I’m not going to stop…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a two-day visit to Russia on Tuesday to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. This year marks the group’s first meeting following its expansion last year. On the sidelines of the summit, being held under the chairmanship of Russia from October 22-24, PM Modi will hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from the other BRICS member nations. The grouping, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (added in 2010), expanded to include Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates this year. The Ministry of External…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Sundays special Gramsabha of Gaondongrim village heated up over non-supply of materials obtained under Watershed scheme (Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana) to the village anganwadis, authorizes panchayat body to proceed on indefinite hunger strike after Diwali till the obtained materials are provided to all the village Angawadis of Gaondongrim. At the special gramsabha held on sunday , gramsabha members took the panchayat body to task questioning the Sarpanch and Secretary why materials obtained under the PMKSY scheme are still not provided and instead why only a handful of items (Chairs and Chairs) are given to only three…

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday hit out at Canada for its ”double standards” as the ties between New Delhi and Ottawa came under severe strain over the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil last year. ”Double standards is a very mild word for it,” Jaishankar said while explaining how Canada treats other diplomats and the ”licence” their diplomats try to use while in India. Last week, New Delhi expelled Canadian Charge d’Affaires Stewart Wheeler and five other diplomats following Ottawa’s fresh allegations of the Indian government’s involvement in Nijjar’s killing in British…

Kolkata: The protesting junior doctors of Bengal have withdrawn their indefinite hunger strike after a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this evening. Announcing the end to the “fast-unto-death” in Kolkata, they also called off their proposed strike across hospitals due on Tuesday. Debashish Halder, one of the junior doctors, said, “In today’s meeting (with the CM), we did get the assurance of some directives, but the body language of the state government was not positive”. “The common people have wholeheartedly supported us. They, as well as the parents of our deceased sister (RG Kar hospital victim), have been requesting…

New York: In a fireside chat on India’s decadal economic reforms and continued economic growth in New York, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday (local time) said that the biggest challenge before India is employability. Answering a question on how the country plans to take advantage of the demographic dividend, Ms Sitharaman pointed out the challenge of employability, “The biggest challenge that we had is the employability level or the skill set which is so required.” For being employed they need more and the government is working to fill this gap said the finance minister. “Many of them (students)…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: SP Traffic today said that traffic violators will face penalties as authorities send out maximum violation notices. “Traffic violators will face penalties as authorities send out maximum violation notices. Safety first—please follow all traffic rules to avoid fines and further actions,” said SP Traffic On Monday besides issuing challans to 658 traffic violators, another 1524 notices were issued to traffic violators in a single day. Goa Police Traffic Cell has launched a unique, extended campaign to crack down on infractions of the Motor Vehicle (MV) Act. The traffic cell personnel booked a number of people on for…