Author: Team Admin

GUWAHATI, India – At least six people have been killed this week and around 2,000 tourists stranded in India’s Himalayan state of Sikkim in landslides and floods after incessant rainfall, officials said on Friday. Another four people have been killed in Nepal’s Taplejung district, which borders Sikkim, after a landslide following rains swept away the house in which they were sleeping, officials there said. Heavy rains triggered landslides at several locations in Mangan district, which covers north Sikkim and lies about 100 km north of the state capital Gangtok, the local government of the northeastern Indian state said. “It’s been…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear petitions seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET on July 8. The court has asked Centre to submit a response by then over allegations of question paper leader and other irregularities in the exam. A huge row broke out after the National Testing Agency (NTA) awarded grace marks to some aspirants due to the a wrongly printed question, torn OMR sheets, or delay in the distribution of OMR sheets. The Centre and the NTA had yesterday told the Supreme Court they had cancelled the grace marks given…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In democratic India, known as the best in the world, every Citizen is given rights and independence. The reservation system is adopted due to the caste distinction in the society; while demanding your rights, if any person threatens the people to establish his own supremacy, do not tolerate it because once tolerated, the person who does injustice will continue to do injustice again and again’, Dr. Uday Gaonkar. Dr. Gaonkar who is also UTAA Secretary, was speaking at the meeting organized by UTAA at Yedda-Cotigao on Wednesday. Incidentally, UTAA is holding awareness meetings at different parts of…

Goemkarponn desk TALEIGAO: A 45-year-old Bihar native was taken into custody by the Pananji Police on for possessing 940 grams of ganja, which is valued at Rs 94,000. The accused, identified by the police as Umakant Pandey, was taken into custody after they claimed to have discovered the contraband during a raid on Taleigao. Under the direction of PI Panaji Vijaykumar S. Chodankar, a group of police officers led by PSI Rajaram Bagkar and constables Laxman Mhamal, Prathamesh Malik, Minesh Naik, and Sarthak Desai carried out the raid.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has asked PWD to submit a compliance report regarding the completion of the water supply projects at Ganjem (Usgao) as well as the estimated completion dates for the projects. The High Court had earlier ordered PWD representatives to personally inspect the village’s water supply situation and submit a compliance report. The High Court is currently deliberating a public interest litigation petition filed by residents of Usgao led by one Rohan Rauji Naik. Although there is a significant supply of water, the PWD stated in its report that things will get…

NEW DELHI: India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation rose to 2.61 per cent in May 2024, marking a 15-month high. During the same month last year, India’s WPI experienced a significant decline, falling to -3.48 per cent. Estimates had placed WPI at 3 per cent for May 2024. WPI-based inflation in May was primarily driven by increases in the prices of food articles, the manufacture of food products, crude petroleum and natural gas, mineral oils, and other manufacturing sectors. Last month, India’s WPI-based inflation surged to a 13-month high, reaching 1.26 per cent year-on-year. This was a significant jump from…

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is hosting this year’s Group of Seven (G7) meeting, was seen doing a namaste gesture while welcoming prominent leaders for the summit. In several videos that have gone viral on social media platform X, Meloni can be seen doing a namaste gesture to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen while greeting them. The videos have gained widespread attention, with ‘namaste’ trending on the microblogging site. Many users on X, reacted to the Italian Prime Minister’s namaste gesture and commended her action. “Namaste goes Global. Italian PM Giorgia…