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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The ill-fated and killer Well that led to the death of two Petrol Pump Attendants a fortnight ago, is now a thing of the past after the Fuel Station Owner buried and Sealed levelling it to the ground on Wednesday. The Well, from which water was pumped for the usage of the Petrol Pump was located at the adjacent and in very close proximity of the Underground Fuel Storage Tanks and the Fuel Dispensers. Two Pump Attendants (Nami B Gaonkar(43) of Gulem(Canacona) Barkelo N Gaonkar (40) of Gokuldem(Quepem) who had entered the Well to remove a Dead…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Hundreds attends Masses celebrated in Church Cemeteries to observe the ‘All Souls Day’ on Thursday. Celebrating early morning mass in their Church Cemetery, Priests in their homily had called the faithful’s to observe ‘Indulgence’ until 8th November and exclusively Pray for the Dead that God grants them Salvation for Eternal Life. While Christians all over the world celebrates the Feast Day of All Saints on 1st November, the 2nd November is observed for the Prayers and Indulgence to seek God’s Mercy and Salvation for All the Souls in purgatory. ‘The dead cannot pray nor seek mercy of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Rohit Sharma has provided an update on the fitness of star all-rounder Hardik Pandya ahead of his side’s clash against Sri Lanka at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Pandya hurt his ankle during India’s group match against Bangladesh last month and has been sitting on the sidelines ever since as the tournament hosts have continued their unbeaten start to the World Cup. Rohit was quizzed about the potential return of Pandya to full fitness ahead of India’s match against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Thursday and the experienced skipper suggested the all-rounder will remain on the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa University has selected Men’s Kabaddi team for the West Zone Inter University Kabaddi Men Championship 2023-24, which is scheduled from 4th to 8th November 2023, at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. The kit distribution and farewell function for the teams were organised on October 31, 2023, at the Sports Section, Goa University, in the presence of Mr. Balachandra Jadar, Asst. Director of Physical Education and Sports, Goa University, Dr. Shailendra Gaonkar, Asst. Sports Officer, Goa University, along with Mr. Pandurang Naik, Team Coach, and Clifton Fernandes, Team Manager. The following players will represent Goa at the West…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the Cricket World Cup for an indefinite period after flying back home due to personal reasons. Cricket Australia confirmed the development on Thursday, two days before their crunch game against arch-rivals England. This comes a day after star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was ruled out of the England game due to a concussion suffered from falling off the back of a golf cart. “Australia have been hit by the loss of another key allrounder after announcing Mitch Marsh flew home on Wednesday for personal reasons and will be out…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The raids at Goa casinos, including the Cadillac Casino within Double Tree Hilton, have now led to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seizing the CCTV footage. Along with this, financial records from the gambling establishments for further investigation have also been seized. The initial raid was conducted after ED received information regarding black money transactions in some casinos in Goa. It was also suspected that they have links with several politicians and infamous personalities. Some operators have extended their full support to ED on the matter and have assured to provide required information. The intelligence agency has also…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party MLA Vijai Sardesai on Wednesday alleged that there is less democracy in Goa and the government fails to interact with the people, which force them to knock the doors of High court. Addressing a Press conference, Sardesai said that as the government fails to interact and take people into confidence, the opposition to many projects is faced. “Why government forcing people to knock on the doors of high court when the matters can be resolved by speaking to people. High time that people know that democracy is still alive,” he said. “We have less…