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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Asmita Khelo India Women’s Wushu League was organised by Association of Goa Wushu under the guidance of secretary Paulo Killman Fernandes at Indoor Stadium, Campal, Panaji, recently. Players from different parts of Goa participated in Sanshou sparring and Taolu routine in the two-day event. Overall trophies were taken away by Government HS, Juna Bazar, Ponda, St Ann’s High School, Tivim, Shree Ganesh HSS, Mapusa, and Kuo Shu Kungfu Academy. The main guest and dignitaries were Asha Arondekar, Chairperson of Women’s Wing, GCCI (Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industries); Siddhi Prabhu, Councillor of Municipality, Sakhali; Dr Aparna Belgaonkar…

Goemkarponn Desk MORMUGAO: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) has razed an allegedly illegally operating scrapyard at Shantinagar, Vasco. Railway authorities took up demolition of two structures at Shantinagar to take up construction of new Railway over bridge that will help ease traffic jams on internal road commenting Highway to Shantinagr and new Vaddem. Few houses in the vicinity have also been demolished. MMC Chairperson Girish Borkar says this was the need of the hour , while Ward councillor Shraddha Mahale says it will benefit the locals who had been struggling with traffic congestion in the area

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that inquiry has been initiated in the Panch member and Minister defamation case. “Nobody should defame others by naming without reason; nobody should defame any women like this, shouldn’t misuse social media; inquiry initiated against whom complaint has been received,” said Sawant speaking to reporters It was on Saturday, August 26, that Chodankar took to X, formerly Twitter, and posted a news piece, which stated that news of a Goa cabinet minister being involved in a sex scandal is spreading like wildfire. It was mentioned that a ‘powerful’ minister allegedly lured…

Goemkarponn Desk High Court has declared the OBC certificate issued to AAP ZP member Hanzel Fernandes by the Deputy Collector as invalid and void ab initio(having no legal effect from inception). Fernandes had contested the Benaulim ZP seat reserved for OBC category and won the same. “ The Deputy Collector’s caste certificates dated 05.03.2020, 12.12.2013 and 04.06.2010 declaring Respondent No.6 as belonging to the OBC category are declared as invalid and void ab initio,” states the order. The court also did not accede to request by Fernandes to stay the order for a period of six weeks. The court pointed…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar said the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary was notified in 1999 and the present BJP led Goa government is opposed to making it a tiger reserve as they are interested in mining in the area “They want to have wildlife safaris, build cottages inside the sanctuary, they are opposing to making it a tiger reserve as they are interested in mining in the area ” Kerkar said. Tigers have been observed in the Goa region of the Western Ghats over the years. Six tiger sightings were reported in Goa by the forest department in 2022. Although…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said the Pragyan rover’s Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope confirmed the presence of sulphur in the lunar surface near the south pole, through the first-ever in-sity measurements. ISRO said the rover’s spectroscope also detected Aluminium, Calcium, Ferrous (Iron), Chromium, Titanium, Manganese, Silicon and Oxygen as expected. The search for hydrogen is underway.“Preliminary analyses, graphically represented, have unveiled the presence of Aluminum (Al), Sulphur (S), Calcium (Ca), Iron (Fe), Chromium (Cr), and Titanium (Ti) on the lunar surface. Further measurements have revealed the presence of manganese (Mn), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O).…

Goemkarponn Desk CURCHORM: Guardian Angel Higher Secondary School, Curchorem blanked St. Thomas High School, Cansaulim 5-0 to win the U-17 boys South Goa District Subroto Mukherjee Football tournament played at DYSA ground Dramapur, organised by Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs on Wednesday. In an exciting encounter, the teams started on an attacking mode and soon in the 15th minutes from the word go, Guardian Angel’s striker Alden Francis Aori opened an account and before the lamon break the boys were up with a comfortable lead of three goals through their strikers Bryden Fernandes and again through Alden in the…