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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The water stock in three out of total seven dams in Goa has dipped below the 50 per cent-mark, indicating that the situation may become difficult during the ongoing summer season. The water level of two of these dams has gone below the 40 per cent-mark, as per the data released by the state Water Resources Department. However, four other dams are well above the 50 per cent water stock mark with one of them currently holding more than 91 per cent stock, it said. Anjunem reservoir, which meets the water requirement of Sattari and parts of…

Gioemkarponn desk PANAJI: The chargesheet filed by Goa Police against the CEO of an AI start-up, accused of killing her four-year-old son at an apartment, reveals several chilling details of the gruesome murder. Suchana Seth faces charges of murdering her son in a Goa hotel room over a bitter custody battle with her husband. Suchana Seth, 39, was arrested from Chitradurga in Karnataka on January 8, while she was traveling with her son’s body concealed in a bag. The Calangute police presented a 642-page chargesheet against Seth in the Goa Children’s Court, detailing how she allegedly murdered her son and…

Goemkarponn desk AGASSAIM: Following an attack on three college students at the Cujira complex on Wednesday morning, in which one of the accused even brandished a knife, the Agassaim police detained three people for attempted murder. The dramatic incident happened during the mid-morning school break when Adeil Fernandes was the target of Xavier Joshua, Shoaib Beig, and Zaqaullah Qazi. Evidently carrying a knife, Qazi allegedly meant to hurt Fernandes. Three other college students were hurt while trying to save Fernandes. Speaking to the media about the incident, SDPO Sudesh Naik claimed that Joshua and Fernandes, two local football players from…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: BJP’s South Goa candidate Pallavi Dempo made her maiden campaigning visit to Canacona on Wednesday and attended and addressed three meetings with the karyakartas. Dempo accompanied by BJP State president and Rajya Sabha MP Sadanand Tanavade and in the presence of Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar first directly drove to Shree Mallikarjun Temple, Shristhal and took blessings of the Lord Mallikarjun deity. While Smt Dempo didn’t respond to media queries, Tawadkar and Tanavde however, informed media outside the temple premises BJP candidate Pallavi Dempo’s visit to the constituency is purely to interact with the karyakartas and party functionaries.…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Congress on Wednesday advised the BJP to retrospect their ideology and see whether corruption, hobnobbing defectors and extorting businessmen using electoral bonds was their motive. GPCC General Secretary Vijay Bhike on Wednesday addressed a press conference in Congress House and accused the BJP of looting public money. North Goa district President Virendra Shirodkar and St. Cruz block President John Nazareth were also present. Hitting back at BJP, for questioning them about what they have done for the country and the state, Bhike asked the saffron party whether they fought for India’s freedom and liberation of Goa. “They…

Merces-St Cruz service road on NH66 to be closed for 30 days Goemkarpobnn desk PANAJI: Executive Engineer of Division-VII (NH) PWD, Panaji, Administrator of NH-66 between Patradevi to Agassaim has ordered the closure of the Main carriageway on Left Hand Side between Merces Junction to Niyaz Vehicular Under Pass on the National Highway-66, for all types of vehicular traffic at ch. 518/800 and ch. 579/650 for a period of one month from April 4, 2024, to May 31, 2024. Traffic will be diverted on the Main Carriageway on the Right Hand Side in the lane in proximity to the median.…

MUMBAI: Tesla, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, will send a team to India this month to scout locations for a proposed $2 billion to $3 billion (about Rs 16,700 crore-Rs 25,000 crore) electric car plant, UK’s Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Last month, India reduced import taxes on certain electric vehicles produced by carmakers that commit to invest at least $500 million (over Rs 4,150 crore) and start domestic manufacturing within three years. Tesla’s reported push into India comes at a time when EV demand is slowing and competition heats up in its main markets of the U.S. and China,…