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Goemkarponn Desk KOLHAPUR: Calangute police have recovered 9 bikes worth Rs 12 lakh following the arrest of bike thieves. Police recovered three more bikes from Kolhapur today. Goa Police had arrested vehicle thieves Sanjya Kalke and Saddam Jamadar, both residents of Kolhapur few days back. Five two-wheelers and one four-wheeler were earlier recovered from them following their arrest. Calangute police had received a complaint last month from a rental vehicles owner that the accused had taken a two-wheeler and a car on rent at Baga-Calangute and never returned them back. The accused had provided fake identity cards at the time…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: Hundreds of sachets of Gutkha strewn on Colva and Calangute Beaches and Piles of Garbage collected during the Beach Cleaning drive undertaken as a part of India’s G20 Presidency has once again confirmed that there is complete collapse of Law and Order and scam in Beach Cleaning Contract. BJP Government under Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant is promoting Gutka Mafia in Goa, charged Congress General Secretary Moreno Rebelo. Reacting to the event organized by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, the Department of Environment and Climate Change, the…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA : A Mobile Ambulance with almost all the Health Check-up facilities free-of-Cost is provided to create health awareness amongst the people of rural areas of Canacona Taluka on Saturday. The Mobile Ambulance have the facilities of Blood examinations including for Diabetes, Cholesterol, etc, Blood-Presure, ECG, etc. On the occasion Free Health Checkup camp and and Free Eye Check-ups were held, providing free medicines and also distributed 34 numbers of spectacles to the beneficiaries who underwent eye treatment from Marlim-Tirwal ward of Poinguinim, recently. The Free Mobile ambulance was inaugurated by cutting of ribbon at the hands of…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Fourteen (14) of the 19 High-Schools in Canacona, the Southern-most Taluka have stood the time of testing with 100% results at the SSC examinations conducted by GBSHSE). The remaining five (5) schools have a pass percentage of above 90% with as low as just one student failing with ATKT making the difference. Incidentally, with an over-all pass percentage of 98.66%, Canacona Taluka with 19 High Schools(13-Aided and 6- Govt High-Schools, Candidates(students)- 676 (enrolled)/663 (passed)) under GBSHSE has ranked Second only behind Pernem Taluka (26-Aided, 1-unaided, Govt-6, Candidates1036/1024) which had the over-all pass percentage of 98.84% of Pernem…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: Usgao ,Khandepar locals Unanimously oppose Construction of Bandhara on Khandepar river. The public hearing was held today at Usgao as well as Khandepar village following tension prevailed on 2 June on both sides of proposed bandhara when WRD officials had started land survey work for construction of Bandhara. The WRD Chief Engineer Pramod Badhani and AE Shailesh Naik were present at Usgao Ganjem Panchayat hall for public hearing in the morning. The officials told the villagers that government had planned Rs 80 Crore drinking water Bandhara on Khandepar river to meet the growing requirement of drinking water…

MARGAO: The Tennis Courts at Fatorda Margao were abuzz with excitement as the 3rd National Ranking Pickleball Tournament 2023 continued with remarkable matches on its second day. Organized by the Goa Pickleball Association in collaboration with the All India Pickleball Association (AIPA) and supported by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs and the Sports Authority of Goa, the event showcased the incredible talent and fierce competition. The highlight of the day was the outstanding performance of Sneha Patil from Maharashtra, who secured an impressive double Gold. Sneha Patil’s exceptional skills and determination were on full display as she triumphed…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s top male tennis player Tejas Shevde won a double at the BPS All-Goa State Ranking Tennis Tournament 2023 at Margao, winning the men’s singles as well as the mixed doubles crowns. Junior tennis ace Tithee Bhoomkar also netted a double, winning the under-14 and under-18 titles in the girls’ category. Tejas won the final in the men’s singles event (6-0, 6-0) without breaking a sweat against Rajaram Kundaikar. Rajaram had previously defeated Mano Chhabra (6-2, 6-3) to reach his first-ever final in the men’s event in a state ranking tournament. Tejas also paired up with Stania Peris…