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Goemkapronn desk PANJIM: Anurag Agrawal, Krishna Volvoikar and Sameer Kakodkar scored one-sided victories in their respective categories in the first edition of TNS Panjim Gymkhana all-Goa tennis tournament at Gymkhana courts, on Monday. In the men’s singles, Anurag outclassed Kshitij Garg 6-1 in a one-sided affair. With a booming serve and equally good volley up his sleeve, Anurag cruised to victory in the one-set match of the first round. Krishna Volvoikar beat Arhan Gaonkar 6-1 in one of the commanding victories of the day. The Porvorim-based Krishna enjoyed the way he logged in the first serves and aces. His opponent…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Police launched “Creatathon” event for students of Goa Engineering College of Farmagudi, Ponda. In continuation of the MoU signed between Goa Engineering Collage and Goa Police in February 2023, the Creatathon is a collaboration between Goa Engineering Collage and Goa Police aimed at creating an E-Beat book system. The e-Beat book aims at making Beat book online. A Beat book is the collection of information of all the details, including anti-social elements of a particular beat area. Beat officers, who are generally the rank of constable head coney, maintain the beat book as a record. It…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Luizinho Faleiro on Tuesday resigned from the Rajya Sabha, citing personal reasons, three years and seven months ahead of his term. Faleiro has also tendered his resignation from the Trinamool Congress Party. Faleiro’s resignation has led to speculation about who would be Trinamool’s choice for the remainder of his term in the Upper House. Mamata Banerjee had offered Luizinho Faleiro a Rajya Sabha ticket to quit Congress and join the TMC. He was also made TMC vice president. Faleiro took oath as a Rajya Sabha member on November 29, 2021, after he was…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: North Goa SP Nidhin Valsan today said that Crime Branch has arrested 33 accused for running a Fake Amazon customer service centre and cheating customers from foreign countries. SP North said that the accused set up a fake call centre, and the callers impersonated themselves as the staff of Amazon Customer Service Centre and were receiving calls from Amazon customers from the USA enquiring about their queries regarding Amazon Purchases. “Further, they took details of the customers including personal and Bank details and thereafter, through their details, they cheated the customers by inducing customers to pay the…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said that he has taken the budget implementation ‘very strictly’ and will conduct a review of the same on the first Monday of every month. Sawant on Monday held a meeting with officials of government departments and asked them to set a date for the implementation of projects and schemes. “I held a meeting with all the secretaries on budget implementation. We have given a target to start the budget implementation. They will have to set the target date of implementation of schemes, laying foundation stones of projects, the inauguration…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a public meeting at Ponda town in South Goa on April 16 as part of BJP’s campaign for the next year’s Lok Sabha elections, state BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade said on Monday. Shah will arrive in Goa from Maharashtra and address the meeting in Ponda town as part of the saffron outfit’s campaign for the 2024 general polls, he said. Tanavade was talking to reporters after a meeting of the state BJP core committee, which took stock of preparations for the poll rally. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, a core…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa unit BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade said they have guts to tell even the Karnataka media that the state government will not compromise on the Mhadei river issue. Tanavade said this when he was asked about Goa BJP leaders campaigning for Karnataka’s assembly election. “BJP is a national party, we have a system. During the assembly election in Goa, our ‘karyakartas’ from Karnataka came here. Even we go to Maharashtra and help our party to organise (elections). We go to neighbouring states,” he said. “When we take these responsibilities, it does not mean that we will…