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Goemkarponn desk Panaji: One hundred and forty tennis players across various age categories will clash at the ongoing TNS PG Tennis tournament, which got underway at the Panjim Gymkhana on Monday. The state-ranking tournament, which was inaugurated on Monday, is being held in collaboration with the Goa State Tennis Association and Panjim Gymkhana and matches spread across all the 11 categories will be held at the Gymkhana’s courts and the Tennis facility at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias in the state capital. According to the organisers, the tournament is an ideal platform for Tennis players to showcase their talent and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Amid the rising cases of COVID-19, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that the Health Department will be doing random testing to identify emergency hotspots by monitoring the virus trends. “We will do random testing to identify emergency hotspots by monitoring the virus trends. We will also be ramping up testing and vaccination,” said Rane. He further said that Goa’s infrastructure is in place in case there is a sudden spike in cases in the state. “There is no need to panic, as the doctors are doing all it takes to ensure the matter is under control,” he…

  Dilapidated Condition… With SAG and Sports dept neglecting the ground, bushes have grown on the ground Scrap material of old construction dumped is now rusting. Toilets in dilapidated condition. Urinals left unused due to lack of maintenance. Ponda Sports Complex, where several sportsmen train, has become a home for reptiles and other animals Needs urgent govt attention, say locals and sportspersons. Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Goa is all set to host the 37th National Games later this year, for which infrastructure worth crores of rupees has been developed besides a ₹225 cr budget allocation for the Games. While on the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Dean of Goa Medical College & Hospital (GMC) Dr Shivanand Bandekar has asserted that Profelixis will now be the standardized care for Hemophilia patients, which is great news for those looking to live a normal life. Dr Bandekar was speaking after inaugurating the Hemophilia Day programme recently organized at GMC with the initiative of the Hemophilia Society Panaji Chapter. The presence of esteemed medical professionals, including Dr Bandekar, Dr Anar Khandeparker, Head of the Medicine Department, and Dr Vaishali Joshi, Head of the Pediatric Department, added to the fruitful deliberations regarding Hemophilia treatment at GMC. The event…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo today said that police should keep a strict watch on touts who are promoting illegal businesses and arrest them immediately. “Panchayat, PI, and the like-minded people should keep a watch on the touts and control them as to what business they are promoting as some touts are promoting illegal business,” said Lobo. He further said that the police should arrest them and keep them in the local up for 24 hours, take an undertaking from them, and be produced them before the deputy collector. “There should be a proper amendment, and I will…

By Sanjay Borkar PANAJI: With the tigers spotted in Goa in the year 2014 and 2018, there is increasing demand for constitution of Tiger Reserve in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, but government has not taken any decision on this issue yet as there is opposition to this proposal from locals. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) had mooted a proposal for constitution of Tiger Reserve in Goa, after the All India Tiger Estimation, in 2014. Around five tigers were spotted in 2014, while three were spotted in 2018, as per records of NTCA. After the incident of alleged killing of one…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The villagers of Bhoma, affected by road widening, have pledged to fight against the project to save two age-old two temples. Bhoma locals fear that two temples and an age-old Ghumati will be demolished for proposed road widening and warned to fight against it until their last breadth. In a press briefing, they strongly opposed the proposed road widening. Historian Prajal Sakhardande also inspected the three religious sites. He stressed the need to protect the ancient traditional religious monuments. Sanjay Naik said ten years ago then, former CM Manohar Parrikar had scrapped the road widening based on…