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Three Indian paddlers made it to the singles main draw of the first-ever World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Goa, as the two-day qualifiers concluded on Tuesday. Teenager Yashaswini Ghorpade led the charge as all the three Indians took out higher ranked opponents across two matches in the day to make it a memorable first qualifier of a home WTT event. The main draws will be played from Wednesday to Sunday. Yashaswini, the youngest of the three qualifiers, was also the first to go through in the women’s singles. She took out two Koreans on her way, first Cheonhui Joo,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Crime Branch Goa Unit today has arrested three Delhi natives for their involvement in cybercrime and cheating cases. The accused have been identified as Kafil Ahmed s/o Shakeel Ahmed, Mohd. Jamal s/o Mohd Zainul, Mohammed Asif s/o Mohd. Sazzaq, Chirag s/o Sohanlal all residents of New Delhi. The accused were arrested from Hotel Meteden la Oasis, Anjuna Bardez Goa, all of whom are involved Hyderabad cyber crime ps cr no 237/2023, u/s 420 IPC, 43 A, 66 of IT act 2008 involving Commision of online fraud, stealing of data, cheating and running bogus call Centers in Hyderabad.…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Margao Police has Regis FIR against a British national for cheating a Navelim-based resident to the tune of Rs 1.75 lakhs. As per information, the accused British National has been identified as William Jackson. Police say that the British national allegedly cheated Muriel Vaz r/o Ratwado, Navelim, to the tune of Rs 1.75 lakh. Further, the police said that the accused befriended her on social media and, on the pretext of providing her clerical job in the United Kingdom, asked her to deposit money in various bank accounts. The accused said that the accused further failed to…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: It was a prized catch! Canacona police, who had intelligence of the involvement of a known offender dealing in the narcotics trade, has finally brought the accused along with his partner-in-deals (an accomplice) in the police net in a dramatic raid conducted on Tuesday afternoon. When chased along the road to Canacona Railway Station at Nagorcem, the two arrested drug peddlers were found in possession of Charas and Ganja worth Rs.6.65 lakhs. According to Canacona PI Chandrakant Gawas, in a Narcotic raid conducted between 12.30 hrs to 15.00hrs on Tuesday at Nagarcem on the Canacona Railway Station…

Goemkapronn desk MARGAO: “Another blow by BJP Government on Common Man. Domestic LPG Cylinders are to cost ₹1117 with today’s price hike of ₹50 per Cylinder. Commercial LPG Cylinders to cost ₹2118 with a hike of ₹350 per Cylinder. Even frying Pakodas will be difficult for educated unemployed youths,” stated Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. Reacting sharply to the price hike on Domestic and Commercial LPG Cylinders by the BJP Government, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao slammed the BJP Government for continuously putting a financial burden on the people. He said this hike would result in the complete collapse of…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A traditional pathway developed with refined steps on the way to the Ward’ Mand’ at Indrawada in Gaondongrim village, funded under Zilla panchayat funds, is dedicated to the locals by Village Sarpanch. Gaondongrim sarpanch Yeshwant (Dhillon) Dessai inaugurated the developed traditional pathway by cutting a ribbon in the presence of ZP (Poinguinim) Shobhana Velip, ward panch Anand Velip and villagers. The 50 metres long pathway almost on a hillock is developed by constructing concrete steps with pavers at the cost of Rs.4.30 Lakhs under the Zilla Funds in ward no.10 (Indrawada) of Gaondongrim Village. The pathway leading…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Petroleum and oil marketing companies raised the price of commercial liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by ₹ 350.50 per unit and domestic LPG cylinders by ₹ 50 per unit with immediate effect from Wednesday. According to the revised rates, commercial LPG cylinders will now cost ₹ 2,118 per unit in Goa, and the price of domestic LPG cylinders will be ₹ 1,117 per unit. This is the second hike in commercial LPG cylinder prices this year. Earlier, on January 1, commercial LPG cylinder prices were increased by ₹ 25 per unit. In the first hike in domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder price since July 2022, oil…