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Goemkarponn desk Panaji: More than 140 tennis players have registered to participate in the debut edition of the Bandodkar Panjim Gymkhana Open 2024, a state-level ranking tennis tournament, set to commence on April 1 at the Panjim Gymkhana courts in the state capital. According to the organisers, a total of 144 tennis players have registered to play in the tournament dedicated to the memory of the state’s first chief minister, the late Dayanand Bandodkar and supported by the Goa State Tennis Association and DB Bandodkar & Sons group. In the tournament’s open category, 37 participants have registered to participate in…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: CQS Scoring Willows and Rangers registered a win in the Goa GSB Unity Cup T20 cricket tournament on Friday. The tournament is being organised by Goa GSB Sports and Charitable Trust in association with Goa Saraswat Samaj. CQS Scoring Willows defeated Antruj Rising Stars by 6 wickets and 49 balls at SK Ground Malcornem. Rangers defeated Mapusa Dream Crushers by 30 runs. It was the Rangers’ third straight win in the tournament. Antruz Rising Stars had to settle for just 133 despite 73 runs for the third wicket by Pratosh Pilgaonkar and Nikhil Kamat. Sarvesh Prabhugaonkar of…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Recently, a scam involving counterfeit money notes victimized a cloth merchant in Panaji, Goa. An unidentified girl gave the merchant notes with a denomination of 200 rupees each, purportedly from the Children’s Bank of India, and conned him out of 750 rupees. These fictitious notes, which looked like actual currency, were a component of a kid’s board game. With a few obvious exceptions, they even resembled the real notes in terms of texture and appearance. ‘Full of fun’ was printed in that area, in place of the customary serial number. Moreover, rather than the authorized ‘Reserve Bank…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: Two people who were allegedly involved in the theft of railroad materials were successfully apprehended by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) stationed in Madgaon. The perpetrators, Manjunath H.R. of Mandya, Karnataka, and Sameer Gokak, a resident of Sanjose De-areial Salcete, South Goa, were found in possession of the stolen goods, which included electric copper cable valued at Rs. 27,880/-. The theft of the stolen goods was made possible by the RPF’s hard work, and this was a significant step in the direction of stopping crimes like these that jeopardize the integrity of the railroad system. Both of…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: After being sexually raped by two young people, a minor girl was discovered to be pregnant, and two other minor girls in Ponda taluka have reportedly recently been kidnapped. In the first incident, a 16-year-old girl reported feeling uneasy on Thursday and visiting a government hospital, according to Mardol Police. She was seven weeks pregnant when the doctors examined her, and they informed the Mardol Police of the situation. The girl’s statement was recorded by an NGO representative and a police team. The girl claimed that two young people riding bikes had placed a cloth over her…

Goemkarponn Desk DAVORLIM: The Selaulim water pipeline that carried raw water burst after being damaged by a JCB machine, resulting in reports of water waste from Davorlim village on Friday morning. Senior Public Works Department (PWD)-Water Supply officials have stated that the broken pipeline, which was transporting raw water to the Verna Industrial Estate, will not have an impact on South Goa’s access to drinking water. When a JCB that the Water Resources Department (WRD) had placed nearby for work unintentionally damaged the pipeline, it burst. Anand Sawant, a Davorlim resident, questioned why WRD representatives weren’t present at the location…

Goemkarponn Desk PEDDEM: Since Thursday, a 24-year-old Peddem-Mapusa resident has been listed as missing. Kavita Chandrakant Satardekar, the missing woman, was employed at a private company in the Cosmos building in Mapusa. She left her house early on Thursday morning in order to go to work, but she never made it there. She didn’t get back home until the evening, so her family started looking for her. Family members have reported a missing person to Mapusa Police, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Shobha Naik is carrying out an additional investigation.