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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: There were thrills and excitement galore at the Yonex – Sunrise All India Sub Junior Badminton Ranking Tournament 2024 on its fourth day at Peddem’s multipurpose stadium. Organised by the Goa Badminton Association, in aegis with the Badminton Association of India and the Sports Authority of Goa, the event spotlighted exceptional skill and intense rivalry as day four saw the emergence of victors in the Qualifying draw’s Round 5. Among Goan players in the fray, Shane D’Souza and Saanvi Audi [6] registered a exciting 15-17, 16-14, 15- 5 win over Chadwick Kommanapalli and Shashmeka Golajana in Mixed…

Goemkarponn Desk MUMBAI: The National Championship of the elite U-21 youth tournament, the Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL) begins on May 14, Tuesday, with four teams, i.e. defending champions Bengaluru FC, Muthoot FA, East Bengal FC, and Punjab FC competing across two semi-finals for a berth in the summit clash of the third season of the competition that will be held on May 18, Saturday at the Reliance Corporate Park (RCP) in Mumbai. RFDL 2023-24 saw participation of 57 teams from across the country that battled it through the Regional Qualifiers held in eight regions and then the National Group…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI:Five children were reunited with their families while vacationing on Goa’s beaches over the weekend, bringing the total number of children reunited with their families across Goa’s beaches to 51 in the first four and a half months of 2024. A double rescue was also conducted off Baga beach and first aid was administered to two individuals, over the weekend period. Drishti Marine lifesavers reunited a six-year-old boy from Belgaum with his parents at Varca beach, in South Goa, after being spotted unattended by on-duty lifesavers. The child was handed over to his father, who was also in…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Congress Party President Amit Patkar today wrote a letter to Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Ramesh Tawadkar urging him to decide on the pending Disqualification Petitions against Eight MLAs who defected from Congress to BJP in September 2022. I draw your attention to the pending Disqualification Petition dated 6th December 2022 filed against Eight MLAs who defected from Congress to BJP on 14th September 2022 and request you to decide on the same in a time bound manner, Amit Patkar has stated in his letter. The letter also mentions of the Petition recently disposed by the Speaker…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government has set aside a sizable area of land as a reserved forest for compensatory afforestation in an effort to lessen the effects on the environment. 17.2228 hectares (172,228 square meters) of land in Sangod, Dharbandora, have been designated as reserved forest area by the Department of Forests, says a Goa govt gazette notification. By making this choice, 78.297 hectares of land will not be diverted in order to build the Tamnar transmission line project. Sangod Village in Dharbandora Taluka’s Survey Nos. 21/1, 22/1, and 24/1-A comprise the recently declared reserved forest area. According to…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The Turtle Conservation Site of Galgibaga, Headquarters of South-Goa Marine Range had a surprise and unexpected visitor as late as early Sunday morning (at about 4.30 am- of 12th May) and laid 124 eggs before the flapper crawled its way back to the sea. The Forest (Wildlife) departments manned the Turtle Rehabilitation Centre (TRC) of Galgibaga and protected these Olive Ridley eggs in its Nursery as the 43rd Pit. Out of the 42 turtle pits hosted by Galgibaga TRC in its Nursery, 39 pits having 3935 Eggs are already hatched and releasing 3266 Olive Ridley babies back…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The bye-elections to ten wards of ten different panchayats in the state will be held on June 23, 2024. According to a notification, the wards that will go to polls are Ward VII (reserved for women) in village panchayat Kundaim, Ponda; Ward II (General) in village panchayat of Volvoi. Ward III (reserved for ST) in the village panchayat of Querim, Ponda; Ward V (reserved for women) in the village panchayat of Rachol, Salcete; Ward II ( reserved for women) in the village panchayat of Seraulim, Salcete. Ward I (reserved for women) in the village panchayat of Assolna,…