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Goemkarponn desk SANKHALI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has exuded confidence that BJP backed panel will take control of the Sankhali Municipal Council in the upcoming polls. “12 BJP-backed candidates for Sanquelim Municipality Elections will be announced by Friday. 50 % of the candidates will be old faces. Today 50% of candidates will be announced, and by Friday, all 12 candidates will be announced,” said Sawant. He further said that there is scope for 6 new faces and was confident that BJP-backed candidates would gain a majority in the municipality. BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade said that his party…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Tennis Ball Cricket Association in collaboration with The Sports Authority of Goa will conduct Selection Trials to select Taluka ST Tennis Ball Cricket (Men and Women) teams who will participate in the Goa State Tribal Festival 2023 to be held at Ponda-Goa in the month of  May 2023. The schedule of Selection trials are as follows:- SOUTH GOA Taluka teams selection on 20th April 2023 at 3.00pm as per details below 1. Canacona Village Panchayat Cola ground, Matvemol, Cola, Canacona Goa Satyavan Velip / Rupesh velip 8554861245, 7030274196 2. Sanguem Village Panchayat Bhatti ground, Bhati, Sanguem-Goa…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ponda police detected a theft case from the ATM of SBI Khandepar on 10 March early morning wherein the accused came for theft of an ATM Machine had mistakenly uprooted a passbook Printer Machine worth Rs 1.50 lakh and later carried on Khandepar bridge flyover had damaged hoping for cash. The incident shocked the locals. The CCTV revealed accused had made entry into the ATM cabin, covering their face with shirts and uprooted the machine. In this connection, the Ponda police arrested Gautam Kumar s/o Ranjan Kumar Ray, age 29 yrs, Par wado, behind Chowgule workshop, Khandepar…

Goemkarponn desk BAMBOLIM: The locals have strongly objected to the new concrete road construction near the super speciality block at Bambolim for the upcoming G20 summit. The locals gathered at large as the district administration ordered the demolition of Gaddas, located on either side of the road. The authorities inspected kiosks at the entry and exit of the multi-speciality hospital Bambolim. “What is the need for this road, there is haphazard parking going on here, and there is not even a place for our villagers to enter their own village,” said a local. He further said that the entire Super…

Panaji: Krishna Volvoikar defeated Arhan Gaonkar (6-1), while Avanish beat Devansh Naik (6-3) in the boys under-18 category during the ongoing TNS PG Tennis Tournament, which is underway at the Panjim Gymkhana in Panaji. Nearly 140 Tennis players across eleven categories are participating in the state ranking Tennis tournament. In another match in the veterans 45 years plus doubles category Sameer/Laxman beat Kedar/Allan (6-0) and Mackelroy/Mackinlay beat Robert/Bhaskar (6-3), while in the veterans 45 years plus singles category Richard Lockhart Smith beat Anupam Saksena (6-2) Ashwin Chandiok beat Sameer Kakodkar (6-1), Noel Noronha beat Kishor Metry (6-1), Rajnish Dhall beat…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Gaurs faltered in front of the Red Miners in an eight-goal thriller. Carlos Pena’s FC Goa fell to a 5-3 defeat against Jamshedpur FC at the EMS Stadium in the Hero Indian Super Cup 2023 on Monday. The Gaurs raced into the lead as Noah Sadaoui flashed home a well-placed finish into the back of the Men of Steel’s net. It took Aidy Boothroyd’s boys just as many minutes to equalise through Pratik Chowdhary. After setting up the equaliser, Rafael Crivellaro decided to have a go and score an outstanding free-kick. Pronay Halder then stepped up…

Goemkarponn desk Mumbai: A 23-year-old woman from Goa who was duped by two agents and sent to Bahrain on the promise of a good job has been rescued by Mumbai Police with the help of the Indian embassy, an official said. The woman, resident of Tiswadi in North Goa district, landed in Delhi from Dubai on Tuesday, he said. She had left for the Gulf country on February 17. After reaching there, she was asked to work as a domestic help and when she refused, her employer registered a false case of theft against her and took away her mobile…