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“Vikram Lander has exceeded Chandrayaan-3 mission objectives and successfully completed a “hop experiment”,” said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: Days after Chandrayaan-3’s successful moon landing, the Vikram Lander has “soft-landed” on the lunar surface again, the Indian space agency said today. “Vikram Lander has exceeded Chandrayaan-3 mission objectives and successfully completed a “hop experiment”,” said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). “On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30 – 40 cm away,” ISRO said. ISRO said this achievement “kickstart enthuses…

Goemkarponn desk JAMBOTI: Villagers from the Jamboti and Kankumbi villages today protested over the failure & neglect to fix and widen the Belagavi-Goa route through Chorla. The road blockade agitation disrupted traffic along the major route. “The Jamboti-Kankumbi area’s gram panchayats will be approached, and we have decided to form a strong public opinion and approach every one of them. We will be united in holding the authorities accountable until the repairs and reconstruction of the road are done,” remarked activist Kiran Gaude. However, according to NHAI officials, temporary repairs have already begun on the road and will continue until the…

Goemkarponnd esk MARGAO: Another fatal accident takes away more lives. Law Enforcement Authorities failure in Controlling Violations stands exposed. Drunken Driving continues, Tinted Car carrys Dead Body across border & Police remain cluless. Will Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant fix responsibilities or continue with blame game? questioned Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. Reacting to the fatal accident at Porvorim which killed three persons are critically injured two, Leader of Opposition said “this needs to stop once & for all”. It appears that BJP Government has still not learnt lessons from the fatal accident at Banastarim allegedly due to drunken driving.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa has witnessed five murders, three cases of student molestation by teachers and another man molesting his granddaughter in last one week, with the opposition alleging that Goa has become a soft state for crime while the law and order has collapsed. The Leader of Opposition (LoP) Yuri Alemao said that the law and order has completely collapsed in the coastal state. “Goa is now a murder destination under the misrule of the BJP government headed by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. Everyday there are incidents of murders in Goa. Law and Order has completely collapsed,” Alemao said.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be held in Goa on September 25 and a key decision at the meeting will be to appoint three new members to the Governing Council of the Indian Premier League (IPL). While it hasn’t been explicitly mentioned in the agenda, there may also be discussions regarding changes to the selection committee. A notice from BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Sunday night read, “Notice is hereby given that the 92nd Annual General Meeting (hereinafter referred to as AGM) of the Board of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Amidst growing concern of child abuse and several crimes against children, the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights engaged in a programme to strengthen the children’s right to participation and empower them. A workshop “Children’s Participation in Everyday Lives” was organized at Kiran Niketan School Hall, Zuarinagar on 3rd September 2023 for 65 children in collaboration with Child Rights in Action and Kiran Niketan. The workshop forms one small but significant and novel idea of the Commission to promote and strengthen children’s right to participation. “We need to shift children’s participation from mere tokenism to…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Meeting of Mission political Reservation for ST of Goa was held on Saturday. Rupesh Velip, General Secretary – Mission political Reservation for ST of Goa said that the meeting was convened since the government failed to press for demand for reservation. “As the Goa government has failed to press a demand for political reservation for STs in the state assembly before Government of India and Election Commission of India, the Mission political reservation for STs in Goa, an umbrella body of 16 tribal organizations has decided to hold awareness meetings for boycotting Lok Sabha elections,” it said.…