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Goemkarponn desk MUMBAI: Leading all-around player Hardik Pandya is expected to travel to Mumbai to join Team India prior to their ODI World Cup match against Sri Lanka. Men in Blue will clash with Lankans at the Wankhede Stadium on November 2 in a repeat of 2011 Cricket World Cup Final. Hardik Pandya is still recuperating from an ankle injury he suffered on October 19 in Pune during the match against Bangladesh. “Yes, Pandya, who is presently recuperating at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, will join the team in Mumbai.” “Right now, we can’t be sure if he will…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Special Crime Branch of the Goa Police has uncovered an inter-state racket involving girls from economically paralysed backgrounds who were being lured to file fabricated rape cases. As reports, the probe was supervised by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aslam Khan. Khan informed, “We have found that it is a big inter-state racket. When girls realise that it is easy money, they don’t leave the racket. It’s a vicious circle; once they are in, they cannot go out.” The inquiry was initiated following the dismantling of an inter-state scheme by the Goa police, led by two women…

 Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Asian Games medallist Jyoti Yarraji and Tejas Shirse broke National Games records on way to winning the gold medals in 100 M and 110 M hurdles at the athletics competitions of the 37th National Games which is being held here at the G.M.C Athletic Stadium, Bambolim. Jyoti improved on her her own mark, finishing in 13.22 sec while Tejas who had rewritten the games record in the heats to 13.80 sec held in the morning today, improved his timing by finishing in 13.71 sec in the finals. Maharashtra is leading the medal tally with 47 Gold, 34…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: As part of the Congress party’s nationwide ‘Shakti – Super SHE’ programme for women empowerment, South Goa District Youth Congress on Sunday held a women’s bike rally that was flagged off at Sanguem bus stand. Shakti – Super SHE, conceived by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), is aimed at helping to help women to stand up for themselves, The rally witnessed numerous bike-borne women riding their vehicles in Sanguem town. State In-Charge for Goa Pradesh Youth Congress and National Secretary of Indian Youth Congress Richi Bhargava said that the rally was held as a tribute to the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Two Russian children were among 19 persons rescued from drowning off Goa’s beaches over the weekend. The two Russian children aged 11 and seven years, were rescued off Arambol beach, after they lost their footing in the water and were rescued by lifesavers Navnath Ghatwal and Umesh Phadte with the help of a surfboard and a rescue tube. In another incident on the same beach, a 26-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman from Rajasthan and Telangana respectively, waded into the sea despite being warned about strong currents by on-duty lifesavers Manoj Parab and Umesh Phadte, who later…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute Village Panchayat Sarpanch Joseph Sequeira today said that some has given wrong information to state government that dance bars are not operating in Calangute. “Who has told the government that no dance bars are operating in Calangute. We know the reality,” said Sequeira. He further said that how much can a panchayat do and do the panchayat have enough power to stop such activities. “Extra Police force is required in Calangute area” he added. Sequeira said that let anybody say anything. I know that dance bars are operating illegally in Calangute. “We will not rest until…

Goemkarponn desk CUNCOLIM: In continuation to last Sundays protest at Cuncolim Industrial Estate, the citizens today conducted a signature campaign in which around 750 + citizens marked their signature as a mark of protest and their displeasure over rampant pollution faced by Cuncolim citizen for decades. The citizens witnessed one Massive illegal structure reportedly being constructed by one still company namely Global Ispat into a non industrial zone of which the property belongs to Sociedade of Concolim, Prima facie upon inspection the area looks to be nearly 40000 + square metres. The citizens questioned the inability of the government authorities…