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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Easter Tiding, a special programme by the Village Development Committee VDC Members of Pedda Ward of Village Panchayat Cana Benaulim along with Past JCI Salcete Coastal Members was celebrated on Easter Day with the 40 inmates and Sisters at Divine Providence at Cana-Benaulim. The VDC Members along with the Sarpanch, Deputy Sarpanch, and Past Members of JCI Salcete Coastal with other Panch Members celebrated Easter in its true spirit while bringing a smile to the faces of the inmates of Divine Providence. The VDC Members of Pedda Ward of Village Panchayat Cana Benaulim along with Inmates and…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Santosh Kumar Jha, an Indian Railway Traffic Services (IRTS) Officer of the 1992 batch has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Konkan Railway. Mr Jha, M.Sc. in Geology from Lucknow University and MBA in Marketing from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. Prior to his current appointment, Santosh Kumar Jha served as the Director (Operations & Commercial) at Konkan Railway Corporation Limited. He has a rich 28 years of experience in Operations, Infrastructure Planning, and Business Development. Shri Santosh Kumar Jha has also held the position of Head of Operations in major divisions…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Goa Police defeated Youth Club of Manora 2-1 in the GFA’s first division league match played at Rosary Church ground Navelim. In the first session of play both the teams played decent and attacking brand of soccer and remained 0-0 till the half time. In the second session of play, Mayuresh Mahableshwar Naik opened the scoreline for Goa Police in the 55th minute with placement while Shubham Shirwaikar doubled the lead for Goa Police beating the defence and goalkeeper in the 78th minute of the play later on in 88th minutes of the game Youth of Manora…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Chandrawaddo Boys Fatorda lifted the 17th Rebello Pandal All Goa open trophy defeating ABC 13 Maina by 6-5 via the tiebreaker. The tournament was organised by Rebello Pandal Maina and played at St.Rita Church ground. The exciting final was played on Easter Sunday in front of a large crowd and both the teams exhibited their talents and kept the football fans on their toes. It was Hanshlum Furtado of Fatorda who opened the scoreline for Fatorda in the 18th minute of play beating Maina goalkeeper Stanley with fine placement In the next minute, the Maina’s Nickson shot…

Bengaluru: Three talented students from V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar, Goa, namely Jinu Ponnachan (Fourth-year BALLB), Anushka Patil (Third-year BALLB), and Kalla Naga Chaitrali (Third-year BALLB), have secured the esteemed runners-up position in the esteemed Justice N. Santosh Hegde National Moot Court Competition 2024. Their outstanding performance in this competition, including online preliminary and final rounds at Alliance University, Bengaluru, highlights their exceptional legal skills. Out of 40 teams in the online rounds, they emerged as one of the top 16 teams for the offline rounds. These students’ success resulted from their hard work and dedication over four…

New Delhi: A day ahead of the mega march to protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi said that the Opposition will put up a united front in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Her remarks come amid several reports of a rift between parties within the INDIA alliance, who have come together to challenge the ruling BJP in the elections. “INDIA alliance is one. When the (Arvind Kejriwal) arrest was taking place, big Congress leaders were present there. All the leaders of the alliance had raised their voice regarding this,” Atishi said at a…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: From shortlisting two names for North Goa and four from South constituency and then back again to adding up more names for both the constituencies, following intense pressure from the INDI alliance partners, Congress’ internal politics in the state unit seems to be delaying the finalisation of its candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. While BJP’s Shripad Naik and Pallavi Dempo has already started poll outreach, Congress is yet to announce a candidate to take on the saffron party. Delay in finalizing a candidate is being seen by political analysts as Congress giving early advantage to…