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Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: At Talpona beach on Friday night, a 72-year-old British national drowned while his 68-year-old wife was saved by Dhristi Life Savers. The UK nationals Vijay Tulshidas Daswani and his wife Gean Poole were swimming at Talpona beach, according to Canacona police. They sounded the alarm as they started to drift into the sea. While Drishti Life Savers went on a jet-ski and pulled both ashore, others hurried to help them. Vijay Daswani was pronounced dead by medical professionals at the Community Health Centre (CHC), Canacona, after both received CPR. There was no threat to Gean Poole. As…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa government requested a joint inspection at Kankumbi, where Karnataka has resumed work to redirect the flow of monsoonal water towards the Kalasa, in an appeal filed on Friday with the Mhadei Progressive River Authority for Water and Harmony (PRAWAH). The government anticipates a favourable answer from PRAWAH, according to Subhash Shirodkar, Minister for Water Resources Department (WRD). After conducting the inspection, our WRD team discovered that some trenching had been done in order to divert water from the Mhadei River. There isn’t any work underway right now,” he stated. The Minister continued, “A joint inspection…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: The applications filed by two MLAs, Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat, to cross-examine petitioner Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Patkar orally in the disqualification matter were dismissed by Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Friday. On January 10, 2024, each respondent submitted two distinct applications requesting authorization to cross-examine Patkar and present testimony. The two had declared their intention to present the petitioner with some of the remarks made on July 10, 2022, as well as media quotes from Dinesh Gundu Rao, the AICC observer at the time. Adv Abhijit Gosavi, Patkar’s attorney, vehemently objected…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized 80 lakh in cash, various digital devices and incriminating documents in raids conducted in Delhi, Mumbai and Goa in a `18 crore fraud case allegedly committed by a tax consultancy firm. A total of `78 lakh in Indian currency, foreign currency equivalent to `2 lakh, various digital devices and incriminating documents were seized from the residence of Ajay Harinath Singh and his associates during search operations conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at nine locations in Delhi, Mumbai and Goa, said the agency. ED’s Delhi zonal…

Goemkarponn Desk CANDOLIM: Three people in Candolim were critically hurt in a violent assault incident. For emergency care, Mithun Pawar, Ajit Rathod, and Ashok Chauhan were taken to the Goa Medical College (GMC). The attackers, who were thought to be four in number, left the area after the attack, according to eyewitnesses at the scene. Inspector Paresh Naik of the Calangute Police arrived at the scene and assumed command of the investigation into this startling incident. The circumstances surrounding the attack, the attackers’ identities and motivations, and other details remain unknown. The victims’ current state of health is still unknown,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Congress has condemned the act of BJP government for freezing their 11 bank accounts ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. GPCC President Amit Patkar on Friday addressed a press conference in Congress House and slammed BJP for using undemocratic ways to stifle his party. Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, MP Francisco Sardinha, MLAs Carlos Alvares Ferreira and MLA Alton D’Costa and Ramakant Khalap were present. Amit Patkar said that the accounts were frozen on an income tax demand of Rs 210 crore for the financial year 2018-’19. “The BJP has looted the donations given to the Congress…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: In a late-night incident, a Swift taxi car reportedly lost control and ramped into shops, damaging several bikes in Vasco on Thursday nights. Sources said that the incident occurred at around 11 pm on an internal road in Vasco opposite the St Andrews church. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported in the incidents since shops in the usually packed area had closed down. The driver of the Swift Car involved in the accident is reportedly said to have lost control of the vehicle, resulting in the collision. Several bikes, shop shutters and other structures were damaged in…