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Team Goemkarponn Panaji: The Goa Pickleball Association has announced selection trials to identify the Goa team for the 10th National Sub Junior, Junior, Senior and Veteran National Pickleball Championship 2026-27. The trials will be held on September 8 and 9 from 3 pm onwards at PHQ, Play Headquarters, Vaddem, Vasco da Gama. Players will compete across nine categories, including U10, U12, U14, U16, U19, 19+ Open, 35+, 50+ and 60+. Selection will be conducted for Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Participants can enter a maximum of two events, which may be within the same age group or across different…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has intensified food safety surveillance across Panjim, Porvorim, Colvale, Salcete and Quepem, focusing on hygiene and licensing compliance ahead of the festive season. In Porvorim, government canteens and a catering college were inspected. Spot notices were issued over structural deficiencies, while the college failed to produce FSSAI registration for the mess operated for its students. In Colvale, two samosa manufacturing units were directed to stop operations after officials found poor hygiene conditions. During an inspection in Panjim, the FDA detained 450 kg of unlabelled pickle that was being transported on an…

Kathmandu: Two workers have been rescued alive from a hydropower project tunnel in Nepal, nine days after devastating flash floods swept through parts of the country, offering renewed hope that more people could still be found alive. The workers, identified as 30 year old mechanical foreman Sanjay Shah and 45 year old supervisor Kabir Maharjan, were pulled from the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project in the Trishuli region. Both were reportedly injured in their arms and legs and are believed to have survived by moving through the tunnel after its entrance was buried by mud and debris. Shah was airlifted to…

New Delhi: The Pilot in Command of an Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi tested positive for a psychoactive substance in a confirmatory test following an incident in which the aircraft suddenly lost nearly 300 feet of altitude, according to the preliminary findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. The incident occurred on August 4 while the aircraft was flying over Odisha. The Airbus A320 was carrying 137 passengers, including three infants, along with eight crew members. The sudden altitude change left 20 passengers and four cabin crew members injured. The investigation found that all three hydraulic systems of…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) following the successful launch of the GSLV-F17 rocket carrying the EOS-05 Earth observation satellite, calling the mission a proud moment for the country. The GSLV-F17 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 2:55 am on Friday in a pre dawn launch. The satellite was subsequently placed into its designated sub geosynchronous transfer orbit. Modi praised the achievement as a reflection of India’s growing capabilities in space technology, highlighting the role of innovation and the expanding cooperation between ISRO and…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Accused Zenito Cardozo has approached the Bombay High Court at Goa, challenging the charges framed against him by the Sessions Court in connection with the Rama Kankonkar assault case. The High Court has issued notices seeking responses from the Goa government, Panaji Police and complainant Rama Kankonkar. The matter has been posted for hearing on September 24, 2026.

Leh: Ladakh’s five newly created districts are set to come under elected autonomous hill councils, marking a major expansion of grassroots governance across the Union Territory. Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Thursday approved the notification for establishing Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDCs) in all seven districts. The move will extend the council system beyond Leh and Kargil to Sham, Nubra, Zanskar, Drass and Changthang. The Centre had earlier decided to extend the autonomous hill council framework to all seven districts. Until now, elected LAHDCs functioned only in Leh and Kargil. The expansion is expected to give residents of…