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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Reiterating their resentment to National Highway expansion through Bhoma bazaar, villager Sanjay Naik said that the villagers of Bhoma are not looking forward to rehabilitation as an alternate option but demanding to save the village by considering an alternate route for highway expansion. “We are aware of the rise in accidents on this stretch. We are not against road expansion. To curb the rising accidents, the stretch of Bhoma needs to be expanded, but not at the cost of our ancient old houses, sacred places, temples and local business. As an alternative, we have suggested that the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Sixteen water-sports-related accidents were reported over the last 14 months on Goa’s beaches, causing a slew of injuries to participants and bystanders, according to data maintained by Drishti Marine, a state government-appointed agency deployed to prevent mishaps and drownings along the coastline. With seven incidents, Palolem topped the list of beaches with the most number of water-sports accidents, while most persons injured in the accidents were from the age group of between 26-35 years, according to statistics. The accidents were linked to water-sports activities, which included boat rides, banana boat rides, paragliding and kayaking. One death was…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Mapusa police subdivision today organised a lecture in New Goa G.S Amonkar Vidhya Mandir High school at Mapusa. With the number of substance abuse cases increasing among locals, this programme’s launch was to create an awareness initiative that involved reaching out to children across schools in Goa. SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi said this programme was initiated after they saw increasing numbers of accidents and cases of drug abuse among youth in Goa. SDPO Dalvi, during the session, said that Educating parents regarding the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs, is of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Education Department has initiated an inquiry into a teacher who allegedly gave corporal punishment given to 43 students, wherein some of them fainted and one was hospitalised after complaining of breathing problem. Director of education Shailesh Zingade told IANS that the incident occurred on Friday morning and the department has started its inquiry. “So far what we have come to know is that these students were from Class 7 and were making noise as their teacher was absent. The contractual teacher who allegedly gave them corporal punishment was teaching in Class 9, who got disturbed…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The mishaps at the accident-prone Karmalghat curve returns-back to haunt the motorists, mostly catching Inter-State vehicles off-guard even as a concrete powder-loaded vehicle coming from Karnataka fell into the gorge below at the accident-prone Karmalghat Curve late Saturday evening. According to sources, the vehicle occupants, including the driver, escaped with minor injuries when a carrier container reportedly loaded with concrete powder plummeted down the accident-prone Karmalghat steep curve at about 8 pm on Saturday. The carrier is still lying at the gorge below. The Karnataka registration vehicle bearing no. KA 52 B 3309, coming from Karnataka, was…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a surprise move on Sunday, a few top Chinese table tennis players, including Ma Long and Chen Meng have decided to opt out of the WTT Star Contender Goa, a day before the qualifying rounds begin. The prestigious tournament, in its maiden year, is supposed to begin on March 1. Meanwhile, the other players from China who have withdrawn from the tournament are Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, and He Zhuojia. The announcement was made on the WTT official Twitter handle. “Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and He Zhuojia have…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, won both the Men and Women Hockey Championship 2022-23, organized by Goa University at Hockey Turf, Dayanand Bandodkar Krida Sankool, Peddem, Mapusa. In the Men’s championship finals, St. Xavier’s College defeated Sant Sohirobanath Ambiye, Government College of Arts and Commerce Pernem, scoring 5-0. In the Women’s championship finals, St. Xavier’s College defeated Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim, again with a final score of 5-0. Earlier in the semifinals of the Women’s Section, Rosary College defeated Carmel College of Arts, Science and Commerce for Women, Nuvem with a score of 7-0 and…