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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Yuri Alemao today alleged that the timing of the Yoga Session and denial of permissions to traditional Carnival Celebrations is part of a larger conspiracy to eclipse Carnival in Goa. “It appears that the visit of Ramdev Baba, the timing of the Yoga Session, and denial of permissions to traditional Carnival Celebrations is part of a larger conspiracy to eclipse Carnival in Goa,” said Alemao. He further said that the circular of the Education Department to help a private event gather crowd must be withdrawn immediately. The education department yesterday issued a circular…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: A Gas carrying tanker (TN 88 C5249) returning back after emptying the Gas in Goa overturns half of the road and the fields below on the narrow NH-66 road at Gulem in Canacona late Thursdays night. An oncoming Goods-Rickshaw (KA30 A0371) coming from Karwar and proceeding towards Margao reached at the same time (of Tanker fall) and hit the tanker partly fallen on the road head-on. While both the drivers (Tanker and Rickshaw) sustained minor injuries, the rickshaw driver suffered Leg fractures in the mishap. Incidentally, as the tanker partly blocked the highway road, the traffic was…

Goemkarponn desk SANKHALIM: Chilli farmers of Ravan Sattari are grief stricken by frequent intrusion of Indian Bison in their farms. Rising incidents of Bison destroying plantations have caused anger among the farmers in Ravan and the nearby villages of Sattari. Hemant Gawas, a chilli farmer, said they sold around 10 kg of chillies daily. The recent intrusion of Bison has resulted in heavy losses. Besides, the other crops of long bean, amaranth leaves, were also destroyed. He said, “Bison intruded and continued to relish the ripened chillies late at night. ” We could not do anything but stand and watch…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Anjuna Police have arrested one person for committing theft of a Bullet motorcycle. As per SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi, a complaint was received from Hemant Sekar R/o Caisua, Bardez Goa, that on February 1, 2023, some unknown persons had committed theft of his bullet motorcycle and was registered U / S 379 IPC. In this connection, during the investigation, the accused person Rahul Das, age 27 yrs N/o Kerala, was nabbed, and the stolen bullet was recovered. Further investigation is in progress under the supervision of PI Prashal N. Dessai of Anjuna

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The Calangute Police apprehended four thieves involved in the theft of mobiles and cash from a parked bus at Arpora following a viral video on social media. The Police detained suspects and habitual offenders involved in the thefts. Police said the bus was parked on Nagoa Arpora Road. The accused confessed to having committed a crime and mobile sold in the Calangute area. Further investigation to recover the mobile phone and cash is underway. The accused have been identified as Morsalin Molla, Raju Molla, Ariful Mondal and Bappa Molla. All are natives of West Bengal and presently…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: The festive spirit of Carnival will spread its wings to the interior villages of Goa; this time around, a unique carnival will be held at the remote village of Pilerne in Bardez taluka A historic first-ever Inclusive Children’s Carnaval will be held at St. John the Baptist Church courtyard, Pilerne, on Thursday, 16th February 2023, at 5pm. This year, the Fernandes’ from Pilerne has been chosen as the Royal family who symbolically will be ruling the state for five days and leading the Children’s Carnival with the King, Queen, princes, princesses and the royal entourage. This first-ever…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aditya Kumar Prajesh, Aakash BYJU’S student from Goa, secured 99.04 percentile and above in the first session of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2023. The results were announced by the National Testing Agency a few days back. This was the first out of the two Joint Entrance Exams for Engineering scheduled to be held this year. He joined Aakash BYJU’S classroom programme to crack IIT JEE, considered the world’s toughest entrance exam. He attributed his entry into the elite list of top percentiles in JEE to his efforts in understanding the concepts and his strict adherence…