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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: In a shocking Incident, a newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a field behind Merces Chapel at Vaddem. As of now, there is no information on who abandoned the baby girl in the fields. Vasco police have registered an offence against unknown persons under sections 327 and 336 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 8 of the Goa Children’s Act. Vasco police have informed that the baby girl has been handed over to authorities at Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital in Bambolim. Police have said that efforts are own to trace the accused,…

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Goemkapronn desk KERI (SAKHALIM): Every week, thousands of Goan vehicles visit the neighbouring town of Belagavi for shopping, be it for weddings or any other function but off late, the 115 km journey via Chorla Ghat has become tiresome due to bad road conditions. After teh Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, said last week that he had taken up the issue with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai, Team Goemkarponn reached ground zero to know the exact position of the road. It was seen that the road after the Goa boundary on Chorla Ghat has become terrible, with potholes measuring at…

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that all states will work together as ‘Team India’ to combat drug-related issues, Naxalism and border security. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was speaking after returning to Goa from Haryana after attending two days Chintan Shivir program. “As per discussion, all states will work towards combating issues of drugs, Naxalism and border security as Team India. The target set is 2047,” said Sawant. He further said that various discussions took place on coastal security, terrorism, police, Naxalites and other drugs related issues. “Discussion & deliberations took place on Police reforms on the way…

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Goemkapronn desk MAPUSA: In a shocking incident, a father-son duo were allegedly stabbed by one Sameer Pednekar at a KTC bus stand in Mapusa. Mapusa police have arrested 02 accused persons for an attempt to murder. As per SDPO Mapusa, a complaint was lodged by Brijesh Shirodkar R/o Candolim, informing that when he and his father Chandrakant Shirodkar had gone to the Mapusa KTC bus stand at 04.00 pm, 02 people parked his scooter ahead of their car and blocked their way. When the 02 persons were questioned, they assaulted him and his father with a knife causing multiple injuries…

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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Hundreds of bikers are expected to take A Bike Rally to Save Rivers in Goa on Sunday afternoon to the capital city at Azaad Maidan to protect the Rivers from exploitation. According to the Coordinators, the Bike Rallies are planned from different village points to protest against the Nationalisation of Rivers, MPA(port limit) Jurisdiction, Sagarmala programmes and Draft Jetty Policy 2022. In Canacona, The Bike Rally will commence from Dapot-Maxem (Loliem), which is also the meeting point at 1.15 pm on Sunday and will culminate at Azaad Maidan, Panjim, with an address to the participants. Stating…

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Goemkapronn desk PONDA: The State The government recently held a meeting of stakeholders on road safety, but that does not seem to suffice, and the officials need to visit every village to find out the black spots, accident prone zones and find solutions as suggested by locals with the help of technical teams, and engineers of Highways. On Thursday night, there was a fearful accident wherein a truck, while negotiating towards Kundaim-Manaswada Junction, lost control and fell on one moving car; luckily driver rushed towards the left, opened the door, and miraculously escaped unhurt. Following this, locals were furious about…

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Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Lifeguards have been well prepared for the rising footfalls on Goa’s coastal belt as charter flights bring in their first load of passengers into the state. There were 8 individuals rescued in several incidents across the coast at Mandrem and Dudhsagar. Two Kolhapur residents, a male and female aged 38 and 8 years old, respectively, had to be safely secured at Mandrem by Drishti lifesavers Siddhesh, Karan, and Tushar. While swimming, the two were engulfed by a large wave, and the male, in an attempt to reach out to the child who had been dragged a distance…

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