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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The football-crazy state of Goa has been slowly warming up to futsal, an indoor version of the sport played on a hard court. More than 15 futsal grounds have been developed in the state in a span of fewer than 10 years, and promoters of the sport have termed it as a nursery for football players and initiation into football. Talking to PTI, Futsal Alliance of Goa president Benjamin Silva said they had taken baby steps to promote the sport in 2016 and six years down the line, their efforts have borne fruit. Silva recalled how the…

Goemkarponn desk SANCOALE: The Department of Legal Metrology has booked 43 cases and seized goods worth Rs 10 lakhs in a drive across Goa ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Speaking to reporters, Nitin Purushan, Assistant controller, said the seized goods include firecrackers, dry fruits and sweets. “The department has booked 43 cases, which include 23 package cases and 20 enforcement cases. The total seized goods are worth Rs 10 lakhs,” he said. The controller said that they had information that there were items without declaration on account of the festival, some short delivery issues, etc. “The seized goods in…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: A team of students representing the VM Salgaoncar College of Law won runners-up at the 6th C.L. Agarwal Memorial National Moot Court Competition 2022. All the three students, Arya Prashant Haldankar (Third Year BA.LLB), Sherwyn Correia (Fifth Year BA.LLB) and Riddhi Moghe (Fourth Year BA.LLB), are from Vasco. The event was judged by Justice Ashok Kumar Gaur, Judge, Rajasthan High Court. A total of 20 top Law colleges from across India participated in the event. The competition was held at Raffles University Neemrana, Rajasthan, on the 27th and 28th of August, 2022. The prizes to the team…

Goemkarponn desk Belagavi: It has been close to 20 days since a leopard attacked a man in Karnataka’s Belagavi and despite multiple sightings, efforts by officials to trap the big cat have failed to bear fruit so far. The animal remains elusive even as authorities resumed search operations on Thursday. Twenty-two schools remained shut on Thursday. The students are being taught online. Forest department officials formed two separate teams and began the operations with the help of two elephants – Arjun and Aale – that were brought in from Shivamogga’s Sakrebailu camp. The elephants and officials were also accompanied by…

NOIDA: Nine years after a residents’ association went to court over the illegally built Supertech twin towers, a series of controlled explosions reduced the 100-metre tall structures to a huge pile of rubble — watched by thousands from surrounding rooftops and lakhs on live television. Apex (32 storeys) and Ceyane (29 storeys) were gone in 12 seconds on Sunday, in a carefully choreographed and meticulously executed demolition, the biggest such exercise in the country so far. “It felt like structures of corruption were coming down,” said Purshotam Mishra, who had waited two hours for the spectacle to begin. The Supreme…