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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa government has filed an application before the High Court today seeking more time to declare the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and surrounding areas as a tiger reserve. On July 24 this year high court had directed the state to issue a notification within three months – a deadline that expires on October 24. Govt has already challenged the order before the Supreme Court. However, SC has not granted stay on the HC order. The Goa government had filed a special leave petition (SLP) challenging the July 24, 2023. High Court order directing it to notify the Tiger…

Goemkarponn Desk CHANDOR: Four persons have been arrested by Maina Curtorim police for breaking into a house at Chandor at night and stealing two mobiles by threatening the house owner with a sickle. House owner Rendy Fernandes from Kotawada-Chandor had filed a complaint regarding the incident that took place on the night of Oct 18. The arrested suspects have been identified as Karnataka natives Krishna Kumar (age 20 years, presently residing at Savordem), Ghulami Havaldar (age 20 years), Aslam Mastana (age 20 years, presently residing at Savordem) and Nepal native Rohit Chaudhar (presently residing at Malbhat, Margao).

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A team from the Ernakulam Town South police will visit Goa yet again to wrap up collection of evidence in connection with the alleged murder of a man from Kochi in Goa two years ago, which came to light only last month. Jeff John Lewis, 27, of Perumannur, Thevara, Kochi, was allegedly murdered within the limits of the Anjuna police station in North Goa. A team led by South inspector M.S. Faisal that had visited Goa last month had found that the local police had registered a case of unnatural death on November 27, 2021 which was…

Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: Two Karnataka natives have been arrested by Calangute police for running a cricket game betting racket from an Apartment at Gaurawado Calangute. 36-year-old Prajeesh Ramachandra from Udupi and 26-year-old Suman Harshith from Mangalore, Karnataka were caught red handed while accepting gambling bets by using mobile phones and laptop on the on-going ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 match played between India and Bangladesh. 8 mobile phones, one Laptop and a television set, all worth Rs 1.5 lakh approximately have been seized from them.

Goemkarponn desk BENGALURU: David Warner was the star of the show for Australia against Pakistan in Bengaluru in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup on Friday. Warner’s extraordinary 163 helped set his team up for a 62-run win that sends Australia fourth in the table, and his knock means Warner has now scored 150+ in three consecutive Cricket World Cups. And the 36-year-old says the secret to his prolonged ODI success has been embracing just how long a fifty-over innings really is. “Yeah, look, for me, I think what I’ve established early on in my career is that 50 overs…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa University Kabaddi Men Selection for West Zone Inter University Goa University will conduct a selection trial in Kabaddi for Men on Monday, 23rd October 2023 at 1:00 p.m. Students interested in attending the trials may report at Silver Jubilee Hall, Goa University along with a college identity card, Aadhar Card, Birth Certificate,and playing kit. (Selections will be held on the Kabaddi Mat). The West Zone Inter University Kabaddi Championship for Men is scheduled at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore from 04/11/2023 to 08/11/2023.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a shocking turn of events, a man has been defrauded of ₹ 4.34 crore by a close friend who lured him with the promise of an affordable plot of land near Goa’s Mopa airport, assuring him substantial profits upon its sale. Kaluram Pandharinath Chaudhary (53), a resident of Duttnagar, Ambegaon, lodged a formal complaint at the Market Yard police station on October 17, revealing the elaborate scheme that saw his own friend masterminding the scam. The primary accused, Jeevan Popat Magade (35), has been apprehended by the police, while efforts to apprehend the other suspects are…