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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – The Unseasonal rains once again lashed Canacona early Thursday morning, bringing the soaring mercury down to bring great relief to the residents. Incidentally, the soaring temperature accompanied by the damp squib in the atmosphere throughout the Wednesday brought down a sprinkle of showers through the night, which at times brought heavy pour past midnight. Due to light drizzle, incidents of two-wheelers skidding on the road were reported, while at least two accidents involving 4-wheelers were reported elsewhere in the taluka. By wee hours and early morning, heavy rains again lashed several parts of Canacona taluka. Some…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Panaji Fast Track Court today has rejected the bail application of the prime accused Income Tax inspector Manindar Attari in the alleged sexual assault case. Police had registered an FIR against three Income Tax Inspectors working at IT Department in Patto for allegedly sexually assaulting and threatening a female staff. The accused had been identified as Manindar Attri from Delhi, Aditya Verma from Rajasthan, and Deepak Kumar from Bangaluru. Police said that the above three inspectors were allegedly sexually assaulting and threatening a junior female staff at the office since February 2022. All the three accused persons…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: A black smoke coming from a parked railway wagon at the Railway yard grabs the people’s attention. The fire station officer sprinkles water on the coal. On Thursday morning at around 10.45 am, Vasco Fire station received a call citing that black smoke was coming from the railway wagon parked at the Railway yard in Vasco. After receiving the Distress call, Firefighters with their fire tender rushed to the site and noticed that dark smoke was coming from the wagon. When contacted by Vasco Railway station master Ramdas Guddemani, he said that he got information stating that…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Commuters traveling on Ponda- Margao highway demand safety railings at the accident-prone Bythokhol- Borim sharp turn, located on a steep slope, to prevent fatal accidents. Over the past two decades, Bythokhol-Borim sharp turned on a slope in the news and had earned a bad name due to several accidents, including fatal accidents. There are incidents of many types of vehicles, after losing control, fell into a roadside ravine or deep valley at Bythokhol-Borim as there are no safety railings nor road is straightened. It may be recalled that on Tuesday, 10 May, Vinayak Chari (44)…

Goemkrponn desk CANACONA – Alert residents foils bid by a road contractor to blacktop a delipidated road at Ghanebhag (Galgibaga) with the sub-standard procedure. According to sources, after frequent complaints from the people of Ghanebhag, PWD has approved to repair of a hundred metres of badly damaged road to Metriwada. A contractor is accordingly allotted the works. However, to the chagrin of the locals, the contractor, without even repairing the damaged road by use of suitable rouble and or black metal as other deemed materials, had instead of using a JCB had, leveled the road only with a mixture of…

Goemakrponn desk PONDA: The Griha Aadhar beneficiary needy women in Ponda Taluka requested the government to clear their monthly Griha Aadhar scheme money. While Some women have received money, Many women in Ponda Taluka who are beneficiaries of the monthly Rs 1500 Scheme said that it’s four to five months they are waiting for government to deposit their monthly Griha Aadhar scheme money into their Bank Accounts. Similarly, senior citizens complain that they did not get their three-month DSSY money. Women complained that despite waiting for four to five months government had not cleared their money and that they are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Google has added eight Indian languages, including Konkani, to Google Translate as the internet firm continues to increase the number of regional languages supported by its online multilingual translation service. The new Indian languages introduced include Assamese, Bhojpuri, Sanskrit, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Meiteilon (Manipuri), and Mizo. The announcement was made at the annual Google conference I/O that began late on Wednesday night. The addition of the eight Indian languages is part of a more significant update wherein 24 languages have been added to Google Translate, which now supports a total of 133 languages used around the globe.…