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Nagoya: Cricket teams competing at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan will be provided hotel accommodation, the head of the Japan Cricket Association has said, seeking to address concerns over the facilities available to players during the continental multi-sport event. Questions over accommodation emerged after officials from participating cricket nations raised concerns about the arrangements for athletes. The Games will be held across Nagoya and the wider Aichi region from September 19, with around 17,000 athletes expected to participate. Unlike recent Olympic Games, the Asian Games will not have a conventional athletes’ village. Organisers are using a combination of cruise…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that forms to avail the benefit of the government’s scheme providing three free LPG cylinders will be available at panchayats and with local MLAs from September 5. Addressing an event in Panaji, Sawant said beneficiaries who complete the application process and submit the required documents will start receiving financial assistance of ₹3,000 directly into their bank accounts from September 9. “The forms to avail three free cylinders will be available in panchayats and with local MLAs from September 5. From September 9, beneficiaries will start getting Rs 3,000 in their bank accounts,”…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa Assembly witnessed a heated showdown between GFP MLA Vijai Sardesai and Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar over soaring electricity bills and the controversial smart-meter rollout, with the Opposition accusing the government of failing to give consumers a clear answer on rising power costs. Sardesai launched a sharp attack on the government, saying electricity bills had become a major burden on ordinary households. He pointed out that consumers who once paid around ₹600 a month were now receiving bills of up to ₹6,000 and demanded immediate relief through a reduction in the load tariff. The GFP MLA…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Opposition Leader Yuri Alemao raised concerns in the Goa Assembly over an alleged ₹18 crore relief provided by the Power Department to contractors involved in the installation of smart meters across the state. Alemao raised the issue on the floor of the House, questioning the government over the financial relief reportedly extended to the contractors.

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The installation of smart meters for domestic electricity consumers in Goa has been put on hold, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday. Sawant said the government would soon issue a notification formally communicating the decision.

“Tenant verification cannot remain a circular issued by the police and forgotten by landlords. There must be a simple, digital and time-bound system through which every landlord, contractor and establishment employing workers can register their tenants and employees. Verification should be completed quickly, and there should be accountability when landlords repeatedly house people without proper documentation. The same applies to labour contractors. Today, thousands of workers enter Goa through contractors. Who brought them? Where are they working? Where are they living? Who is responsible for them? When they leave Goa, is there any record? The government should be able to…

Team Goemkarponn BICHOLIM: Bicholim Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with the alleged theft of copper bars worth approximately ₹19.13 lakh from the DI Pipe Project Site of Vedanta Iron & Steel Limited at Amona, Goa. According to the complaint filed by Tarun Kumar Jain, authorised signatory of Vedanta Iron & Steel Limited, Pit Iron Division-II, the theft took place between March 12 and July 16, 2026. The complaint stated that unknown persons allegedly stole 37 copper bars weighing 25.8 kg each and three copper bars weighing 80.6 kg each, with the total quantity reported to be approximately…