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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Iconic Goan poet Manohar Rai Sardessai will be at the heart of this year’s Concerto De Natal, as his poetry is reimagined in song at a Christmas concert celebrating Goa’s multicultural heritage. The event blends Konkani and Portuguese compositions with beloved English and French carols, presented in a festive concert format that highlights the region’s diverse musical traditions. The concert will be held at 7 pm on December 14 at the Museum of Goa (MOG), Pilerne, and will feature the release of a new Christmas carol composed by Oscar Castellino, set to one of Sardessai’s poems, as…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa is set to strengthen its international connectivity with a series of scheduled flight arrivals from Kazakhstan and Russia starting from the final week of December 2025. These services mark a positive step in expanding Goa’s global outreach and offering travellers seamless access to the state during the peak travel season. Fly Arystan will operate two direct services from Kazakhstan. The first flight of the season from Almaty is scheduled to arrive on December 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM, followed by a flight from Astana arriving on December 30, 2025 at 19:40 PM. Both routes are expected…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Around 50 delegates from Goa, representing various Hindutva-oriented organisations, will participate in the upcoming ‘Sanatan Rashtra Shankhnad Mahotsav’, scheduled to be held on December 13 and 14 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The event is presented by the Save Culture Save Bharat Foundation and organised by Sanatan Sanstha, informed Satyavijay Naik, convenor of the Swagat Committee. Delegates from groups such as Bharat Swabhiman, Hindu Yuva Shakti, Gomantak Mandir Mahasangh, and the Rashtrabhakt Adhivakta Samiti will represent Goa at the two-day Mahotsav, which aims to promote the message of a “world-welfare–oriented Sanatan Rashtra” and highlight themes of national…

Team Goemkarponn TALEIGAO: A group of citizens led by former bureaucrat Elvis Gomes has urged Goa University to immediately remove commercial advertisements, posters and large hoardings fixed on electricity poles and the road median within the university campus precincts. The demand was placed in a formal representation submitted to Registrar Prof. Dhuri on Thursday, following a delegation meeting earlier in the day. In their letter, Gomes, along with Pradeep Padgaonkar and Melwin Fernandes of Citizens for Democracy Goa, expressed concern over what they described as the “proliferation” of commercial advertising structures along the internal road that connects Dona Paula Circle…

Team Goemkarponn DABOLIM: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday evening arrived in Goa for a three-day tour to campaign for the upcoming Zilla Panchayat elections, drawing a large crowd of supporters along with MLAs Venzy Viegas and other party leaders at the airport. Addressing reporters, Kejriwal alleged that the recent Arpora fire incident, in which 25 people died, reflects “the scale of corruption that has taken root under the BJP’s 13-year rule in Goa.” He claimed that the club involved in the tragedy was operating without construction permissions, without an operational licence and without mandatory fire-safety…

Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: A 19-year-old housekeeping attendant working at a Vagator hotel died on Tuesday evening after allegedly falling into a trench while on duty. Anjuna Police said they received a call from St. Anthony Hospital, Anjuna, at around 7:48 pm on December 10, informing them that Midul Miah (19), originally from Nakair, Fulbari, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, and residing at Vagator Downtown Hotel, had been brought in an unconscious condition following a fall from height. He later succumbed to his injuries during treatment. During preliminary enquiry, the deceased’s cousin Rased Ali informed police that Midul had been working…

Team Goemkarponn QUEPEM/SANGUEM: The Quepem Police have registered a case against a Sanguem resident for allegedly carrying out illegal hill cutting in Colomba village without mandatory permissions from the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department. The offence was registered following a complaint by Vrinda Phal Desai, Planning Draftsman Grade-II and Deputy Town Planner at the TCP Department, Quepem. In her complaint, she stated that prior to October 22, 2025, at around 11 am, the accused Babaji Ladu Velip, resident of Sanguem, allegedly carried out unauthorised cutting of a sloping hill located in Colomba. Police said the activity was undertaken in…