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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) announced the much-awaited prices of its new Innova HyCross. The new vehicle from Toyota is available in the price range of Rs. 18,30,000 to Rs 28,97,000 (ex-showroom). The brand-new offering from Toyota was unveiled in November 2022 along with the commencement of bookings. Commenting on the announcement Mr. Atul Sood, Associate Vice President, Sales, and Strategic Marketing, TKM, said, “The launch of the Innova HyCross is a significant milestone for us in India and we are truly humbled by the overwhelming response received from across the country. This feature-packed vehicle demonstrates the spaciousness…

   Canacona Mamlatdar interacts with Protestors. The hunger strike was called off at 1.30 pm after KRC (Traffic) Manager Sunil Nadkar assured a Joint meeting with protestors next week. Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Amidst a strong police presence, Canconcars on Friday morning, along with Senior Citizens and women, began their ‘Hunger-Strike to protest the Railways and government’s apathy towards Canacona people by not resuming long distances Train Halts at the Canacona KRC Station. The Hunger strike was called off at 1.30 pm after KRC(Traffic) Manager Sunil Nadkar assured a Joint meeting with protestors next week. Over 100 protestors, including members of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Panaji Police has arrested one Bardez resident for illegally possessing drugs worth Rs 80,000. As per information, Malan W/o Dagdu Kale, Age 71, was caught red-handed with 824.7 grams of greenish colour leafy fruiting and a flowering substance suspected to be Ganja, a total of approximately Worth Rs. 80,000 /- in the international market. Panaji PS has registered Cr. No. 11/2023 U/s 20(b) (il)(A) of NDPS Act upon the State complaint of Sanket Pokhare PSI, Panaji PS. The accused lady was arrested on 12/01/2023 at 17.46 hrs and is presently in Police custody. Further investigation of the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In what could be a shock for Goans, the state government has recommended a hike in power tariff for 2023-24 in a bid to meet the revenue gap. As per information, the government has proposed 15 paise to 60 paise per Kwh hike for domestic low-tension line consumers and 70 paise per Kwh for high-tension domestic consumers. For Domestic low tension line consumers hike of 15 paise to 60 paise per kilowatt hour(Kwh) has been proposed based on units consumed. Further, it has been proposed to increase the fixed charges to Rs 22/Kilowatt/per month. Domestic consumers hike…

Goemkarponn desk VELSAO: The Opposition against double tracking gained momentum on Friday mornings as residents, activists, and political parties gathered on tracks at Velsao. A joint inspection was planned to be carried out by Mormugao Dy Collector Ravishekar Nippanikar, but till late afternoon, the Dy Collector did not arrive on site, giving the inspection a miss. Speaking to the media, Goencho Ekvott founder member Orville Dourado said that it was enough of hide and seek and that the villagers had decided to confront the Railways and not allow double tracking anywhere in the entire village of Velsao, Cansualim and Arossim.…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: SIT has arrested Mohammed Sohail again for his involvement in illegal land grabbing. This is the sixth instance of arrest of the alleged mastermind. He was arrested and released on bail 5 times earlier. He was arrested on January 5 in connection with masterminding yet another fraud of a property in North Goa. The accused was first arrested on June 22 when he confessed to the investigating team of forging documents and conniving with government officials to illegally change the ownership documents. He was earlier involved in three similar cases, which were registered at the Porvorim police…