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Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and actress Sonali Phogat died after suffering a heart attack on Monday night in Goa, a family member said. Phogat had gone to Goa with a few of her staff members. She died at Grand Leoney Resort, Anjuna, where she had gone to attend a function. She was 43. Phogat was born and brought up in a middle-class family in Bhuthan village in Haryana’s Fatehabad. She contested the 2019 assembly election from Haryana from the Adampur constituency on a BJP ticket against Kuldeep Bishnoi, who recently switched over to the BJP from…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With Chovot or the Chaturthi, the biggest and favourite festival of Goans, is just a week away, the devotees are busy with shopping activities in the market. However, the bad and bumpy condition of some of the main roads has upset people, and they blame the government for not providing proper attention to how they suffer on bumpy, pothole-ridden roads causing back pains and injuries after riding and falling off the potholes. It’s five years now, and Pondaitees has been suffering as roads were dug for sewerage work, and though sewerage work has been completed, the roads…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Back in 2018, Ashutosh Avinash Pednekar made history by becoming the first Indian player to win a gold medal at the Racketlon World Championships. Four years later, and he’s got two more. Gold in 50+ Singles and 50+ doubles at the FIR Racketlon World Championships held from 19 to 22 August 2022 in Austria. Pednekar’s run to the singles title was one of the most impressive of the weekend. The Indian trailblazer took out a number of heavyweights, including defending champion Jacob Steinmetz and multiple Seniors World Champion Levente Nándori. Perhaps most impressive was the fact that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: North Goa Additional Sessions Judge Edgar Fernandes has acquitted all three accused in the alleged 2017 murder case at Campal Parade Ground in Panaji. Three Panaji youths, Manjunath Koli, Rajkumar Jaigadi and Aniket Naik, were booked and charge-sheeted under Sections 302, 307, 201 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code for having allegedly assaulted Manoj Yadav, a native of UP, with kicks and blows as a result of which he succumbed to death. The case was investigated by then Panaji Police Inspector Siddhant Shirodkar, assisted by Police Sub-Inspectors Arun Desai and Rajaram Bagkar. During the trial,…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Goencho Ekvott group, which managed to form the panel at Velsao Panchayat, has said that the group will just be the care taker of the beautiful villages of Velsao Pale and Issorcim and protect the villages like their ancestors did. Maria Diana Gouveia and Kishan Sankolkar have been elected as Sarpanch and Deputy Sarpanch of VP Velsao, Pale and Issorcim. Speaking to media, Maria Diana Gouveia thanked Goencho Ekvott and the villagers for standing solidly behind the panel. She, along with Deputy Sarpanch Kishan Sankolkar, stated that they will strive their best to bring about transparency in…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Special General Body Meeting of Goa Dairy was held on Sunday, wherein the farmers expressed concern over the loss making Goa Dairy. Speaking to the media, Chairman of Goa Dairy Rajesh Faldesai said Goa Dairy’s financial condition has become delicate during the Administrator’s tenure. “Dairy is going through a financial crisis,” he said. He said for the past three and half years Government appointed an Administrator on Goa Dairy to look after its affairs. However, Goa Dairy suffered a loss of Rs 14 Crore during his tenure. He urged Government to provide financial help to Goa…