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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: FC Goa on Tuesday condemns the acts of premeditated vandalism that took place at the Salvador do Mundo Village Panchayat Ground, the Club’s practice ground since the start of the 2020/21 season by the members of the Panchayat led by newly elected Sarpanch, Antonio Fernandes. “The state of Goa has over 200 football fields spread across its land, and despite their presence, most of these grounds remain unused due to the poor ground conditions and the cost of maintenance. As a result, despite the state enjoying a rich heritage and appetite for football, many local talents continue…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Ritika Chelluri, Harsh Mane, Sriya Saraf, Sakshi K, Aryan Kumar and Aryaman Saraf won double crowns each, at the BPS State Sub Junior and Junior Ranking Badminton tournament organised by BPS Sports Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa. Nishant Shenai and Nidhi Desai emerged Under 19 Boys and Girls singles winners while Under 17 singles titles were clinched by Anish Kamath and Sriya Saraf. In Under 15 singles, Harsh Mane edged out Yash Desai to claim his third consecutive title of the season. Sakshi K similarly won her third consecutive…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s star sensation Tanisha Crasto along with her partner Ishaan Bhatnagar from Chhattisgarh, emerged Runners up in Mixed Doubles at the Scottish Open 2021 International Challenge Badminton Tournament, held at Glasgow, Scotland. Tanisha / Ishaan defeated the eight seeded Scottish pair of Alexander Dunn and Scociara Torrance 21-14, 21-11 in the quarter-finals, followed by a 21-19, 21-14 win over Denmark’s Jesper Toft / Denclara Graversen in the semi-finals. In the finals, the Indian pair, who are the reigning Junior National champions, went down to fifth seeds, Callum Hemming / Jessica Pugh (England), with a 21-15, 21-17 scoreline…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: MV LADY HANNAH, the 4220 DWT Ice Class 1A MPP Cargo carrier vessel, sixth and the last from a series of six vessels, was successfully delivered to Netherlands based client Wijnne & Barends from Chowgule’s Loutulim shipyard on Nov 30th, 2021. The contract for a series of 6 vessels was signed in 2017 and the deliveries started from June 2019. These energy-efficient Ice Class vessels are first of its kind to be built in India. The vessels, with a deadweight of 4,200 tons, length overall of 98.2 metres, breadth of 13.4 meters, depth of 7.8 meters and…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa Forward Party supremo Vijai Sardesai took on social media to announce formation of Team Goa, as party forges alliance with Congress. Sardesai released picture of him holding hands with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Digambar Kamat along with Vinod Palyekar and Independent MLA Prasad Gaonkar. Interestingly, Gaonkar had recently expressed his support to TMC in Goa. Also, GFP MLA Jayesh Salgaoncar was missing. “Continuance of Goa under BJP Goa rule is an impossibility! Met with RahulGandhi. Proud to be working for the 2nd liberation of Goa with the great…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Town and Country Planning (TCP) today has revoked the technical clearance issued for the construction of controversial Old Goa bungalow in 2016. “The promoters of the bungalow had indulged in fraud and hiding of information right from the beginning. He said that the permission was given only for the repairs but the owners constructed a huge ground plus one structure at the site,” said TCP Minister Babu Kavlekar He further said that there was fraud in ownership of the land while seeking permission. Hence, TCP has revoked the technical clearance for the project.…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a major boost to Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ongoing 2022 poll campaign, former MPDA Chairman Shri Krishna Daji Salkar joined the party in the presence of several hundred supporters from Vasco town today. Salkar, who contested against the incumbent MLA Carlos Almeida as an Independent in 2017 and lost by a small margin of 750 votes, has always remained an active member of BJP. Although he had quit the party, he always had a soft corner for BJP and the proof is that he did not join any other party. On Tuesday, he returned home -…