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Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Former CMC chairperson and Chaudi councillor Ramakant Naik Gaonkar has been appointed Vice-Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan, Canacona, now formally known as Lata Mangeshkar Kalangan. The appointment order, dated August 25, 2026, was issued by the Director of Art & Culture and Ex-Officio Joint Secretary to the Government, with immediate effect. The appointment comes nearly two years after the cultural complex was inaugurated by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on August 27, 2024. The project was completed after a 12-year delay following the laying of its foundation stone by then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in July 2012. The Canacona…

New Delhi: India had planned a strike on Pakistan’s Skardu airbase during Operation Sindoor, but deteriorating weather conditions forced the Indian Air Force to abandon the mission at the last moment, former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has revealed. Speaking at an event in New Delhi, Chauhan said the IAF had received approval to target Skardu after Sargodha was identified as an objective. However, poor weather around Skardu made the operation difficult, prompting the forces to switch to another target, Bholari. Skardu, officially known as PAF Base Qadri, is a strategically important Pakistan Air Force facility near Skardu…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Newly elected General Secretary of Shree Mallikarjun and Chetan Manju Desai College, Gaurvi S. Phaldessai, has rejected NSUI’s claim that the students’ council panel was backed by the organisation. In a video message, Phaldessai and two Class Representatives said the entire panel contested independently and has no affiliation with any political party. “Our full panel is independent. We have not contested with the support of NSUI or any other political party. We will work with our Chairman and college management,” Phaldessai said. An elected Class Representative alleged that NSUI used a photograph taken after the election, when…

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly criticised the Allahabad High Court’s decision rejecting a Muslim student’s plea seeking permission to wear a hijab with her school uniform. Describing the ruling as an “attack on Islam”, Owaisi argued that courts should not determine which religious practices are essential to a faith. He maintained that questions concerning religious observance should be decided by members of the faith themselves. The Allahabad High Court, in its August 21 ruling, held that students cannot insist on modifying an institution’s prescribed dress code according to their personal preferences. The court dismissed a…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The newly elected students’ council of Shree Mallikarjun and Chetan Manju Desai College in Canacona has been caught in a political controversy, with the NSUI accusing Canacona MLA and Minister and the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) of orchestrating a rift within the council and allegedly pressuring its General Secretary (GS) and two other elected members. Addressing the media in Canacona on Tuesday, NSUI State General Secretary Kumar Arjun Gauli, along with eight newly elected council members, alleged that the GS and two Class Representatives were taken by ABVP and BJYM members to the office of the…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: HOPE Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Centre has expanded its presence in Goa with the inauguration of its third branch at Dempo Trade Centre in Patto, Panjim. The new facility marks another step in the centre’s vision of providing multidisciplinary care and holistic healing for people across all age groups. HOPE Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Centre, a unit of HOPE LG Healthcare Pvt Ltd, already operates centres in Calangute and Corlim. The organisation provides advanced and innovative rehabilitation services, incorporating robotics and artificial intelligence alongside evidence based physiotherapy and multidisciplinary care. The new branch was inaugurated in the presence of Kedar J…

Team Goemkarponn KOLHAPUR: A suspected synthetic drug manufacturing operation has been uncovered at a poultry farm in Hajagoli village of Chandgad taluk in Kolhapur district, with Maharashtra authorities investigating a possible supply connection to Goa, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The Maharashtra Anti-Narcotics Task Force carried out the raid on Saturday evening after receiving information during a separate drug trafficking investigation. The facility is situated around 20 km from Belagavi and in an area close to the Maharashtra-Karnataka-Goa border. The operation resulted in the seizure of 208 grams of MDMA, besides chemicals, laboratory apparatus and other materials. The combined value of the…