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MAPUSA, Goa: MES Vasant Joshi College of Arts and Commerce, Zuarinagar continued its dominance in university taekwondo by winning the Goa University Inter Collegiate Men’s Taekwondo Championship 2026–27 for the fourth consecutive year. The two day championship, held on August 18 and 19 at the SAG Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Peddem, witnessed strong competition from colleges across Goa. MES emerged as the overall champions after a series of outstanding performances across multiple weight categories, reinforcing its position as one of the state’s leading collegiate taekwondo teams. Don Bosco College, Panjim finished as runners up, while Government College of Commerce and Economics,…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Residents of Delem have intensified their opposition to a mega residential project in the area, stating that they will continue their fight until the project is scrapped in its entirety. Addressing a press briefing, former CMC councillor Dhiraj Naik Gaonkar, along with Delem resident Narayan Naik Gaonkar, alleged that the project, comprising more than 150 residential flats, was approved without proper scrutiny of concerns raised by residents regarding its legality, environmental impact and pressure on existing infrastructure. Naik Gaonkar claimed that residents had opposed the project from the stage when permissions were initially sought, but alleged that…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa has granted the Director General of Police (DGP) three weeks to submit an additional affidavit detailing the action taken against illegal dhiriyos in the state. The direction came during the hearing of a contempt petition concerning alleged failure to comply with an earlier undertaking given to the court regarding illegal bullfighting events. The government informed the court that the police department had already filed an initial response. However, subsequent developments warranted placing updated information before the court through a further affidavit by the DGP. The government advocate submitted that police have…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The implementation of a Bombay High Court ruling on minority educational institutions has emerged as a fresh point of confrontation between the Goa Congress and the state government, with former GPCC president Amit Patkar demanding that pending cases involving teachers and staff be cleared within 10 days. Patkar has questioned the delay in acting on the court’s October 2025 judgment, particularly in cases concerning appointments and related service matters in minority educational institutions. According to Patkar, the issue has affected a large number of teachers and non-teaching employees whose cases involve appointment approvals, regularisation, promotions, salaries, grants…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Government of Goa has taken a significant step towards strengthening cancer control in the state by declaring cancer a notifiable disease, paving the way for systematic reporting and surveillance of cancer cases. The move has been welcomed by Dr Shekhar Salkar, President of the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (India), who described the decision as a landmark public health initiative with the potential to strengthen Goa’s long-term cancer-control strategy. Through a notification issued by the Public Health Department on August 20, the state has introduced a formal mechanism to monitor cancer incidence, mortality, patterns and trends.…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa Police has sought to correct the interpretation of data on missing children in the state, stating that adding year-wise figures has created an inflated picture of the number of children who remain untraced. The police clarification comes after recent media reports cited figures on missing, untraced, kidnapped and abducted children. According to the police, annual figures showing children who were untraced at a particular point cannot be treated as separate groups because many of those children were subsequently located. Goa Police said the cumulative number of untraced children was 32 at the end of 2016, including…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Prof Rajendra S Gad, Senior Professor of Electronics at Goa University, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Goa University, succeeding Prof Harilal Menon, whose five-year tenure is set to conclude this month. Gad, associated with the university’s School of Physical and Applied Sciences, becomes the second full-time academic from within Goa University to hold the Vice-Chancellor’s post after Menon. He has handled several research projects as investigator and co-investigator, with funding support from agencies including the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Department of Science and Technology (DST), University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Council…