SHUTTLERS CLUB MAJOR RANKING BADMINTON- RUDRA, VEDANT, HARSH, YASH IN SEMIS
PANAJI Rudra Phadte, Vedant Chauhan, Harsh Mane and Yash Desai moved into the Under 13 Boys singles semi finals, in the All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament organised by Shuttlers Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, at Indoor stadium, Campal. In Under 13 Girls singles, Aakanksha Tiwari, Saanvi…
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FC GOA SIGN MIDFIELDER LENNY RODRIGUES FROM BENGALURU FC
MARGAO FC Goa has roped in midfielder Lenny Rodrigues ahead of the upcoming season. The 31-year-old Goan started his career in Goa with Fransa-Pax and developed further at local clubs like Salgaocar FC and Churchill Brothers SC. The lanky midfielder went on to represent the senior team of Churchill Brothers from 2008 to 2014 before moving to ISL franchise FC Pune City. After…
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ROGER FEDERER REGAINES TOP SPOT IN ATP RANKINGS
Madrid Switzerland’s Roger Federer returned to top spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released today after he won his 98th career title in Germany. The 20-time Grand Slam champion overtook Spain’s Rafael Nadal as world number one with a 6-4, 7-6(3) victory over Canada’s Milos Raonic in Stuttgart Open on Sunday, reports Efe. Bulgaria’s Grigor…
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GERMAN THRILLER FILM ‘VICTORIA’ TO BE SCREENED AT MAQUINEZ PALACE ON JUNE 21
PANAJI The Cinephile Film Club of Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) will be screening the German thriller film ‘Victoria’ (2015) at Maquinez Palace on Thursday, June 21 at 6:30 p.m. The screening will be hosted by renowned film critic Sachin Chatte. Directed by Sebastian Schipper, the duration of the film is two hours and 10 minutes. Shot in one single continuous take on…
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TWO TAMIL NADU TOURISTS DROWN WHILE CLICKING SELFIES
Panaji Two tourists from Tamil Nadu drowned in separate incidents while clicking selfies near beaches in Goa, the police said today. According to Police Inspector Jivba Dalvi, Dinesh Kumar Ranganathan, 28, from Vellore in Tamil Nadu drowned when he was clicking selfies along with two other tourists near a rocky stretch located adjoining a creek, which empties into the sea at…
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POLICE CONSTABLE AND MINOR BOY ARRESTED FOR RAPING 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL
VASCO A police constable and a minor boy were arrested today for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, police said. Constable Siddharth Gosavi, attached to the office of Vasco Deputy Superintendent of Police, was arrested today for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl in Ponda, an official said. “The incident happened on Thursday night. The constable, on the pretext of taking the victim home,…
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TIGERS SPOTTED NEAR KULEM-CASTLEROCK TRAIN TRACK; RAILWAY OFFICIALS WARNS TOURISTS, TREKKERS
MOLEM In a warning to tourists and travellers, the Railways on Saturday issued a public caution stating that tigers and leopards have been sighted along the Castlerock-Kulem rail section near the Goa-Karnataka border. “It is reported that tigers and leopards have been spotted near the railway track between Castlerock-Kulem ghat section. Therefore, the general public and tourists are advised to be…
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CM PARRIKAR HOLDS MEETING WITH PWD OFFICIALS TO REVIEW ONGOING INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who returned from the US two days ago, conducted a meeting with officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) in his chamber at the secretariat to review the progress of the ongoing infrastructure works in the state, an official in the Chief Minister’s Office said. “The chief minister reviewed all the ongoing (infrastructure) works and also set…
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EX-CM PRATAPSINGH RANE HOSPITALISED
PANAJI Former Goa chief minister and current Congress MLA Pratapsinh Rane was admitted to GMC after he complained of fever. Rane, 79, was last night admitted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) after he suffered from mild fever, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar told reporters. “Rane is admitted in the hospital’s medicine ward. He is likely to…
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