Goa: Hyderabad tourist admitted to GMC after taking drugs

Times of India | 6 hours ago | 28-09-2022 | 07:42 am

PANAJI: A Hyderabad man on holiday in Goa was admitted to GMC on Tuesday after he complained of uneasiness following consumption of a narcotic substance. He was later discharged. The 30-year-old arrived in Goa with three friends last week. They completed their BTech and are exploring employment opportunities. Police said that as soon as they arrived at Goa International Airport, they took a taxi to go to Calangute and the cabbie allegedly sold them the narcotic substance. "We are inquiring into the incident," a senior police officer said. After consuming the narcotic, the man complained of uneasiness, following which he was shifted to GMC for treatment. Police said that during inquiry with his friends at the hospital, one revealed that he consumed a narcotic. Immediately, GMC police informed their Calangute counterparts about the incident. While Calangute police requested the executive magistrate to record the youth’s dying declaration, the youth recovered and was discharged. The executive magistrate submitted his report to the deputy collector. Last month, a 21-year-old student from Puducherry died after attending a party along the North Goa coastal belt.

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Times of India | 6 hours ago | 28-09-2022 | 07:57 am

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PANAJI: Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) is all set to inaugurate the cable-stayed footbridge linking Mala to the EDC Patto complex on September 30. The cable-stayed bridge will be called Gyan Setu as it provides students and pedestrians in Mala with direct access to the central library. The iconic pillar of the bridge, which is adorned with the Tricolour, will be known as Gyan Stambh. The Rs 7.5 crore pedestrian bridge is complete and will be thrown open by the end of this week, said GSIDC officials. The three-metre wide structure was completed on the eve of Independence Day and only the final touches were left. "We completed the bridge on a fast-track basis. Just last week, the Smart City advisory committee took a review of the project where we gave a presentation on this bridge," said a senior GSIDC official. GSIDC had floated the tender for the bridge in August last year under the Smart City Mission's proposal to encourage non-motorised and pedestrianisation in the city. The bridge has a ramp to enable the differently-abled to use it without any hassles. The 99m-long bridge has a 50m span over the Rua de Ourem creek. In keeping with the ongoing Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav celebrations in the country, GSIDC has painted the Tricolour atop the sole pylon of the bridge. As of now, there are three vehicular bridges over the creek, while a single pedestrian bridge connects the old town of Panaji with EDC's Patto complex. The pedestrian bridge is coming up next to the unique mangrove boardwalk behind the library and is expected to become a tourist spot, GSIDC officials said.

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Times of India | 6 hours ago | 28-09-2022 | 07:38 am

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PANAJI: A mother and her son were killed in an accident on Tuesday after the car they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a fish truck at Torxem, Pernem . Five persons were travelling in the car on their family holiday to Goa. Apart from the mother and son, the father, a four-year-old child and their maid were also in the vehicle. The family is from Pune. Mopa airport PI Mahesh Kerkar said that the incident took place at around noon, when the Gundecha family was on its way to South Goa. The truck, carrying fish, was on its way to Patradevi. The accident took place at a diversion point where road-widening work was going on. All five were shifted to the district hospital, Mapusa. Apurva Gundecha, 32, and her one-year-old son were declared brought dead. The PI said that her husband Piyush, a businessman, and daughter were treated at the district hospital, while the maid, Nikita, 20, was referred to GMC for treatment. The driver of the truck was arrested for rash and negligent driving, and later released on bail.

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Times of India | 9 hours ago | 28-09-2022 | 04:57 am

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Times of India | 9 hours ago | 28-09-2022 | 04:52 am

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Times of India | 21 hours ago | 27-09-2022 | 04:40 pm

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PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday asked BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus to collaborate with the state government to help improve output in the education sector and to provide technological innovation in governance. "BITS Goa has extended its initiatives to many schools and colleges in Goa. Such initiatives are important in development scientific temper and innovative enterprises among the youth. The Prime Minister has emphasised that innovation and research should transform from the way or working and way of living among our youth. For this we require social and institutional support...I invite BITS Pilani to collaborate with Goa government to optimise the output of the education sector and to enhance the use of the technology in the good governance initiatives," said Sawant. He said there is a huge scope for mutual collaboration between the state government and BITS Pilani Goa campus. Sawant was speaking after inaugurating the one-week STUTI workshop organised by BITS Pilani Goa Campus in collaboration with Shivaji University, Kolhapur and supported by department of science and technology, government of India. Fifty per cent of the participants in the programme are from Goa.

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