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Rider dies in road mishap at Panaji

A 23-year-old motorcycle rider from Betim died in a road mishap near Dempo House on Monday evening. According to reports, the mishap took place near Dempo House at about 5.45 pm when a private bus and motorcycle were proceeding in the same direction.


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The bus was proceeding from Miramar towards Panaji bus stand and the motorcycle was trying to overtake the bus, when the two-wheeler came under the front wheel of the bus.
The rider and the pillion rider were injured in the mishap. The rider, Javed Badodekar of Betim was grievously injured and was shifted to GMC in a 108 ambulance, but was declared dead on arrival. The pillion rider escaped with minor injuries.
Panaji police booked an offence against the bus driver, Ramchandra Dharwadkar of Pomburpa, under Section 279, 304 A IPC. Hawaldar Shripad Gauns conducted the panchanama.
and PSI Kishore Ramanan is investigating the case.
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U-17 FIFA WC: South hoteliers upbeat

Under-17 FIFA World Cup may be a few months away, but hoteliers in South Goa are already in preparation mode, as some of them have started getting queries from football enthusiasts, who would like to visit Goa, when matches will be played.

Karan Sehgal
Published Aug 1, 2017, 3:58 AM IST
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panaji The Fatorda Stadium will host nine matches of the Under-17 FIFA World Cup, which will be played between October 7 and 21, this year. Due to this, players, coaches, managements and other officials will visit Goa. Not just that, a very high number of spectators, sports enthusiasts, commentators, media-persons will also visit the state in October. All this means huge business opportunity for hotels, which are already gearing up. Prashanta Nandi, revenue manager, Caravela…

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