the keellaying ceremony of the second of the new class offshore patrol vessels opvs indigenously designed inhouse and being built by goa shipyard ltd gsl for the indian coast guard was held at gsl on january 28 vadm mp muralidharan avsm bar nm director general indian coast guard did the honours in the presence of gsls chairman and managing director radm retd vineet bakhshi vsm ig sps basra ysm ptm tm commander indian coast guard region west dig s d bhanottm comdis goa and senior officials of the coast guard and gsl the keellaying ceremony for the second of the new class opvs comes on the heels of commissioning of the indian navys largest patrol vessel ins saryu at gsl on january 21 it may be recalled that the contract for the construction of six opvs for the indian coast guard was signed on may 9 2012 and the first keellaying ceremony to mark the commencement of the series construction of the new class opvs was held at gsl on september 28 lpg burn victim succumbs vinod amonkar 55 who was undergoing treatment for burn injuries sustained by him in a fire following a lpg leakage at his home in fatorda last week succumbed to his injuries on monday vinod and his 28year old son vallabh were injured in the incident pesticide suspected to have caused labourers death rajendra tiwari 50 a resident of khadapabandhponda succumbed to poisoning while undergoing treatment at goa medical college gmc and hospital at bambolim late sunday night it is suspected that tiwari a labourer on sunday morning drank water which was mixed with pesticide while working in a garden at curti but police said that the exact cause of death would be revealed after his postmortem on tuesday on drinking water tiwari felt giddy and he returned to his rented room after his condition worsened his roommate summoned 108 ambulance and he was rushed to the gmc he died while undergoing treatment the police have registered the case as an unnatural death under section 174 of criminal procedure code crpc bjps g y bhandare passes away g y bhandare a founder member of bharatiya janata party died in mumbai in his sleep on monday he had founded bjps goa unit and was its flag bearer for many years in the 80s and early 90s bhandare was an executive member of national bjp for a long time and also a member of bombay stock exchange he was 90 goamumbai leg of aais cyling expedition flagged off the all india relay cycling expedition of airports authority of india aai was flagged off on january 26 from the dabolim airport by chief secretary b vijayan the expedition is from trivandrum to jammu which will be in nine legs there are eight participants in the dabolimmumbai leg which is expected to be covered in seven days the expedition has been organized by aais sports control board with a view to promote national integration the expedition started at